http://www.mineheadafc.co.uk/programmes ... -09-10.pdf
Believe that link should work.
What about selling programmes online as PDF's? Would increase audience as a selling point for potential sponsors, and I would certainly buy a copy as I'm sure would others who couldn't attend in person?
Idea with any legs?
Fundraising Idea?
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It sounds a good idea - especially in the short term while the programme is being produced on fairly normal paper, so it would allow people to print one out that is not dissimilar to what they'd buy at the game.
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We're also looking at a "Mailing" of Programmes etc.. for remote users. I am currently sorting this out for a couple of users on an adhoc basis, but we were looking to make this more formal. This way the idea would be you'd get the real programme once available, mailed to you (You would pay for the Programme and the postage cost, perhaps as part of a general subscription). Anyway this is still to be discussed, but something that has been done for a few (or soon to be sent programmes).
p.s. I have not yet located the final 12 Kidderminster Programmes that I have filed very carefully - somewhere :?
p.s. I have not yet located the final 12 Kidderminster Programmes that I have filed very carefully - somewhere :?
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Presumably on whatever program is being used to create the magazines you could just export the document to PDF and upload it to the website in minutes.
It'l cost nothing except 2 minutes of a computer-wizard's time. Seems like a no brainer and a good idea to me.
It'l cost nothing except 2 minutes of a computer-wizard's time. Seems like a no brainer and a good idea to me.
They say we've lost our money we're not famous anymore.....
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Re: Fundraising Idea?
This again begs the question regarding the future of the football experience that is a common topic between programme collectors in the last few months in particular.
We’ve seen season tickets turn into electronic fobs, we’ve seen bar code’s on tickets meaning no more counterfoils, we’ve seen tickets you can print out at home.
Natural evolution of the matchday experience I suppose. The ‘football programme’ would become the ‘football program’. At least storage space wouldn’t be a problem in future. You would probably be able to keep 100 years or more of ‘programs’ on a memory stick.
Of course it's all about finances, for the majority of clubs, attendances are beginning to fall, (due to the obscene ticket prices that help pay the obscene wages they are paying the players) which will we assume result in fewer sales of match day programmes. With our ticket prices, however, do we need to go to this extent. Why can't we just post the programmes out, as mentioned?
The question arises, what function does a current matchday programme provide other than an expensive souvenir? [Not so much a problem in our case]
Todays technology enables us to access the same information that a programme provides, usually via a clubs website or other media outlets.
If you make programmes available online then you open up a much bigger market. It will probably be the new breed of supporter that has cropped up in the last 10-15 years, most supporters that attend their clubs matches will want a physical programme to read at half-time, as opposed to reading it on an i-phone or something similar.
Too many programmes (and I will include the AFC R&D prog in this category atm) take on the same style every game. Only a few ever seem to have light hearted pages in them and to me it makes them so much better. Exeter's issue is great because is has humour in it. For the AFC programme though, under the page-limit that we are stipulated to, I'm very happy with what we are producing at this stage. We will be taking on board comments from the other recent thread and as BartonRaz spotted, our font size on the pages can be improved to create more space.
Arbroath and Stirling Albion have binned their programmes for this season and I know that when England have played away matches where there has been no official programme (eg Spain or Andorra away)
This first season with AFC R&D is being seen more as a trial and I'm really looking forward to us have a very professional looking programme by the time we have a senior team up and running.
We’ve seen season tickets turn into electronic fobs, we’ve seen bar code’s on tickets meaning no more counterfoils, we’ve seen tickets you can print out at home.
Natural evolution of the matchday experience I suppose. The ‘football programme’ would become the ‘football program’. At least storage space wouldn’t be a problem in future. You would probably be able to keep 100 years or more of ‘programs’ on a memory stick.
Of course it's all about finances, for the majority of clubs, attendances are beginning to fall, (due to the obscene ticket prices that help pay the obscene wages they are paying the players) which will we assume result in fewer sales of match day programmes. With our ticket prices, however, do we need to go to this extent. Why can't we just post the programmes out, as mentioned?
The question arises, what function does a current matchday programme provide other than an expensive souvenir? [Not so much a problem in our case]
Todays technology enables us to access the same information that a programme provides, usually via a clubs website or other media outlets.
If you make programmes available online then you open up a much bigger market. It will probably be the new breed of supporter that has cropped up in the last 10-15 years, most supporters that attend their clubs matches will want a physical programme to read at half-time, as opposed to reading it on an i-phone or something similar.
Too many programmes (and I will include the AFC R&D prog in this category atm) take on the same style every game. Only a few ever seem to have light hearted pages in them and to me it makes them so much better. Exeter's issue is great because is has humour in it. For the AFC programme though, under the page-limit that we are stipulated to, I'm very happy with what we are producing at this stage. We will be taking on board comments from the other recent thread and as BartonRaz spotted, our font size on the pages can be improved to create more space.
Arbroath and Stirling Albion have binned their programmes for this season and I know that when England have played away matches where there has been no official programme (eg Spain or Andorra away)
This first season with AFC R&D is being seen more as a trial and I'm really looking forward to us have a very professional looking programme by the time we have a senior team up and running.
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Some very interesting points there.
I guess different people look for different things from a programme, but they've increasingly become a more significant part of the cost of going to a game - I paid £1.50 for a programme at a game where the admission was only £5 at Long Buckby a couple of weekends ago - and it was just a black and white laser printed effort on cheap paper.
Those that attend the game really want something that adds to their afternoon - i.e. team sheets, information / profiles on the opposition, manager / chairman's message and some key stats - results to date / fixtures / league table.
Items like previous match reports from away trips are appreciated by people who aren't "online", as are photos from those games.
Some people are happy to pay more for a glossy magazine that includes details on a player's favourite food or crosswords, but those are the sort of things you don't really need while you are at the game.
A lot of the rest tends to be adverts that benefit the club that you should really be having to pay to read.
P.S. I have some of the R&DFC progs as PDFs, and they are about 6Mb - so your estimate of 100 years would be about right for a 16Gb memory stick.
I guess different people look for different things from a programme, but they've increasingly become a more significant part of the cost of going to a game - I paid £1.50 for a programme at a game where the admission was only £5 at Long Buckby a couple of weekends ago - and it was just a black and white laser printed effort on cheap paper.
Those that attend the game really want something that adds to their afternoon - i.e. team sheets, information / profiles on the opposition, manager / chairman's message and some key stats - results to date / fixtures / league table.
Items like previous match reports from away trips are appreciated by people who aren't "online", as are photos from those games.
Some people are happy to pay more for a glossy magazine that includes details on a player's favourite food or crosswords, but those are the sort of things you don't really need while you are at the game.
A lot of the rest tends to be adverts that benefit the club that you should really be having to pay to read.
P.S. I have some of the R&DFC progs as PDFs, and they are about 6Mb - so your estimate of 100 years would be about right for a 16Gb memory stick.