Rambo
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Post by Rambo on Apr 30, 2018 23:19:35 GMT
For those who didn't see the ITV 10 O'Clock News, the Football League Clubs are now voting on whether to 'ban' Matchday Programmes at all matches as they're not'cost effective' down to many Clubs losing too much producing them.... What a load of tosh, what will they be voting on next... Banning fans wearing replica shirts to matches?  |
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Post by davef on May 1, 2018 5:42:22 GMT
I'm not sure it's a ban, more that the clubs want the right to choose whether to print a programme or not.
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Post by Kebab Belly Bob on May 1, 2018 6:45:25 GMT
They could go down the route of producing an online only version that you can choose to download for a small fee.
Basingstoke did this a few years ago for a set of friendlies, one of which was against us.
A nightmare for paper programme collectors, and for traditionalists who see this as part of the football experience.
The march of progress !
Kbb
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Post by sallycat on May 1, 2018 7:39:57 GMT
I'm not sure it's a ban, more that the clubs want the right to choose whether to print a programme or not. That makes a lot more sense. You couldn't ban it, surely. But if I'm right in thinking it's currently compulsory to have printed match day material then it makes sense to vote on whether to remove that rule. |
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Post by markf on May 1, 2018 7:47:16 GMT
If that's progress let's stop the wheel rolling now!
Clubs could of course scale back their production levels and publish smaller and thus cheaper paper issues. Remember not everyone has the internet.
interestingly, we sold out well before k.o. on Saturday and now they are selling on ebay fot well over the face value. That suggests there is still a real appetite for paper issues.
Remember when the kindle came out and the death of the paperback was forecast? Well, that proved a very inaccurate prophecy as in recent years paperback sales have risen again.
Progress?
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Rambo
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Post by Rambo on May 1, 2018 8:12:15 GMT
Ok, so, as Dave F has stated, and which I 'mis-heard' when it was on last night's news, it's a vote to decide whether it's an absolute requirement to produce one or not, it's already generating a lot of interest in the programme collecting world. The BBC have the following page set up : - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/43959769 |
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Post by I'm leaving at 5 nil on May 1, 2018 8:27:10 GMT
Carshalton have had digital download programmes this season. Soon as you enter the ground you log onto the free Wi-fi and a copy is sent to your device . Great for people like me who don’t usually bother with them but a pal of mine who has a season ticket at Sutton will be raging ... he collects thousands of them , all in protective plastic sleeves .....
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Post by I'm leaving at 5 nil on May 1, 2018 9:20:27 GMT
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Post by scorpioeyes on May 1, 2018 9:59:35 GMT
You can't beat a nice hard copy,whether its a prog or a book.I'd never buy a kindle.
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Post by meddles on May 1, 2018 15:16:42 GMT
I used to buy a programme for every game I attended, without fail. Now, having moved away and needing to spend more on travel and food etc, I now only buy programmes for the ‘big’ games. Moving house and having to do something with the shoeboxes of programmes made me realise that once I’ve read the programme on match day, I very rarely (if ever!) looked at it again.
If there was an option to download a pdf of the programme to your phone or tablet on the morning of the match (I prefer to read the programme before kick-off) that I could read on my journey to the ground, I’d sign up in an instant. With work and the distance to GGL, I cannot make mid-week games, but signing up for a ‘season pass’ to a pdf download of the programmes would mean that I, and other exiles, wouldn’t miss out on the excellent articles that aren’t available in the press and the club could make some extra money on selling programmes in digital form that couldn’t be sold physically at the ground.
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