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Haitch
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Hey, @Accy cyclist, have your kids got a free doll yet? Courtesy of When Saturday Comes:
American TV star Jesse McClure, from hit shows Storage Hunters and Storage Hunters UK, is encouraging young fans to get behind his adopted UK "soccer" club, Accrington Stanley.
Throughout February accompanied under-12s will receive a free limited edition talking Jess McClure doll worth £10 when they watch home games for free at the Wham Stadium. Sporting an Accrington Stanley-badged shirt under his trademark leather jacket, the plush doll speaks five phrases including "Accrington Stanley, the club that wouldn't die!" and "Fight on Accy Stanley, never say die!".
"Since working over here I've become a big fan," said Jesse. "It's my nature to side with the underdog and I love everything about the club – its fantastic history, the way it's fought against the odds to survive, and most of all its army of fans. That's one army I'm happy to enlist in!"
American TV star Jesse McClure, from hit shows Storage Hunters and Storage Hunters UK, is encouraging young fans to get behind his adopted UK "soccer" club, Accrington Stanley.
Throughout February accompanied under-12s will receive a free limited edition talking Jess McClure doll worth £10 when they watch home games for free at the Wham Stadium. Sporting an Accrington Stanley-badged shirt under his trademark leather jacket, the plush doll speaks five phrases including "Accrington Stanley, the club that wouldn't die!" and "Fight on Accy Stanley, never say die!".
"Since working over here I've become a big fan," said Jesse. "It's my nature to side with the underdog and I love everything about the club – its fantastic history, the way it's fought against the odds to survive, and most of all its army of fans. That's one army I'm happy to enlist in!"
Mr Vialli (co-founder & brand ambassador) pitched up at Valley Parade to launch a crowd funding campaign via his company Tifosy. WTF?
https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/upgrade-valley-parade-for-the-players-and-fans
Whilst I can see it being a good thing, investing in fan owned club like Pompey and investing (helping) in a no hoper club like Accy, but for a club Like Bradford City? A debt free limited company owned by 2 businessmen? A club with 18000 ST holders yet serial, despite huge potential, underachievers? This is not investing it's "giving".
After selling Nahki Wells for £1.2m and raking in £100's of £1000's from last seasons cup run, they want the fans to fund the new changing rooms? Well they can fook off.
https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/upgrade-valley-parade-for-the-players-and-fans
Whilst I can see it being a good thing, investing in fan owned club like Pompey and investing (helping) in a no hoper club like Accy, but for a club Like Bradford City? A debt free limited company owned by 2 businessmen? A club with 18000 ST holders yet serial, despite huge potential, underachievers? This is not investing it's "giving".
After selling Nahki Wells for £1.2m and raking in £100's of £1000's from last seasons cup run, they want the fans to fund the new changing rooms? Well they can fook off.
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First reaction is that it is a bit of a cheek, but anther way of looking at it is that it is a bit more honest than just loading the cost onto ticket prices. If they added £15 to the price of each of the 18,000 season tickets they would exceed their £250K target.Mr Vialli (co-founder & brand ambassador) pitched up at Valley Parade to launch a crowd funding campaign via his company Tifosy. WTF?
https://www.tifosy.com/en/campaigns/upgrade-valley-parade-for-the-players-and-fans
Whilst I can see it being a good thing, investing in fan owned club like Pompey and investing (helping) in a no hoper club like Accy, but for a club Like Bradford City? A debt free limited company owned by 2 businessmen? A club with 18000 ST holders yet serial, despite huge potential, underachievers? This is not investing it's "giving".
After selling Nahki Wells for £1.2m and raking in £100's of £1000's from last seasons cup run, they want the fans to fund the new changing rooms? Well they can fook off.
It might allow more affluent supporters to feel they are putting something in while allowing others who can't so easily afford it to keep costs down - obvious flaw is if they put ticket prices up as well, and the risk of nobody investing.
Maybe Liverpool should have tried tried something like this to pay for their new stand instead of hiking up ticket prices and then back-pedalling - perhaps they will try something like this now.
I'd accept £15 on the ST's, I'd accept much more, after all, Bradford fans were expecting a £50 increase on the 14/15 already low ST cost of £199. I don't thing you'd find 1 fan who anticipated a £50 reduction! More importantly, it'd be upfront, none of this "investing" and "stakeholder" bullshit when it's bog standard, begging bowl "giving".
I believe (not 100% sure) that Tifosy cream off 10% as profit. It is a venture capital funded business..............why should a profit motivated private business help fund another profit motivated private business via donations from the public?
Roadhump
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I believe (not 100% sure) that Tifosy cream off 10% as profit. It is a venture capital funded business..............why should a profit motivated private business help fund another profit motivated private business via donations from the public?
Ah, that is taking the p*** it does seem to make the increased ticket price option seem less like you are being mugged. As footy fans though we allow ourselves to be mugged all the time.
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Haitch
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She's 19 today so she misses out!
Congratulations, hopefully a couple of goals against Crawley for her today.
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Alloa v Rangers , despite the blizzards the pitch has passed an inspection, Rangers playing 2-2-2-2-2 formation today.
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DEENEY!
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Stanley won 4 -1 yesterday http://www.skysports.com/watch/vide...ns/league-two/10166652/accrington-4-1-crawley to move up to 6th,with 2 or 3 games in hand on the teams above.
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AndyRM
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Bloody hell, Leicester take the lead against Arsenal! If they hold on to that I think they might just do it...
Roadhump
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Heartbreak for Leicester losing with the last kick of the the game - silly free kick to give away by their no. 27. Could it just be the moment that starts Arsenal's run to the title?
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I don't think Danny Simpson is going to be a popular chap in Leicester this evening.
