We should have plenty in the bank at the moment, surely? Supporters are paying for all the normal things plus trust donations on top, I don't see why we should then be paying for players as well!

I think it's a good idea can never have enough money as a football club. If you don't agree simply don't donate but it's there for people who wish too.

A fund towards our own home would be better, we should have plenty in the bank for players

Exile 1976 wrote:A fund towards our own home would be better, we should have plenty in the bank for players

Agreed, Stan was asking for this many moons ago.

Willthiswork wrote:

Exile 1976 wrote:A fund towards our own home would be better, we should have plenty in the bank for players

Agreed, Stan was asking for this many moons ago.

As usual though , nothing came of it. The club don’t appear interested and none of our fans are prepared to run with it

Not interested but if you said start a fund for our own stadium with the proviso guaranteed not to be used anywhere else.
Put me down.
Massive aim but with business sponsors, collections every game.
Invested to the maximum interest ( appreciate that's not a lot currently).
Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive albeit separate from what they do for their love of the County regardless.
Target for 10 years down the line.
Big ask and at present no guarantee we have RP in 10 years anyway.
Got to start somewhere, clearly nothing has happened yet.

professional league two club does not need a fan raised player fund unless we are not being run properly.

The Wolf wrote:If you want a successful football club/team you all need to do that little bit more.

since last season we have acquired an extra 600 County fans per game based on the latest attendance figures. This must equate to close on an extra £200,000 more per season than we were taking, in tickets sales and bits n pieces.

newgroundrodney wrote:

The Wolf wrote:If you want a successful football club/team you all need to do that little bit more.

since last season we have acquired an extra 600 County fans per game based on the latest attendance figures. This must equate to close on an extra £200,000 more per season than we were taking, in tickets sales and bits n pieces.

Assuming of course those extra numbers continue for the rest of the season. Likely numbers will drop significantly for the second half of the season.

The Wolf wrote:

newgroundrodney wrote:

The Wolf wrote:If you want a successful football club/team you all need to do that little bit more.

since last season we have acquired an extra 600 County fans per game based on the latest attendance figures. This must equate to close on an extra £200,000 more per season than we were taking, in tickets sales and bits n pieces.

I'm interested in how you have come to that figure?

This season, after 13 games, the total number of County fans at home games is 47924....which is 7825 more than the same stage last season. That's 602 extra fans per game so far, which is 13846 more fans a season....at approx £14 each, that's £193k a season that we weren't getting.
Noteworthy, is that even through our poor period of form, our attendances aren't really dropping off markedly at all.

PS: starting with the Crawley game, during our poor run, the number of County fans at RP has only fallen 5.2% down on the average immediately prior to the start of our poor form......so it's not affecting the fans as much as many might think!

newgroundrodney wrote:

The Wolf wrote:

newgroundrodney wrote:

The Wolf wrote:If you want a successful football club/team you all need to do that little bit more.

since last season we have acquired an extra 600 County fans per game based on the latest attendance figures. This must equate to close on an extra £200,000 more per season than we were taking, in tickets sales and bits n pieces.

I'm interested in how you have come to that figure?

This season, after 13 games, the total number of County fans at home games is 47924....which is 7825 more than the same stage last season. That's 602 extra fans per game so far, which is 13846 more fans a season....at approx £14 each, that's £193k a season that we weren't getting.
Noteworthy, is that even through our poor period of form, our attendances aren't really dropping off markedly at all.

PS: starting with the Crawley game, during our poor run, the number of County fans at RP has only fallen 5.2% down on the average immediately prior to the start of our poor form......so it's not affecting the fans as much as many might think!

Well impressed and really good news for our finances.
Blimey how many more would we of had so far with more attractive football played.
Impossible to know though.

Frank Nouble 3 wrote:Not interested but if you said start a fund for our own stadium with the proviso guaranteed not to be used anywhere else.
Put me down.
Massive aim but with business sponsors, collections every game.
Invested to the maximum interest ( appreciate that's not a lot currently).
Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive albeit separate from what they do for their love of the County regardless.
Target for 10 years down the line.
Big ask and at present no guarantee we have RP in 10 years anyway.
Got to start somewhere, clearly nothing has happened yet.

What is meant by Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive ?

whoareya wrote:

Frank Nouble 3 wrote:Not interested but if you said start a fund for our own stadium with the proviso guaranteed not to be used anywhere else.
Put me down.
Massive aim but with business sponsors, collections every game.
Invested to the maximum interest ( appreciate that's not a lot currently).
Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive albeit separate from what they do for their love of the County regardless.
Target for 10 years down the line.
Big ask and at present no guarantee we have RP in 10 years anyway.
Got to start somewhere, clearly nothing has happened yet.

What is meant by Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive ?

I presume it means that they should pay pro rata in lieu of the hospitality they receive on match days towards the fund?

The Wolf wrote:If you want a successful football club/team you all need to do that little bit more.

Couldn't agree more. But doing a little bit more doesn't translate into a bucket shaking exercise. The simplest way to 'do a bit more' is for those who still sreadfastly stick to the idea of contributing only the price of a matchday ticket, to join the trust. Just £60 a year for basic membership.

lowandhard wrote:

whoareya wrote:

Frank Nouble 3 wrote:Not interested but if you said start a fund for our own stadium with the proviso guaranteed not to be used anywhere else.
Put me down.
Massive aim but with business sponsors, collections every game.
Invested to the maximum interest ( appreciate that's not a lot currently).
Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive albeit separate from what they do for their love of the County regardless.
Target for 10 years down the line.
Big ask and at present no guarantee we have RP in 10 years anyway.
Got to start somewhere, clearly nothing has happened yet.

What is meant by Board chip in thanks for all the hospitality they receive ?

I presume it means that they should pay pro rata in lieu of the hospitality they receive on match days towards the fund?

Good morning Malpas
Correct.
They do a brilliant job presumably for the love of the County.
No need for freebies though.
By the way virtually 100% this idea will never happen.
You need the BOD to kick it off for starters.