A Penny For Your Thoughts

[Rene Artois]

SUFC currently have the following number of followers on these platforms:

Facebook – 92k
X (Twitter) – 78k
Tik Tok – 67k

One SUFC Tik Tok I’ve just seen has had 482,000 views!

Sponsorship opportunities!

Signage at the ground is only seen once a fortnight by 4,000 people.

FB, X & TT can carry the advertising 24/7/365 with a ginormous potential audience.

You can pin posts & tweets to the top of your profile on FB & X.
You can put company logos and wording on profile pictures etc.
You can add messages / logos etc to TT posts.

The only thing limiting you is your imagination.

SUFC FB sponsored by…
SUFC X sponsored by…
SUFC TT sponsored by…

Kerching!

[Rene Artois]

How about a FWHST?

A Fair Weather Half Season Ticket for those whom don’t like the cold, dark, wet winter Saturday afternoons.
First 7 home games of season
Plus
Last 7 home games of season.
Do a bit of ‘dizzy’ (discount) to make it VFM.

[sufc_not_on_tour]

Rene Artois wrote:

How about a FWHST?

A Fair Weather Half Season Ticket for those whom don’t like the cold, dark, wet winter Saturday afternoons.
First 7 home games of season
Plus
Last 7 home games of season.
Do a bit of ‘dizzy’ (discount) to make it VFM.

Has the NLN invited another team into the league that I didn’t know about?

[Rene Artois]

FWHST would be for 14 (60%) of the 23 games… obviously a tad more than a half season.

You could do 12 if you wanted to get closer to the actual half season figure – 6 fixtures up to end of Oct and 6 fixtures from beginning of March.

[64]

Penny? I thought this was another appeal, taxing thought to donate to the Iron

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[Rene Artois]

Away NLN games that don’t clash with PL games.

£180 for a commercial premise to show the game.

Iron Bar holds 200.

£10 entry = £2,000
£20 beer (a guess) = £4,000
£10 food = £2,000

Income = £8,000

Iron Bar = 200
Exec Lounge = 120
Restaurant = 150

470 potential.
That could generate £18,800 (using the assumed expenditure above).

Money in to our club rather than the oppositions.

[Rene Artois]

7 days a week business… I’ve heard that touted many times.

Here’s another idea.

Young Iron Day Care Nursery.

Morning 7:30 – 12:30… £35
Afternoon 13:00 – 18:00… £35
Short Day 8:30 – 16:30… £50
Full Day 7:30 – 18:00… £60

Obviously you’d need trained, qualified staff and the equipment and environment to deliver.

You’d not be making, selling or repairing anything, no stock to check & purchase, no wastage to throw out, no shrinkage from shop lifters etc.

Day nurseries are obviously always going to be needed. Demand for places will continue to rise in the coming years.

It’d generate a guaranteed Mon to Friday income stream.

[Rene Artois]

Open the bars earlier (any imposed restrictions?) on match-days.

The Licensing Act 2003 was partly to try and eliminate ‘binge drinking’ from our previous ‘stop watch’ drinking culture.

Get them on our premises eating and drinking our food rather than them spending their money in the many other local outlets.

If they are determined to have a ‘good sesh’ then they’ll do so before entering our establishment anyhow.

Pre-Match Prep:
Friday nights at the Iron Bar. It could feature prize bingo, racing nights, pub quiz, karaoke, Scunny’s Got Talent, local club type bands, young bands whom might want to ‘rehearse’ in front of a live audience, open mics, comedy nights.
The ‘entertainment’ can be rotated weekly and could feature a couple of different events each week?
I.e.
bingo & pub quiz
Open mic & comedy club

Just some thoughts on how we can be more of a community club.

[64]

Open Mic? Grrrrr! One arsehole gets paid while others work, I despise them, as bad as pubs and restaurants that expect people to play for free. Imagine saying to a chef, “come and cook at my place, it’ll get your name out”

[Rene Artois]

Set up our own online weekly lottery?

[Northumbiron]

I thought there was already a nursery at the back of the Donny Rd End?

[Rene Artois]

Legends game.

I read a few weeks ago that on average, we take about £50k in gate receipts for a game?

Once the seasons finished, how about a Legends fundraiser the week after the concluding league / play off game?

Iron Claret Legends v Iron Blue Legends

12 claret legends and 12 blue legends.
6 legends play the first half for each team and the second set of 6 legends play the second half for each team.

10 fans play for the clarets and 10 fans play for the blues.
The first set of 5 fans play the first half for each team, the second set of 5 fans plays the second half for each team.

Claret team = 6 legends & 5 fans
Blue team = 6 legends & 5 fans

For £500, twenty fans get to pull on the claret & blue of Scunthorpe United FC, get changed in the changing rooms with their heroes of yesteryear and to actually play 45 minutes in a game with and against their idols!

20 x £500 = £10,000
2,000 (attendance)(a guess) x £15 = £30,000
Program, food, drinks = £20k (guess)
Sponsorship (annual Legends Trophy) = £5k (another guess)

Total revenue = £65k

If match day staff volunteered their labour, then this minimises the costs and maximises the funds raised.

Just an idea. It might be a load of tosh or it could be a good opportunity?

LT would be a perfect match-day commentator over the PA.

UTI.

[Rene Artois]

Rene Artois wrote:

Legends game.

I read a few weeks ago that on average, we take about £50k in gate receipts for a game?

Once the seasons finished, how about a Legends fundraiser the week after the concluding league / play off game?

Iron Claret Legends v Iron Blue Legends

12 claret legends and 12 blue legends.
6 legends play the first half for each team and the second set of 6 legends play the second half for each team.

10 fans play for the clarets and 10 fans play for the blues.
The first set of 5 fans play the first half for each team, the second set of 5 fans plays the second half for each team.

Claret team = 6 legends & 5 fans
Blue team = 6 legends & 5 fans

For £500, twenty fans get to pull on the claret & blue of Scunthorpe United FC, get changed in the changing rooms with their heroes of yesteryear and to actually play 45 minutes in a game with and against their idols!

20 x £500 = £10,000
2,000 (attendance)(a guess) x £15 = £30,000
Program, food, drinks = £20k (guess)
Sponsorship (annual Legends Trophy) = £5k (another guess)

Total revenue = £65k

If match day staff volunteered their labour, then this minimises the costs and maximises the funds raised.

Just an idea. It might be a load of tosh or it could be a good opportunity?

LT would be a perfect match-day commentator over the PA.

UTI.

Legends Shirt Signing

Perhaps held in the Exec Bar a couple of hours before kick off.
A 30 minute to an hour shirt signing session where fans can bring their favourite SUFC shirt and have one, more or all of their heroes playing that day sign their shirt.

£50 x 100 (a guess) = £5K

20 Legends signatures for £50 = £2.50 per signature. Bargain!

[Rene Artois]

Rene Artois wrote:

How about a FWHST?

A Fair Weather Half Season Ticket for those whom don’t like the cold, dark, wet winter Saturday afternoons.
First 7 home games of season
Plus
Last 7 home games of season.
Do a bit of ‘dizzy’ (discount) to make it VFM.

SSHST – Sun Shine Half Season Ticket.
Lol

SHST – Summer Half Season Ticket.
UTI.

[Rene Artois]

Legends Golf Fundraiser

Four balls.
2 Legends & 2 Fans in each group.

10 minutes between tee off times.
6 groups per hour

9am to 3pm = 36 groups
72 Fans get to enjoy the experience and banter coupled with anecdotes from Club Legends. And then a few beers in the 19th !

Cost: match fee (if course won’t donate for free) plus £100 per fan.

72 x £100 = £7,200

UTI.

[Awaywego]

Put some comparisons in Rene.

[Rene Artois]

Living The Dream!

Every home game, one Fan gets to experience match day up close and personal as if he’s a player.

Report at the same time as the players.
Pre-match meal.
Change in to SUFC kit in the dressing room with the players.
Take part in or be around the warm up (where applicable… not including technical drills)
Pre-game managers talk / instructions.
Run / walk out with players.
Seat on the bench for the game.
Dressing room for half time managers debrief and instructions.
Back out with players – seat on bench.
Managers post-match debrief in changing room.
Change back in to civvies.
Post match meal in restaurant.

Cost: £1,000

Season income = £23,000 plus Cup games.

Some might say that this is too ‘intrusive’ and would be a hindrance on match days.
Ranting & raving and ‘information’ can be heard being transmitted from the dug outs in every game – what we never see or hear is the private discussions in the changing room.

A pre-event meeting between the Fan and the Club Secretary could be used to discuss the day and a code of conduct and other guidelines to be reviewed and agreed to.

What an experience!
The closest you’ll ever get to ‘living the dream’

[Rene Artois]

Players Payback

Some might say that it’s all expense for the Fans and ask “what contribution (other than playing) have the players made to help out the Club?”

It’s a nice job, good conditions, good pay, good work/home balance… you often hear it said “I’d play for nothing”

What a great idea!

How about the players forfeit their wages Easter week.
It wouldn’t get more symbolic than that!
Jesus resurrected.
SUFC resurrected.

24 x £1,000 = £24k

24 (I’ve no idea of the actual size of the squad) x £1,000 (no idea of the average wage either).

Breathe LIFE in to the Club and keep yourself in a job you LOVE next season.
LIVE the dream!

Live, Love, Life.
Live, Love, SUFC

UTI.

[Deereyme66]

Rene Artois wrote:

Living The Dream!

Every home game, one Fan gets to experience match day up close and personal as if he’s a player.

Report at the same time as the players.
Pre-match meal.
Change in to SUFC kit in the dressing room with the players.
Take part in or be around the warm up (where applicable… not including technical drills)
Pre-game managers talk / instructions.
Run / walk out with players.
Seat on the bench for the game.
Dressing room for half time managers debrief and instructions.
Back out with players – seat on bench.
Managers post-match debrief in changing room.
Change back in to civvies.
Post match meal in restaurant.

Cost: £1,000

Season income = £23,000 plus Cup games.

Some might say that this is too ‘intrusive’ and would be a hindrance on match days.
Ranting & raving and ‘information’ can be heard being transmitted from the dug outs in every game – what we never see or hear is the private discussions in the changing room.

A pre-event meeting between the Fan and the Club Secretary could be used to discuss the day and a code of conduct and other guidelines to be reviewed and agreed to.

What an experience!
The closest you’ll ever get to ‘living the dream’

You want me to pay a grand to spend all that time with Dean??

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[Lord Kitchener]

Have the Iron got a walking football team? Apparently there is a lot of money to be made by letting a load of old gits dodder all over the pitch, and it can get competitive.

Just a thought. UTBI

[Lord Kitchener]

Agh, just looked it up. lol.

http://www.scunthorpeunited-cset.co.uk/tag/walking-football/

Shame it’s not run by the club though.

[Deereyme66]

The only walking team I’m aware of; one of them is currently not walking that far

[CMC]

Deereyme66 wrote:

Rene Artois wrote:

Living The Dream!

Every home game, one Fan gets to experience match day up close and personal as if he’s a player.

Report at the same time as the players.
Pre-match meal.
Change in to SUFC kit in the dressing room with the players.
Take part in or be around the warm up (where applicable… not including technical drills)
Pre-game managers talk / instructions.
Run / walk out with players.
Seat on the bench for the game.
Dressing room for half time managers debrief and instructions.
Back out with players – seat on bench.
Managers post-match debrief in changing room.
Change back in to civvies.
Post match meal in restaurant.

Cost: £1,000

Season income = £23,000 plus Cup games.

Some might say that this is too ‘intrusive’ and would be a hindrance on match days.
Ranting & raving and ‘information’ can be heard being transmitted from the dug outs in every game – what we never see or hear is the private discussions in the changing room.

A pre-event meeting between the Fan and the Club Secretary could be used to discuss the day and a code of conduct and other guidelines to be reviewed and agreed to.

What an experience!
The closest you’ll ever get to ‘living the dream’

You want me to pay a grand to spend all that time with Dean??

Pay a grand to ensure he stops in pboro today and doesn’t come back…

[Rene Artois]

Lord Kitchener wrote:

Have the Iron got a walking football team? Apparently there is a lot of money to be made by letting a load of old gits dodder all over the pitch, and it can get competitive.

Just a thought. UTBI

It was one of my other thoughts.

Walking 7 a side Tournament
16 teams
4 leagues of 4 teams
Top team from each league go through to semi-final
10 members per team
£10 entry per player
£10 x 10 x 16 = £1,600
Run it monthly sept to June

Winners name goes on the trophy which they bring to defend at the next tournament.

10 x £1,600 = £16k

[Rene Artois]

Lord Kitchener wrote:

Agh, just looked it up. lol.

http://www.scunthorpeunited-cset.co.uk/tag/walking-football/

Shame it’s not run by the club though.

Popular with us older guys.
But, because it’s walking, it could be an open age tournament.

[Rene Artois]

CMC wrote:

Deereyme66 wrote:

Rene Artois wrote:

Living The Dream!

Every home game, one Fan gets to experience match day up close and personal as if he’s a player.

Report at the same time as the players.
Pre-match meal.
Change in to SUFC kit in the dressing room with the players.
Take part in or be around the warm up (where applicable… not including technical drills)
Pre-game managers talk / instructions.
Run / walk out with players.
Seat on the bench for the game.
Dressing room for half time managers debrief and instructions.
Back out with players – seat on bench.
Managers post-match debrief in changing room.
Change back in to civvies.
Post match meal in restaurant.

Cost: £1,000

Season income = £23,000 plus Cup games.

Some might say that this is too ‘intrusive’ and would be a hindrance on match days.
Ranting & raving and ‘information’ can be heard being transmitted from the dug outs in every game – what we never see or hear is the private discussions in the changing room.

A pre-event meeting between the Fan and the Club Secretary could be used to discuss the day and a code of conduct and other guidelines to be reviewed and agreed to.

What an experience!
The closest you’ll ever get to ‘living the dream’

You want me to pay a grand to spend all that time with Dean??

Pay a grand to ensure he stops in pboro today and doesn’t come back…

Short trip for him today.

[Rene Artois]

Season Review 2023-24 DVD

All the goals scored and conceded by the Iron from every game this season.
A minutes footage (build up & celebration) per goal and it’ll probably be about 2 hours long.
£10 per DVD
£10 x 1,000 = £10k

UTI.

[Rene Artois]

Season Ticket Lottery

Add £20 to the cost of a season ticket – roughly equivalent to paying for one extra game.

1,000 ST x £20 = £20k
Drawn home matchdays
23 x £500 (prize) = £11,500 (prizes)
Club = £8,500

2,000 ST x £20 = £40k
Drawn home matchdays
23 x £1000 (prize) = £23k (prizes)
Club = £17k

3,000 ST x £20 = £60k
Drawn home match-days
23 x £1000 (prize) = £23k (prizes)
Club = £37k

4,000 ST x £20 = £80k
Drawn every Saturday
52 x £1000 (prize) = £52k (prizes)
Club = £28k

[Rene Artois]

Penny for the Guy?

Maybe we need to sign a Guy once the embargo is lifted?

Guy Hollis signs

[Rene Artois]

Sponsored stay overs for longer distance games?

Better preparation and more energised players.

Generous gesture from L&M Plant Hire & Groundworks Ltd.

[Author]

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