BP1960 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dave_Og said: Strikes me as a conscious effort to discourage paying cash on the day with all the handling costs and risk that come with that I wonder how they handled the cash and refreshments at the 42,000 crowd I was in against Liverpool in 1962? I think a crash barrier did break open though during the game though and one thing better today is fans aren't packed in like sardines. (I take that back, they were around the main stand food and drink kiosk on Saturday). Edited August 12 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I don’t suppose it helps not having money from the premier league any more and even more so now the parachute payments have ceased. We are probably having to maximise our income from the home matches to a much greater extent? The closing of the academy is another loss of income to consider too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 3 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: I don’t suppose it helps not having money from the premier league any more and even more so now the parachute payments have ceased. We are probably having to maximise our income from the home matches to a much greater extent? The closing of the academy is another loss of income to consider too! 8,000 spare seats on Saturday, surely we need to find a way to boost attendances, £25 is an absolute turn off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB2 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 11 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: I don’t suppose it helps not having money from the premier league any more and even more so now the parachute payments have ceased. We are probably having to maximise our income from the home matches to a much greater extent? The closing of the academy is another loss of income to consider too! There has never been a time when we didn’t need to use every option at our disposal to increase matchday income. It was no more important 12 months ago than it is today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 22 minutes ago, BP1960 said: I wonder how they handled the cash and refreshments at the 42,000 crowd I was in against Liverpool in 1962? I think a crash barrier did break open though during the game though and one thing better today is fans aren't packed in like sardines. (I take that back, they were around the main stand food and drink kiosk on Saturday). Differently, because the world was different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneSizeFitz Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 They're much better at updating the website now than they were in 1962, though. Swings and roundabouts. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 14 minutes ago, BP1960 said: 8,000 spare seats on Saturday, surely we need to find a way to boost attendances, £25 is an absolute turn off. There were 8000 spare seats before we dropped into the NL. Think we’re forgetting that we were struggling to match the 5/6000 we are getting for the National League 3 or 4 years ago in the EFL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 11 minutes ago, AndyB2 said: There has never been a time when we didn’t need to use every option at our disposal to increase matchday income. It was no more important 12 months ago than it is today. Of course It is more important now because of the factors I’ve outlined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB2 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 6 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: Of course It is more important now because of the factors I’ve outlined. If the club is now making moves to increase matchday income which it wasn’t doing 12 months ago (despite being capable of pulling those levers) then that is negligent. The club is massively in the red. It is now. It was then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 3 minutes ago, AndyB2 said: If the club is now making moves to increase matchday income which it wasn’t doing 12 months ago (despite being capable of pulling those levers) then that is negligent. The club is massively in the red. It is now. It was then. If. I have no idea what research underpins the club's decision to implement the 20/25 system, but it's reasonable to assume they've done it with due consideration. They may be right, or wrong, but I suspect aside from "it puts me off" (or "it puts my mate off" in BP's case) we're not even speculating - that would be too strong a word. What we're doing is just winding ourselves up about it. It's a bit mad really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 6 minutes ago, AndyB2 said: If the club is now making moves to increase matchday income which it wasn’t doing 12 months ago (despite being capable of pulling those levers) then that is negligent. The club is massively in the red. It is now. It was then. We were amongst the cheapest in the league over the last couple of seasons. We are having to put prices up now because of a substantial cut in income…have you read my post? Edited August 12 by oafc1955 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticMark Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 An update on matchday food and drinks at Boundary Park www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2024/august/12/matchday-food---beverage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB2 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 10 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: We were amongst the cheapest in the league over the last couple of seasons. We are having to put prices up now because of a substantial cut in income…have you read my post? Oh right. I didn’t realise we were running at a profit last year. My mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 16 minutes ago, AndyB2 said: Oh right. I didn’t realise we were running at a profit last year. My mistake No club makes a profit. We’re talking specifically about match day income here. The club held the prices as long as they could….would you rather they had put them up 3 years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggleblue Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 37 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: Of course It is more important now because of the factors I’ve outlined. So why is the club prepared to lose money by selling shity pies. Allowing huge queus to form at the food and drink kiosks resulting in people leaving the queue because the match was starting? Oh and finally is Barry Owen back on the board? Cos one again the statement put out by the club is using due diligence as an excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 21 minutes ago, LaticMark said: An update on matchday food and drinks at Boundary Park www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2024/august/12/matchday-food---beverage I wonder what is in a matchday allergen pack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggleblue Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 minute ago, Dave_Og said: I wonder what is in a matchday allergen pack Hypodermic needle with adrenaline for those allergic reactions caused by the shitty ingredients in those pukka pies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 7 minutes ago, diggleblue said: So why is the club prepared to lose money by selling shity pies. Allowing huge queus to form at the food and drink kiosks resulting in people leaving the queue because the match was starting? Oh and finally is Barry Owen back on the board? Cos one again the statement put out by the club is using due diligence as an excuse. As I said before the club are aware of the problems and are in the process of rectifying it, which has been confirmed today. Unfortunately it doesn’t happen overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB2 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 15 minutes ago, oafc1955 said: No club makes a profit. We’re talking specifically about match day income here. The club held the prices as long as they could….would you rather they had put them up 3 years ago? No cos we had an awful owner who wouldn’t have put it into the club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Branston Pickle Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Conlon was good on Saturday eh? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 18 minutes ago, AndyB2 said: No cos we had an awful owner who wouldn’t have put it into the club. I’m out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlossopLatic Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 (edited) 1 hour ago, oafc1955 said: As I said before the club are aware of the problems and are in the process of rectifying it, which has been confirmed today. Unfortunately it doesn’t happen overnight. I think it can get sorted out pretty quickly and I think it needs to, you can understand it in pre season but we really need to have had it sorted by now. Compared to some of the issues we have had in the previous years at the club this is comparatively small fortunately. But it's a small thing that cam make a big difference if you do it properly in the long run. Edited August 12 by GlossopLatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
League one forever Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Just on the catering. If the new company do fit food- I’m happy to pay a little more than average. It’s no different to a restaurant- you’re happy to pay for lovely food. The issue at the minute is bang average food for the price’s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggleblue Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 1 hour ago, LaticMark said: An update on matchday food and drinks at Boundary Park www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/news/2024/august/12/matchday-food---beverage I've been a season ticket holder for over 40 years. Club says they sought opinions on catering from fans in June.Nobody sought my opinion. Did was anybody else on here contacted?Suspect this is fake news. Anyway could somebody do a poll or start a thread about catering cause this thread is about Braintree. Thought Charsley was outstanding on Saturday as we're several others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyyou Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 4 minutes ago, diggleblue said: I've been a season ticket holder for over 40 years. Club says they sought opinions on catering from fans in June.Nobody sought my opinion. Did was anybody else on here contacted?Suspect this is fake news. Anyway could somebody do a poll or start a thread about catering cause this thread is about Braintree. Thought Charsley was outstanding on Saturday as we're several others. As a ST holder I filled in an online survey from Latics about the matchday experience. They maybe did just a sample survey rather than full ST list. Anyway I wouldn't be much use as, where possible, I avoid overpriced shit at football grounds. And yes, Charsley was very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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