Things to do list

[Cobbler78]

Thanks once again for the chuckle.

Maybe you're getting the point now. I like new ideas, I like your enthusiasm. All business's need to keep rethinking ways of improving their top line but your ideas would hold far better with facts and figures.  

You could do with being a little less tetchy too.  

I could well be wrong here but didn't Cardoza sign all the Match day food and drink outlets over to an independent company for a large sum on a long contract a couple of years back?

Don't want to come across all 7 year old, but check your first post to me on this thread before you mention tetchy.

Seems to me you are the negative type that like to shoot down other ideas while not contributing anything of your own. You don't need facts figures and numbers to see where things could be improved.

[guest47]

You don't need to be entertained but the entertainment can add say £1000 to the match day income, that's £20k plus over the year.

Business is all about mark-up our football experience is no different.

How many Premiership clubs do a 50/50 draw or similar? That's because it doesn't actually raise any money. The cost of selling the tickets outweighs the profit and anyway it's all a bit low rent, blagging freebies from local restaurants.

The Cobblers have got a spot on when they arrange the penalty shoot outs with local youth football clubs. It guarantees plenty of extra faces with the parents and will probably be the first time many of the players have been to a football match. Now that can lead to a life long fan or two.
The shoot the boot is fine and nice bit of light hearted fun.

[guest48]

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I could well be wrong here but didn't Cardoza sign all the Match day food and drink outlets over to an independent company for a large sum on a long contract a couple of years back?
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This is the BIG problem !!. Get rid of Centre Plate, make them an offer to buy up their contract and get NTFC to run the bars

[Cobbler78]

How many Premiership clubs do a 50/50 draw or similar? That's because it doesn't actually raise any money. The cost of selling the tickets outweighs the profit and anyway it's all a bit low rent, blagging freebies from local restaurants.

The Cobblers have got a spot on when they arrange the penalty shoot outs with local youth football clubs. It guarantees plenty of extra faces with the parents and will probably be the first time many of the players have been to a football match. Now that can lead to a life long fan or two.
The shoot the boot is fine and nice bit of light hearted fun.

See this is the sort of thing that is so frustrating. I assume we don't pay the 50/50 sellers, so it can't possibly cost any money. Also, this is just one small idea, there must be 20 or 30 things that can be changed just slightly here and there. Imagine just making a 10% improvement in profits on 20 or 30 different income streams at the club.

[Ralap]

[quote author=Ralap link=topic=14064.msg260140#msg260140 date=1448834423

I could well be wrong here but didn't Cardoza sign all the Match day food and drink outlets over to an independent company for a large sum on a long contract a couple of years back?

This is the BIG problem !!. Get rid of Centre Plate, make them an offer to buy up their contract and get NTFC to run the bars

There's a contribution for you 78. It's always best to have all or as much of the facts as you can. But you prefer to call that negativity. Fair enough, your opinion.

[HertsCobbler]

What about Carr's Bar?  All the staff have NTFC name badges on?

[guest47]

See this is the sort of thing that is so frustrating. I assume we don't pay the 50/50 sellers, so it can't possibly cost any money. Also, this is just one small idea, there must be 20 or 30 things that can be changed just slightly here and there. Imagine just making a 10% improvement in profits on 20 or 30 different income streams at the club.

Fancy making the lads sell the tickets for nothing, that never works. You just get people doing it for a few weeks and then realising they are being mugged off.
The only way the club will make more money is by supplying better quality football either side of half time. No football fan gives a monkey about the half time entertainment so don't waste time or money on it.

[Alfred]

A training ground has to be high on the priority list

[guest168]

See this is the sort of thing that is so frustrating. I assume we don't pay the 50/50 sellers, so it can't possibly cost any money. Also, this is just one small idea, there must be 20 or 30 things that can be changed just slightly here and there. Imagine just making a 10% improvement in profits on 20 or 30 different income streams at the club.

Thanks for your ideas, why not start the ball rolling and come along on Saturday to try out your idea of selling the 50-50 tickets in the queues as you suggest?

[guest47]

We've got to bring back Tony Ansell. I think that's where it all started to go wrong, rather like the the ravens at The Tower of London.

[southeastcobbler]

See this is the sort of thing that is so frustrating. I assume we don't pay the 50/50 sellers, so it can't possibly cost any money. Also, this is just one small idea, there must be 20 or 30 things that can be changed just slightly here and there. Imagine just making a 10% improvement in profits on 20 or 30 different income streams at the club.

I used to sell 50-50 tickets. I was a volunteer and paid with a match ticket.

Its all well and good saying it doesn't cost anything, but needs the volunteers to maximise sales.

[guest47]

I used to sell 50-50 tickets. I was a volunteer and paid with a match ticket.

Its all well and good saying it doesn't cost anything, but needs the volunteers to maximise sales.

Why did you stop doing it?

[southeastcobbler]

Mainly because of work commitments, I live on the south-east meaning I would leave my home at 7am then get back around 10pm every match day and also I broke both my legs in a motorbike accident which has had an effect on what Im able to do. I volunteer still when possible.

[Cobbler78]

Thanks for your ideas, why not start the ball rolling and come along on Saturday to try out your idea of selling the 50-50 tickets in the queues as you suggest?

Just sent you a PM, happy to help. Lets get this prize and money to club up to £500 each. I can't make the FA Cup game, but next league game, count me in.

[guest47]

Mainly because of work commitments, I live on the south-east meaning I would leave my home at 7am then get back around 10pm every match day and also I broke both my legs in a motorbike accident which has had an effect on what Im able to do. I volunteer still when possible.

I have to say I like the way you firstly blame work commitments then mention it's a 15 hour round trip, then mention you broke both your legs. I think you can stand down with honour.

[SteveRiches]

I'm sure the new owners know exactly what to do first - get things started asap on east stand. Therein lies the key to more income. The other thing KT clearly wants to do (because he said so) is to give Wilder the opportunity to strengthen the squad in the Jan. window.

Certainly we need to sort out catering, and why it takes 10 minutes to get a pint of real ale in Carr's Bar (or not, because they run out of it) but first things first - more seats for bums and a side that goes up and keeps going. The other stuff can come later.

[Dr Feelgood]

Get Marvo back!!

[Grove]

Fancy making the lads sell the tickets for nothing, that never works. You just get people doing it for a few weeks and then realising they are being mugged off.
The only way the club will make more money is by supplying better quality football either side of half time. No football fan gives a monkey about the half time entertainment so don't waste time or money on it.

I never watch what goes on at Half time so pointless trying to entertain more, Buy coffee, piss, chat about 1st half..... second half KO

[Alwaysdark]

A hairdressers giving free haircuts with every home game ticket purchase. Northampton Town fans have the worst hair of any fans in the land apart from Grimsby and maybe Rotherham. Have a look at ourselves this Saturday and you will see what I mean.

There is nothing worse than the guy (or woman) sitting in fronts comb over blowing about all over the place to distract you from the game   

Downstairs trims not included! 

[guest2235]

What about Carr's Bar?  All the staff have NTFC name badges on?

Just in case they forget their own name