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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 11:30:41 GMT
I thought the figure was £250,000. A lot of money before you even start building something. The 300 contributors from the Sittingbourne days are the hard core fan base. I doubt that you will find such commitment from the newbies, as the original appeal was to get the club home, and that has been achieved. I'm happy to be proved wrong though. I for one would not want to start paying out (again) without there being a costed building plan, and all permissions obtained. The concept has to be clear, realistic and affordable, people don't want to hand over their money for a general improvement scheme, it would be too nebulous. Unless you are one of the 300, of course - anyone got Gerard Butler's phone number? Dangerous theory, Headstone! Some of the 300, like me, might not come to games any more while there must be dozens of newbies who've been to every game, or nearly, since the ground opened. (Newbie pacification over...) I'm sure the ground will undergo many changes in the coming years. The willingness to listen to the fans is brilliant.
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Post by tim on Feb 28, 2014 11:32:44 GMT
Is that Trolley?
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Post by townendphil on Feb 28, 2014 12:08:20 GMT
I don't have a lot of disposable income so giving vast amounts of cash is not something I can help with. I can give my time though so anything I can do with regards to fund raising I will. Standing on the gate with a bucket to collect or whatever. Who ever is going to lead this if you contact me I will help.
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Post by Sennockian69 on Feb 28, 2014 12:39:34 GMT
Its a huge shame the springfield end 4 modular terrace units can't be reused even if there was some way to rack and stack em next to the main stand into the bank or on top of each other at the town end. Seems a lot of money to have to write off only two years old at a cost of around £40,000 for them. I dont see why you can't fit one more unit down the town end. Must be down to H&S Emergency evacuation rules. Surely these 2 stands could be sold to other clubs who could use them?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 12:45:40 GMT
Im sure we could sell them but still think if we can make use of them we should.
Need to pop in and see Bill or Terry really to see if its an idea that can fit into the grand plan. It also may give some smart ass ammunition over the 3g business model - if the clubs so successful why does it need to rely on supporter donations or some such nonsense
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Post by islandstone on Feb 28, 2014 12:58:33 GMT
I am good for one.billion.dollars. That's very generous Mr ant.
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Post by islandstone on Feb 28, 2014 13:05:12 GMT
I don't have a lot of disposable income so giving vast amounts of cash is not something I can help with. I can give my time though so anything I can do with regards to fund raising I will. Standing on the gate with a bucket to collect or whatever. Who ever is going to lead this if you contact me I will help. Give up heroin Phil, that will free £200 a week. Apparently. Then give it all to oliver and terry.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 13:08:47 GMT
I am good for one.billion.dollars. That's very generous Mr ant. Knew that was bloody coming, he needs a heathside style disclaimer
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Post by jt on Feb 28, 2014 13:10:19 GMT
average of a cockle a hit, 4 hits a day 280 nicker a week add the same amount of crack and we'll soon get the fund going
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Post by islandstone on Feb 28, 2014 13:19:30 GMT
average of a cockle a hit, 4 hits a day 280 nicker a week add the same amount of crack and we'll soon get the fund going If everyone could stop smoking the sweet Mary jane and cooking the brown sugar on the terraces we could save thousands. The main stand is rife.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2014 15:29:49 GMT
While more terracing would be nice in the 800:400 seat:stand split, any ground improvements are welcome. Of course banking the standing areas up a bit seems a very obvious thing to do. Interesting comment raised by Bryan on the £50k cost for river side sewer moving. I remember this figure being banded about while the ground was originally being built, and found it slightly strange that while spending £2.8m odd on the ground that this was not done because the actual cost might be significantly higher. Sooner or later we're going to have to resolve this sewer issue and if done would make an ideal home for the soon to be dismantled Springfield end stands. Perhaps it makes less short term economic sense for the owners to justify the spend, but that doesn't mean we (the supporters) should ignore it. Additional terracing along that side would be ideal to meet some of the issues people raise above. At the same time, it got me thinking that we've relied a lot on Oliver/Terry/Bill to be fighting the developments since we moved in, but beforehand we had quite active "BTSH" fundraising, etc. Supporter led fundraising for most clubs is an ongoing activity (I've always admired Dulwich 12th man thing) and since we have so many more supporters regularly coming through we should be able to do something more than the tough old days of digging in our pockets at Sittingbourne. So why can't we work out how much this will really cost to move the sewer and try and do something for the club? If £50k is realistic then I'll happily dig deep and be one of the first to put in £50; I'm sure others will join in very quickly.. Well said LFC (I hope you've got those Carter USM tickets sorted) I don't know why we as a club have become immune to fundraising, whilst so many other clubs at our level are doing anything and everything to raise cash. Mr Reed and the BTSH campaign raised thousands of pounds with an audience of 200-300 people for a cause that actually if we're honest, most thought would never happen.
If the cost of moving that sewer pipe is £50k can we as fans not reignite a campaign? I for one would be ok to put aside my season ticket and pay the £10 admission for the remaining home games (directly into a "sewer pipe" pot)....if every season ticket holder did that, plus collection buckets the money could be raised.....I appreciate not everybody has the spare cash but I don't think we should completely put to one side the fund raising that used to be part of Maidstone United Football Club Just to clarify; I was never part of the BTSH set-up, Mrs Reed on the other hand was! Carter USM tickets have also been acquired for the Reed household - although Mrs Reed had to get seat tickets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by steveh21 on Feb 28, 2014 17:19:45 GMT
The 300 contributors from the Sittingbourne days are the hard core fan base. I doubt that you will find such commitment from the newbies, as the original appeal was to get the club home, and that has been achieved. I'm happy to be proved wrong though. I for one would not want to start paying out (again) without there being a costed building plan, and all permissions obtained. The concept has to be clear, realistic and affordable, people don't want to hand over their money for a general improvement scheme, it would be too nebulous. Unless you are one of the 300, of course - anyone got Gerard Butler's phone number? I am hoping your post was done tongue in cheek otherwise your comments are somewhat crass and not helpful in the slightest, I'm a pesky newbie who is more than happy to contribute financially and give my time to assist in the club, I have already offered, whilst I appreciate what you chaps did to get the club back home, if the support for the original club didn't collapse when they moved to Dartford we wouldn't be here now, sorry oldies just my view ..interesting observation. Not sure the support did "collapse" when we went to Dartford. What it did do was not rise enough to support a Football League club.
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Post by townendphil on Feb 28, 2014 17:21:50 GMT
I don't have a lot of disposable income so giving vast amounts of cash is not something I can help with. I can give my time though so anything I can do with regards to fund raising I will. Standing on the gate with a bucket to collect or whatever. Who ever is going to lead this if you contact me I will help. Give up heroin Phil, that will free £200 a week. Apparently. Then give it all to oliver and terry. But as your best customer you'll be down some serious £££ mate. But if your sure I will do this!!
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Post by headstone on Feb 28, 2014 17:27:17 GMT
Pleased to hear it, Toon, yes there will be a number of newbies who are bitten by the bug, but not the majority of the 1,400 new regulars was the point I was trying to make. And that there won't be enough people contributing enough money to raise the reputed £250,000. Which is what I was trying to get across in the term "newbie", an over-generalisation I accept.
Just an opinion of course.
Edit to say - Oi, where's Toon's post gone?
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Post by toonarmy on Feb 28, 2014 18:15:54 GMT
I posted my response whilst travelling on the train and when I looked again it had been posted 4 times, so I thought to stop the forum police I decided i would delete 3 of the posts, so imagine my surprise when I read the forum again and they have all gone, I blame the technology, in regards to your post I reckon we have a hardcore support of about 900
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