Football Programmes
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Topic: Football Programmes
Posted By: Double Maxim
Subject: Football Programmes
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 5:45am
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English Football League teams will no longer be obliged to print matchday programmes for every game after a vote at the league's annual general meeting. Programmes had been mandatory as a result of partnership and sponsorship agreements held by the EFL. However, Championship, League One and League Two clubs can now make the decision on a match-by-match basis. I would imagine EPL clubs will do the same at some point. Its a shame if their demise becomes widespread paricuarly for young fans. ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
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Posted By: thebronze14
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 11:49am
| Big part of a matchday ritual picking up a programme. Be very sad if they got rid of the hard copies |
Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 12:39pm
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They have been brutal for years though, as well as dreadfully overpriced. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Het-field
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 12:44pm
| I stopped buying them a while back. I was attending lots of matches, and to spend money on a programme each time I was going was a big investment. At Euro 2016 I got the tournament programme which just wasn't worth the price. |
Posted By: Zinedine Kilbane 110
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 1:11pm
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Yeah it’s a shame if they do go. I’d say most clubs will keep them and I’m sure the smaller clubs will do something like a monthly program. As a kid going to matches the match day program was always great to bring home. ------------- |
Posted By: FrankosHereNow
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 1:28pm
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I still buy one at every game I go to but the vast majority of them are brutal. ------------- YBIG Quiz Champion 2016, 2017 & 2018. As You Were Three in a row |
Posted By: Shedite
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 7:59pm
| They're absolutely brutal these days. Just a load of ads and no real insight. Any number of fanzines or fan websites give you better content. No need for them anymore. |
Posted By: Denis Irwin
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 8:01pm
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Fanzines are much much better ------------- Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one". Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn |
Posted By: irelandfan
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 8:08pm
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The USA game at the weekend was the first ever home game I can remember being at and not buying one. Great idea pain to carry and more advertising than decent articles.
------------- I'm the gaffer whatever I say goes. |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 8:15pm
------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
irelandfan wrote:Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2018 at 10:16pm
Were! The day of the fanzine is over too. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: UCDFAN
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 2:52am
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How do the clubs provide information/communicate with their Fans? In anticipation of a certain reply. Are Fans expected to provide bought printed Tickets on entry? Do Fans have to suffer advertising hoardings/boards along the touchline and around the ground? Are flyers pushed into Fans hands as they approach the Stadium? Do the shops in the Stadium have printed price lists and pictures of their products on display? I believe that English Football League FCs believe communication and providing accurate information is a cost. And have chosen not to provide that reassurance and accuracy to Fans. Instead Fans have to negotiate rumours and fans with better resources (broadband, time to search on broadband) that have information denied other fans. Nick Hornby in Fever Pitch(1992) wrote about the competition among Fans to scoop their own group of fans in player news regarding injuries, transfers, gossip. Before the programme reader could ignore such conversations, because if it's going to happen it'll be in the programme or gaps in line-ups will appear on match-day. Only then the programme reader can piece together previous info and start giving value to rumours. But now without a programme, without an accurate source from the FC the programme reader has to take an interest in unofficial news and/or put a value on the rumour-mongers. Garbage information has increased in value, accuracy loses value. It should be a problem for everyone. ------------- www.ucdsupporters.ie |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 10 Jun 2018 at 10:14am
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The Sunderland AFC programme was a cracking read winning loads of awards and then good old Martin Bain sacked the editor Rob Mason and since then its been very average.
Ironically Rob writes occasional articles now and is an advisory consultant to the current editor who appears to have no SAFC background.
 ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |
Posted By: Double Maxim
Date Posted: 15 Nov 2018 at 7:48pm
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Tonights programme us supposed to be a drawing of Bestie and John Giles. Giles said on Newstalk that its more like Liam Brady and has Liam's no on it! ------------- Double Maxim without doubt the greatest drink in the world |