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Post by piddinghoer on Jul 25, 2023 7:51:54 GMT
It’s an adventure that may never be offered again and should be grabbed with both hands. It could open up opportunities that other clubs can only dream of, in terms of profile, advertising revenue and maybe even player recruitment. And who doesn’t love the Dripping Pan at full capacity. Put me and my Old Boy Network mates down for six tickets.
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agl
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Post by agl on Jul 25, 2023 8:32:25 GMT
Who knows, the lure of European football may even lure potential players to the club! Are you watching Horsham? Just hope it's not Llantwit on a wet Tuesday night in November. Looks like a really good tournament and the pros massively outweigh the cons. Great opportunity for the club to raise its profile and build the fan base. I do sense growing disillusionment with the higher echelons of the game, highlighted by the Mbappe move to Saudi Arabia. The perfect antidote. Would be interested to know how the club is budgeting for this and if there's any impact on playing budget. Two Fenix home games to offset that but assume they will be midweek which does tend to hit attendance.
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Post by stuartnoel on Jul 25, 2023 9:04:56 GMT
There’s no impact on the playing budget as we pay on a weekly rather than per game basis. We keep all the gate receipts from the home games and have budgeted for the travel costs. We hope to see good crowds for the home games (whilst I’d love to suggest we see 4-figure gates, that’s not what we have budgeted for but who knows) and I’m sure it will be a great experience for us all
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agl
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Post by agl on Jul 25, 2023 9:41:51 GMT
There’s no impact on the playing budget as we pay on a weekly rather than per game basis. We keep all the gate receipts from the home games and have budgeted for the travel costs. We hope to see good crowds for the home games (whilst I’d love to suggest we see 4-figure gates, that’s not what we have budgeted for but who knows) and I’m sure it will be a great experience for us all Re the playing budget, it was more a question of whether funds will have to be diverted away from the playing budget to cover the cost of travel, hotels etc? The money obviously has to come from somewhere and gate receipts from 2 games will presumably not cover the entire cost. Just curious...it's a great adventure and has clearly caught the imagination of fans. It must be a nightmare budgeting anyway...so many variables such as the weather, and form, affecting attendances.
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Post by North Chailey Rook on Jul 25, 2023 12:37:19 GMT
My gob is well and truely smacked!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2023 13:14:02 GMT
Playing devil's advocate here, as it's a brilliant opportunity for the club, players and fans but would be interested to hear the thinking behind this. Bound to have an impact on league form, fixture congestion and players getting time off work, not to mention the budget. Will we be sending the first team? Why is it bound to have an impact on league form? Fixture congestion? It’s four additional games to be played before the end of April. Yep, we may have to travel with a smaller squad but it will be the strongest available for the away games but it’s also a huge opportunity for the club, a real honour for us. hi folks so lewes v cardiff on the 30th at the pan its a sunday game at 2 i presume its a womens game the notice board didnt say???
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Post by stuartnoel on Jul 25, 2023 13:24:54 GMT
Why is it bound to have an impact on league form? Fixture congestion? It’s four additional games to be played before the end of April. Yep, we may have to travel with a smaller squad but it will be the strongest available for the away games but it’s also a huge opportunity for the club, a real honour for us. hi folks so lewes v cardiff on the 30th at the pan its a sunday game at 2 i presume its a womens game the notice board didnt say??? Yes - the Men are away at Maidstone United on Saturday. We are still trying to find a home friendly for Tuesday night
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Thebigman
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Post by Thebigman on Jul 26, 2023 8:56:50 GMT
Dragoons from Poland have been announced now as well. Can’t wait for the draw on Saturday and subsequent announcement of dates.
There are fans of many professional sides that could only dream of seeing their team play in Europe, we are very lucky to have people at our club like Stu who are able to make this happen
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Post by stuartnoel on Jul 26, 2023 12:15:55 GMT
Dragoons from Poland have been announced now as well. Can’t wait for the draw on Saturday and subsequent announcement of dates. There are fans of many professional sides that could only dream of seeing their team play in Europe, we are very lucky to have people at our club like Stu who are able to make this happen Thanks. As a FYI the draw will be done in a way that clubs travel will be taken into account so I’d say it’s unlikely we will get the teams from Krakow or Bucharest…or perhaps just one of them
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Post by piddinghoer on Jul 26, 2023 12:40:23 GMT
We went to Bucharest a few weeks ago. Fabulous city, can’t recommend it enough. Great nightlife for all ages. Loved it so much we are going back for the Christmas markets in December.
Been to Krakow as well. Another beautiful city not to be missed.
Would recommend a visit if we play either of those.
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Thebigman
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Post by Thebigman on Jul 26, 2023 13:06:24 GMT
Dragoons from Poland have been announced now as well. Can’t wait for the draw on Saturday and subsequent announcement of dates. There are fans of many professional sides that could only dream of seeing their team play in Europe, we are very lucky to have people at our club like Stu who are able to make this happen Thanks. As a FYI the draw will be done in a way that clubs travel will be taken into account so I’d say it’s unlikely we will get the teams from Krakow or Bucharest…or perhaps just one of them Regardless of where we end up, it will be an incredible experience.
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Post by stuartnoel on Jul 26, 2023 18:02:41 GMT
Gilla FC from Helsinki have been added today…2 spots left..
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cm92
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Post by cm92 on Jul 26, 2023 20:39:12 GMT
Really looking forward to this tournament! If we happen to get to get to the semi final or final would we get any prize money out of interest?
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Post by stuartnoel on Jul 26, 2023 21:52:20 GMT
Really looking forward to this tournament! If we happen to get to get to the semi final or final would we get any prize money out of interest? No - the tournament doesn’t have a sponsor and we don’t pay to enter so there’s no revenue from winning it
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agl
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Post by agl on Jul 27, 2023 7:54:18 GMT
Gilla FC from Helsinki have been added today…2 spots left.. Another cracking city. Beer rather expensive, though!
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