PROMOTION NO PROMOTION (25 Viewers)

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Went to Miners Welfare Park Bedworth where i live this afternoon for a walk in there was an event going on called Party in the park.Went a little walk round.plenty of families were there plenty of stalls fun fair ect.A stage and a small ring for games ect .One of the stalls was Wasps where children were having ago at tackling a supposed rugby player. they seemed to be enjoying it.I also noticed plenty of their flags the kids were carrying Those kids will take those flags home and remember what a great time they had.Might even turn them into fans.Sadly no CCFC stand o well another promotion opportunity gone missing no wonder these children are becoming more interested in the oval ball than the round WHERE IS OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT definely not in Bedworth this afternoon would not have took much a few cones a couple of young players and some office staff taking details of people who might be interested in bringing their children to watch THE SKY BLUES even giving them a voucher to get a discount on tickets.Very little cost but plenty of P R,Let no one on here blame Wasps for our problems look closer to home.

 

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[ccfcway]

we just aren't at the races with this sort of thing.

Many will blame wasps and says its PR, but that's exactly what CCFC should be doing.

 

[Otis]

I was going to vote 'promotion,' but then realised that is not what your post is about,

 

[dutchman]

no wonder these children are becoming more interested in the oval ball than the round

That may be true in some places but where I live in Spon End - with a very high percentage of newly-arrived African immigrants - all the kids are soccer-mad to the exclusion of all else.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

I would vote for promotion Otis but till things are right off the field there is less chance of them being right on the field.

 

[ccfcway]

That may be true in some places but where I live in Spon End - with a very high percentage of newly-arrived African immigrants - all the kids are soccer-mad to the exclusion of all else.

that's great news

are ccfc doing anything in the community to support that ?

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Dutchman if thats the case why are we not in there giving these kids tickets for one the of game this season might even get their parents invovled
Sorry ccfcway slow old gezzer on this end .

 

[Otis]

that's great news

are ccfc doing anything in the community to support that ?

Nope. We are waiting for Wasps to get in there first.

 

[ccfcway]

Nope. We are waiting for Wasps to get in there first.

sadly, I wish you were joking

 

[christonabike]

All I ask is away fans and players stay here.....truly horrific

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel...nds_Hotel-Coventry_West_Midlands_England.html

 

[dutchman]

that's great news

are ccfc doing anything in the community to support that ?

Not that I've noticed but I doubt anything could diminish these kids' enthusiasm for the game.

Hopefully CCFC will still be around when they're old enough to turn professional.

 

[ccfcway]

I am sure it wont, but its which club they support with that enthusiasm for the game.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Dutchman The kids enthusiasm needs nurturing now not in the future get them interested in CCFC NOW before it is too late and they sign for some nother team .Get them to come and watch the training if they have any talent let see it at our trianing ground

 

[armybike]

There are some on here who take the stance that the PR of Wasps should be thwarted.

The problem is that the lack of interest in CCFC isn't because of Wasps pitching camp, it's because the general populus have a lack of interest in the club.

Some will say that people should look at the history of the club, but that doesn't help the current position - the lack of signatures for the Academy petition further demonstrate this point.

SISU have breed mistrust.

I'm fully aware that the cries of 'Wasps lover' may potentially follow this post but the fact remains that no part of our current position can be seen as a positive.

SISU simply have no interest in the club and the drivel previous spouted by Tim Fisher is a predominant reason for our predicament, blaming other factors simply takes away from the situation we face.

Highlighting that CCC tried to put a clause in place to prevent football being played at the Butts site is absolutely bang on.

However, equally the fact that the apparent progression of the 'plan' bringing Cov football and Cov rugby together was supposedly being kept under wraps - but was actually 'leaked' online via a blog rather than either the media or CCFC fans bring the issue forward again demonstrates the perilous situation we are in - the "plan" is just that and not actually a tangible situation.

Both CCFC and Wasps are businesses and business is driven by PR - unfortunately it appears only one is stepping up to the mark.

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Your right armybike and i for one am fed up with people on here blaming Wasps CCC Acl old uncle tom cobble and all. but not looking in the right direction.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Sorry to say but it was the same at the Godiva festival as well loads of Wasps flags, tent in the community field.
No sign of tbe City I would love to see them handing out flags and car stickers get the word around.
But I bet it was the council's or telegraphs fault.

 

[Nick]

Sorry to say but it was the same at the Godiva festival as well loads of Wasps flags, tent in the community field.
No sign of tbe City I would love to see them handing out flags and car stickers get the word around.
But I bet it was the council's or telegraphs fault.

Has anybody blamed them for it or are you making it up?

 

[Grendel]

Do every football club in the country have to market themselves in this way?

Probably the most embarrassing and pitiful thread I've ever seen on here.

I doubt the club has ever attended an event like this in it's existence. Ask yourselves why wasps are and why a club already in a community for over a century isn't.

 

[pipkin73]

Did anyone let CCFC know that this event was going on?
Wasps have friends within the council who COULD (or not) be tipping them off to events, CCFC seem to not have many friends anywhere so were they informed about the event?

Sure even SISU (under TM/MV would love to see us grow at almost no cost (a few free tickets, when we don't fill the stadium and maybe even offer a few Sky Blue Junior memberships.
Send a couple of players after training (CCFC in the community) and let them give some free stuff away (players are already being paid so does not directly cost the club), other than the cost of the free merchandise.

Find volunteers (hopefully players) to hold a stall (sure we could find loads, how many posters on here with some spare time). Score past the CCFC keeper, if you score you get a free ticket to a game (kids only) accompanied by a paying adult. Score two passed the keeper for a ticket for you and an adult (If they score 2 out of 2 CCFC might just have found a new penalty taker lol). Keep them trying (free of charge), eventually let them win and they will feel that they earned them and that could just make them proud and if they are proud they could well start supporting CCFC.

I had no interest in a footy team till the age of about 12. For school I needed a tracksuit, so my Mum brought me one and the CCFC ones were on sale, at I think JJB sports (think it was them but I was a kid so not sure). It was only a couple of pounds more expensive for the CCFC one, than a normal one as they were on sale (previous years tracksuit).

My Mum asked me if I wanted the CCFC tracksuit, she brought it,
from that moment on, I loved CCFC and I will till I die (just having something with the badge on hocked me).

Get them young with cheapie freebies, make them suffer for years just like we have lol

 

[Captain Dart]

Went to Miners Welfare Park Bedworth where i live this afternoon for a walk in there was an event going on called Party in the park.Went a little walk round.plenty of families were there plenty of stalls fun fair ect.A stage and a small ring for games ect .One of the stalls was Wasps where children were having ago at tackling a supposed rugby player. they seemed to be enjoying it.I also noticed plenty of their flags the kids were carrying Those kids will take those flags home and remember what a great time they had.Might even turn them into fans.Sadly no CCFC stand o well another promotion opportunity gone missing no wonder these children are becoming more interested in the oval ball than the round WHERE IS OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT definely not in Bedworth this afternoon would not have took much a few cones a couple of young players and some office staff taking details of people who might be interested in bringing their children to watch THE SKY BLUES even giving them a voucher to get a discount on tickets.Very little cost but plenty of P R,Let no one on here blame Wasps for our problems look closer to home.

I wasn't going to post this but I took a break from a bike ride at a Pub Sunday lunchtime the kids in one family in the garden had Wasps flags.

Never seen or heard the like with CCFC flags?

Jimmy Hill knew the value of promoting the team, SISU/Anderson are not even at the races (says he stealing the idea from Owen Smith's plagiarised speech).

 

[ajsccfc]

But I bet it was the council's or telegraphs fault.

This is the first post I've seen to suggest that, so probably not.

 

[Otis]

Do every football club in the country have to market themselves in this way?

Probably the most embarrassing and pitiful thread I've ever seen on here.

I doubt the club has ever attended an event like this in it's existence. Ask yourselves why wasps are and why a club already in a community for over a century isn't.

Nope, every club in the country don't have to market themselves like this.

And no, maybe the club hasn't ever attended an event like this, I don't know, but these are very difficult times.

Is any other club renting from another sporting club and next year may have no home? Anyone else in the same situation as Coventry City?

You have said yourself that Wasps want to destroy us. Doesn't that completely move the goalposts.

Surely, surely, CCFC should be pulling out all the stops to do stuff exactly like this. Their identity is being eroded and we may have nowhere to play in the very near future. No academy too.

Instead of declaring this an embarrassing and pitiful thread I would say we should all be urging CCFC to do exactly this kind of thing.

Desperate times, desperate measures. Whatever has or hasn't happened before is totally irrelevant to our current situation isn't it?

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Grendel says he doubts the club have ever attended these sort of avent well under J H they went to many and its about time we did again .You have let these kids know who you are and get them to join with you or they will be lost to Wasps or someone else.Why dont we just carry on as we are and let all these others hover up all the potenial support of the future go elsewhere.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

The crucial thing will be the onfield entertainment in the end you can give somebody as many flags as you want if they don't like what's going on they won't go.

 

[ccfcway]

Probably the most embarrassing and pitiful thread I've ever seen on here.

I doubt the club has ever attended an event like this in it's existence. Ask yourselves why wasps are and why a club already in a community for over a century isn't.

I was 10 years old and had little interest in football....

My school have a fete and as part of that, they had a score a goal competition. They had someone there teaching kids how to kick the ball. It was Graham Rodger. I scored and he gave me 2 free tickets to watch CCFC v Luton.

That was my 1st game and have been a fan ever since.

 

[Otis]

I was 10 years old and had little interest in football....

My school have a fete and as part of that, they had a score a goal competition. They had someone there teaching kids how to kick the ball. It was Graham Rodger. I scored and he gave me 2 free tickets to watch CCFC v Luton.

That was my 1st game and have been a fan ever since.

A complete and perfect reposte!!

 

[Grendel]

I was 10 years old and had little interest in football....

My school have a fete and as part of that, they had a score a goal competition. They had someone there teaching kids how to kick the ball. It was Graham Rodger. I scored and he gave me 2 free tickets to watch CCFC v Luton.

That was my 1st game and have been a fan ever since.

If the football club was in the premier league in two years time do you think without this awareness marketing we'd be struggling to attract fans?

 

[ccfcway]

If the football club was in the premier league in two years time do you think without this awareness marketing we'd be struggling to attract fans?

I suppose you would need to define "struggling"

I would suggest it would be even more imperative that we were more active in the community, as one day, we would fall out of the prem and will hopefully keep some of the fans who came along.

The football club were in the top flight when I was 10, and I wasn't interested until that day

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

You stop 10 kids in the street and ask them when the football season starts and i bet you 9 probably could not tell you. Lets go and tell those 9 and get them to join us

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Grendel stop talking about premier league and lets start to shout about who we are now and then we might just gain support to help us get there

 

[Moff]

The clubs PR is awful and should be improved, but I didn't see any threads on this site suggesting the same until Wasps arrived in town.

I cant recall in the 80's or 90's anyone decrying a lack of CCFC stalls at public events, but sadly now we have to compete with Wasps it is something that has raised its head. The club are pathetic on this front but they are competing with the well oiled PR machine of a club welcomed to the City by a council who claimed it would have no effect on its City's football or Rugby teams. Well it has, and they should never have been allowed to move here.

Before anyone accuses me of not blaming SISU, I have many times, they are the problem, they need to go, but I am also not blind to see that others have contributed to the sorry mess we are in.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Instead of declaring this an embarrassing and pitiful thread I would say we should all be urging CCFC to do exactly this kind of thing.

Yup. One can be critical of Wasps, while acknowledging we've been pretty inept in fighting for a fanbase for years (well before SISU, too. They've just carried it on!)

 

[Deleted member 5849]

but I didn't see any threads on this site suggesting the same until Wasps arrived in town.

I complained on GMK if that helps

 

[ajsccfc]

Do they still dish out free tickets to a couple of schools each game? Seems an easy way to hook a few early.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Our club do need to pull their finger out, I haven't been contacted to say why I haven't renewed my season ticket thought they might have noticed by now and even sent me an email. Wasps for all their faults just seem to try harder to get the fans while we sit on our hands waiting for them to come.