Boycott Or Not?

[StHelensRover]

Need to be careful about how we respond to this sort of stuff as a fan base. 

It could open up boycotters to criticism from either the club, pundits or other parts of the fan base.

"See, all you're actually doing is costing local people paid work, next it will be kiosk staff and club shop staff, your boycott is damaging to local people" etc etc.

None of it should wash btw, unthinkable what going from regular 25k crowds to regular 7k crowds has done to the whole town's economy and mood in the last 15 years.

[Polky]

 

[TheKitGuy]

25 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

Need to be careful about how we respond to this sort of stuff as a fan base. 

It could open up boycotters to criticism from either the club, pundits or other parts of the fan base.

"See, all you're actually doing is costing local people paid work, next it will be kiosk staff and club shop staff, your boycott is damaging to local people" etc etc.

None of it should wash btw, unthinkable what going from regular 25k crowds to regular 7k crowds has done to the whole town's economy and mood in the last 15 years.

I have said this from the very start. 

A town/city progresses if the local football club does well. the local economy grows with the growth of a football club. Blackburn itself has had a terrible decline within the last 15years, not a coincidence is it?

[StHelensRover]

22 minutes ago, TheKitGuy said:

I have said this from the very start. 

A town/city progresses if the local football club does well. the local economy grows with the growth of a football club. Blackburn itself has had a terrible decline within the last 15years, not a coincidence is it?

It's definitely one of the reasons for economic decline of the area, not sure to what extent, the whole thing is extremely complex and lots of different factors demographic and political factors to consider as well.

Having said that, if a town of 110,000 people regularly goes from having 25,000 people doing a specific economic activity in that town reducing down to now around 10,000 people (including away fans) doing that same activity, it's bound to have an impact. That economic activity will be pretty varied as well, spending on public transport, pubs, takeaways, supermarkets and the rest all directly impacted by the fact that 10,000 people are walking past on a match day when it used to be 25,000. Another fantastic gift for the people of east Lancashire from the Venkys

 

Edited 5 hours ago by StHelensRover

[BigUts]

I went to Wimbledon (the tennis tournament) in the summer, and got speaking to an American chap who made hoses of all things (high grade ones for aircraft / spacecraft) and said he literally went to see Wrexham as a possible European base for manufacturing as he had heard of it from the TV show.

I think it's been proven many times in the past that the success of a football has a correlation with investment not just due to increased footfall and expenditure but be because the town is recognised and thus seems more attractive. I read something similar about Sunderland and the investment in the town correlating well with the success of the football club.

[DE.]

5 hours ago, Elrovers said:

 One of my mates who works as a steward, got sent this message. 

Do you know if this happens much, or if it's really unusual? 

[Elrovers]

Just now, DE. said:

Do you know if this happens much, or if it's really unusual? 

Never usually happens. Only prestige staff get put on shift when sales are really low. It’s of course the boycott that’s making the sales really low and that’s why I put it on here to pretty much show not many people are turning up.

[DE.]

1 minute ago, Elrovers said:

Never usually happens. Only prestige staff get put on shift when sales are really low. It’s of course the boycott that’s making the sales really low and that’s why I put it on here to pretty much show not many people are turning up.

Strange when all of the true fans in the LT comments pledged to bring every member of their family as well as their entire friendship circle. Plans must have changed. 

[RevidgeBlue]

10 minutes ago, Elrovers said:

 It’s of course the boycott that’s making the sales really low and that’s why I put it on here to pretty much show not many people are turning up.

Is that right though?

Not wanting to diss the boycott but at this stage it can only really affect walk on sales which presumably won't be very high to begin with.

How can the Club have any idea whatsoever whether it will be really well observed, completely ignored, or somewhere inbetween?

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, StHelensRover said:

Need to be careful about how we respond to this sort of stuff as a fan base. 

It could open up boycotters to criticism from either the club, pundits or other parts of the fan base.

"See, all you're actually doing is costing local people paid work, next it will be kiosk staff and club shop staff, your boycott is damaging to local people" etc etc.

None of it should wash btw, unthinkable what going from regular 25k crowds to regular 7k crowds has done to the whole town's economy and mood in the last 15 years.

Anybody saying that is an idiot. It's one match being boycotted to make a point about where things are on their way to. It's not going to cost anyone their job.

Also, nobody is obliged to give patronage to anywhere. You're not 'costing' anybody anything, as the money wasn't theirs in the first place, it was yours.

(Not you specifically)

[Mattyblue]

For a Saturday 3pm, there’s usually 2/3k walk ons.

Presumably then the projections for this weekend is that’s it’s going to be substantially lower than that? Ergo that text?

‘Tickets sales’ being the relevant bit, as yes, they’ve no idea on how many paid up ST Holders will actually be attending, though even without a boycott plenty haven’t been for a couple of months now.

So put low match ticket sales , plus they’ll know the ‘real’ numbers of ST holders that haven’t been coming for a while, plus a boycott, plus Watford won’t be fetching many, and well, let’s see.

[Old Codger]

1 hour ago, DE. said:

Do you know if this happens much, or if it's really unusual? 

Sodding zero hours contract shit. It will, eventually, become outlawed, if the Labour manifesto is followed through. Having said that, perhaps it won't, as AI will have us all on the dole before too long...