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  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,645
    shine166 said:
    Does anyone have a spare from the pompey friendly ? put a box of tat together from the boys first game but didnt realise they had them available.

    Edit: as above, went I the shop and spent money just didn't see the programmes 
    If you don't manage to track one down, they're available to order from the website. The trick is to ignore the club shop and follow the options to buy tickets - "home matchday programmes" is near the end of the list, just after "women's away tickets"".
  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,921
    Wondering if I can get the Pompey and Brum programmes on Saturday, I'm sure there must be left overs.
  • CoveredEndAndy
    CoveredEndAndy Posts: 102
    Where does it say its only available in the club shop.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    Swindon_Addick said:
    shine166 said:
    Does anyone have a spare from the pompey friendly ? put a box of tat together from the boys first game but didnt realise they had them available.

    Edit: as above, went I the shop and spent money just didn't see the programmes 
    If you don't manage to track one down, they're available to order from the website. The trick is to ignore the club shop and follow the options to buy tickets - "home matchday programmes" is near the end of the list, just after "women's away tickets"".
    legend ty

  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,175
    CoveredEndAndy said:
    Where does it say its only available in the club shop.
    Glad I'm not the only one who missed this. Never been to a game and not been able to get it on Floyd Rd. Unless they weren't selling them outside the ground yesterday?
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,175
    Just noticed it’s in this link, hope that’s only for last night not going forward. 

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/valley-review-available-birmingham-clash
  • cafc-4-life
    cafc-4-life Posts: 1,306
    The Pompey one was a joke. £2 and was 2 pieces of paper stapled together. (may be 4 but that is maximum). Hopefully it's not going to be like that for the regular buyers this season.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    fenaddick said:
    Just noticed it’s in this link, hope that’s only for last night not going forward. 

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/valley-review-available-birmingham-clash
    Highly unlikely. I can see why you wouldn’t bring in the external company which sells programmes for these games. I just don’t get why you would produce a programme and not go to any effort to sell it.

    if you tried it for league games it would last one match.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,078
    Airman Brown said:
    fenaddick said:
    Just noticed it’s in this link, hope that’s only for last night not going forward. 

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/valley-review-available-birmingham-clash
    Highly unlikely. I can see why you wouldn’t bring in the external company which sells programmes for these games. I just don’t get why you would produce a programme and not go to any effort to sell it.

    if you tried it for league games it would last one match.
    Huddersfield went to a newspaper style programme around seven years ago, that lasted only one season.
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,175
    Airman Brown said:
    fenaddick said:
    Just noticed it’s in this link, hope that’s only for last night not going forward. 

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/valley-review-available-birmingham-clash
    Highly unlikely. I can see why you wouldn’t bring in the external company which sells programmes for these games. I just don’t get why you would produce a programme and not go to any effort to sell it.

    if you tried it for league games it would last one match.
    I guess because you’re obligated to create one anyway. I agree it seems silly not to sell them outside the ground, especially if fanzines like MOD mag are available. Surely wouldn’t be hard to station one person outside each home stand at least? 
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  • kafka
    kafka Posts: 2,369
    never understood why they don’t sell them at the bars in the ground. Would definitely pick up some impulse sales with no costs attached. 
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    fenaddick said:
    Airman Brown said:
    fenaddick said:
    Just noticed it’s in this link, hope that’s only for last night not going forward. 

    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/valley-review-available-birmingham-clash
    Highly unlikely. I can see why you wouldn’t bring in the external company which sells programmes for these games. I just don’t get why you would produce a programme and not go to any effort to sell it.

    if you tried it for league games it would last one match.
    I guess because you’re obligated to create one anyway. I agree it seems silly not to sell them outside the ground, especially if fanzines like MOD mag are available. Surely wouldn’t be hard to station one person outside each home stand at least? 
    No obligation any more. No programme at Wigan last Saturday, and the monthly magazine they introduced to replace it has also been dropped in favour of a free online information pack.
  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,924
    kafka said:
    never understood why they don’t sell them at the bars in the ground. Would definitely pick up some impulse sales with no costs attached. 
    We should have a shop kiosk in the ground, shirts scarfs and programmes 
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,577
    shine166 said:
    kafka said:
    never understood why they don’t sell them at the bars in the ground. Would definitely pick up some impulse sales with no costs attached. 
    We should have a shop kiosk in the ground, shirts scarfs and programmes 
    Quite a few years ago they did have a portacabin selling stuff behind the Alan Cubishley Stand.
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,727
    Have they sold off all those kiosk newspaper trolleys? 
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Have they sold off all those kiosk newspaper trolleys? 
    They belong to the programme sales company, as Katrien discovered after she sacked them.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,078
    Airman Brown said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Have they sold off all those kiosk newspaper trolleys? 
    They belong to the programme sales company, as Katrien discovered after she sacked them.
    Happy days.......ahem.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,355
    Airman Brown said:
    Karim_myBagheri said:
    Have they sold off all those kiosk newspaper trolleys? 
    They belong to the programme sales company, as Katrien discovered after she sacked them.
    There really is a place in politics for that woman...
  • Hal1x
    Hal1x Posts: 4,265
    That was years ago shurely, and they have had others since?
  • BlackfenLen
    BlackfenLen Posts: 169
    Will programmes be on sale outside the ground tomorrow or not?
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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,587
    used to collect programmes, gave a couple of thousand away to @Lewis Coaches a few years ago. Wouldn't buy one myself now unless it were a special game, a Wembly final for instance, because I get all I need online now but can understand why some people still collect them. Selling just in the shop is madness, why not a single seller near the club shop? If nayone wants a programme that much they can go there to get one.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,078
    LargeAddick said:
    used to collect programmes, gave a couple of thousand away to @Lewis Coaches a few years ago. Wouldn't buy one myself now unless it were a special game, a Wembly final for instance, because I get all I need online now but can understand why some people still collect them. Selling just in the shop is madness, why not a single seller near the club shop? If nayone wants a programme that much they can go there to get one.
    I think programmes are a generation thing and with mobiles now the sales of programmes have declined.
    It broke my heart to give up collecting when I moved, it's part of the fabric in going to a game, but for a certain age range.
    It would be interesting to know a print run nowadays compared to 30 years ago.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    Hal1x said:
    That was years ago shurely, and they have had others since?
    The firm was reinstated eventually.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    LargeAddick said:
    used to collect programmes, gave a couple of thousand away to @Lewis Coaches a few years ago. Wouldn't buy one myself now unless it were a special game, a Wembly final for instance, because I get all I need online now but can understand why some people still collect them. Selling just in the shop is madness, why not a single seller near the club shop? If nayone wants a programme that much they can go there to get one.
    I think programmes are a generation thing and with mobiles now the sales of programmes have declined.
    It broke my heart to give up collecting when I moved, it's part of the fabric in going to a game, but for a certain age range.
    It would be interesting to know a print run nowadays compared to 30 years ago.
    Obviously a lot fewer, even allowing for the decline in crowds. I would think the print run is circa 2,000 now. We used to sell between one in two and one in three, and for big games more than one in two.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    edited August 2024


    Premier League sales from 98/99. These exclude 1-2,000 issued/sold in lounges, the shop and staff /player comps. We were taking about £20k a game.
  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,742
    edited August 2024


    Programme and VOTV for the penultimate game of the season. The 143 would be subscribers. The VOTV revenue went to the club, in case anyone wonders.
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 5,911
    Programs are another victim of the modern communication situation. People used to buy programs to read the latest news from the club and get team news etc. nowadays everyone probably knows everything that is likely to be printed in the program
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 11,175
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/202425-handbook-available-orient-clash

    The combined programme and handbook costs £6 and will be available on matchday in the club shop and from vendors around the ground.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    fenaddick said:
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/202425-handbook-available-orient-clash

    The combined programme and handbook costs £6 and will be available on matchday in the club shop and from vendors around the ground.
    It was advertised last year as 6 pounds but was shown as 5 pounds on the front of the publication so was sold at that price 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,033
    Airman Brown said:
    Why would anyone think this is sensible?
    It may be a sensible move if you're planning to stop producing it in a season or two and want to use low sales figures as your public excuse.

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