Should we start our own Supporters Group to Replace STAR???

[Royal Biscuitman]

Also if STAR were a travel club, the Board meetings would have had a much shorter agenda and have been a whole lot quicker, so I can assures you that is simply not the case.

Has anyone considered spinning the travel off into a separate entity/organisation to remove the perception that STAR is all about travel?

[glenroyal]

I'd be amazed if design featured in even 1% of sales.

To equate buying a football shirt with buying fashion is ludicrous, it's practically the opposite.

Think you guys are debating two different points. ....

Agreed
Having our club's shirt is one thing - must buy one whatever the actual design.
Choosing to update / replace each new season is discretionary. Crap design, skip a season.

[melonhead]

crap design is subjective though, and i reckon we will probably sell more shirts this season than ever

[Royal Biscuitman]

crap design is subjective though, and i reckon we will probably sell more shirts this season than ever

Some will buy a shirt whatever the design
Some will buy a shirt because it's the latest one
Some will buy a shirt because we're in the premier league
Some will buy a shirt because they like it.

If they can produce a shirt most of the fans like then that isn't going to stop all the other groups buying it: net result = even more sales

I only buy home shirts with collars.

[reading_fan]

Also if STAR were a travel club, the Board meetings would have had a much shorter agenda and have been a whole lot quicker, so I can assures you that is simply not the case.

The problem is though, that is the main perception of it, and one of the problems we have with some of our exiles. I was chatting to EPR in Portugal the other day and now he's a Midlander suggested he may want to join STAR, but the reply was one we've heard too often - "I don't need to join STAR because I don't use the coaches". Whilst STAR's main function isn't to purely act as a travel club, it is the main way it is perceived, which goes back to the point raised earlier in the thread about publicity - when you do good stuff, tell people about it - not just your members, but everyone, and use of a forum like this is one of the main ways to go about it. More presence = more publicity = more people knowing more of what you do.

[melonhead]

crap design is subjective though, and i reckon we will probably sell more shirts this season than ever

Some will buy a shirt whatever the design
Some will buy a shirt because it's the latest one
Some will buy a shirt because we're in the premier league
Some will buy a shirt because they like it.

If they can produce a shirt most of the fans like then that isn't going to stop all the other groups buying it: net result = even more sales

I only buy home shirts with collars.

agreed on the collars


2 championships, both with collars.should never be without them imo

[glenroyal]

crap design is subjective though, and i reckon we will probably sell more shirts this season than ever

Well yes, Duh!

We're in the prem and we've got the true hoops back.

[melonhead]

no. its the collars

and yes, duh. thats my whole point, it doesnt matter what the shirt looks like in the main.people will buy. therefore the club doesnt, and shouldnt really give a flying one