Longwthebreeze
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- Sep 17, 2014
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After living in Melbourne for 3 years, some of my best ever footy experiences have been away games. Lecca kicking 12, Nic Nat taking that hanger and us beating Juddy for the first time and rolling the high flying Dogs as 10/1 outsiders etc etc.... Some of those proud moments involved waving goodbye to the oppositions early leavers, the WC chant echoing in the last quarter and meeting the players afterwards in a jumping function room with a few frothys!! Our supporters always seemed to be so spread out in the crowd, we never got the chance to "own" an end of the stadium.
It got me thinking about and wanting my club to be innovative to their members/ supporters and showing the nation what a powerhouse of a club we are.
How about:
- Picking an away game a year and the club promoting it as "Invasion Day", "Western Tour" or any other multitude of play on words.
- Partnering with our many sponsors to make it affordable- Virgin airways, Crown, other hotels etc
- At destination, having support from other sponsors- Puma store sales, CUB, Coke, West Cape Howe wines @ Crown Casino/ pub function (free beer?!) etc.
- Making a weekend of it by having cheap/free entry to Flemington/ Caulfield races, Music/ Comedy festivals etc. Shopping promos for the girls??
-Im sure medium sized clubs would get behind it with a few extra tickets sold - North, Tigers, Gold Coast weekender??
- Promote it to our supporters in country WA and other cities and the thousands of others who cant get a ticket to Subi games.
** With our knowledgeable and well travelled readers, Id like to know:
1- If this would be popular and maybe catch on as a marquee calender date?
2- What else works around the world - Baseball, NFL, Soccer etc?
3- What other innovations would we want to see? Game day, website technology, international, or whatever!! (I reckon we should get a sticker on Daniel Ricciardos helmet for example)
Think outside the box and give it your best!!
It got me thinking about and wanting my club to be innovative to their members/ supporters and showing the nation what a powerhouse of a club we are.
How about:
- Picking an away game a year and the club promoting it as "Invasion Day", "Western Tour" or any other multitude of play on words.
- Partnering with our many sponsors to make it affordable- Virgin airways, Crown, other hotels etc
- At destination, having support from other sponsors- Puma store sales, CUB, Coke, West Cape Howe wines @ Crown Casino/ pub function (free beer?!) etc.
- Making a weekend of it by having cheap/free entry to Flemington/ Caulfield races, Music/ Comedy festivals etc. Shopping promos for the girls??
-Im sure medium sized clubs would get behind it with a few extra tickets sold - North, Tigers, Gold Coast weekender??
- Promote it to our supporters in country WA and other cities and the thousands of others who cant get a ticket to Subi games.
** With our knowledgeable and well travelled readers, Id like to know:
1- If this would be popular and maybe catch on as a marquee calender date?
2- What else works around the world - Baseball, NFL, Soccer etc?
3- What other innovations would we want to see? Game day, website technology, international, or whatever!! (I reckon we should get a sticker on Daniel Ricciardos helmet for example)
Think outside the box and give it your best!!