| Are Saints So Hard Up 16:56 - Feb 11 with 1693 views | SaintNick |
That they have to close the club shop at the stadium on every day bar a Thursday, Friday & a Saturday.
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 17:19 - Feb 11 with 1625 views | arfurdent |
perhaps by end of play on Saturday they have totally sold out and have to wait until Thursday to open with more goodies |  |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 18:12 - Feb 11 with 1559 views | Ron11 |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 17:19 - Feb 11 by arfurdent |
perhaps by end of play on Saturday they have totally sold out and have to wait until Thursday to open with more goodies |
Or perhaps everybody is so disillusioned they're not bothering to go in there anymore |  | | |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 18:36 - Feb 11 with 1506 views | saintmark1976 |
Just checked opening hours for A F C Bournemouth, 09.00- 17.00 Monday to Friday and also open on non match day Saturday and Sundays with reduced hours. Obviously open on match days also.
They have an average home attendance of 11000 and ours is supposed to be 30000.
Another triumph for the doughnuts at Sports Republic.
What next, match day supporters bucket collection to pay Ankerson’s salary ? | |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 18:43 - Feb 11 with 1489 views | Southamptonfan |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 18:36 - Feb 11 by saintmark1976 |
Just checked opening hours for A F C Bournemouth, 09.00- 17.00 Monday to Friday and also open on non match day Saturday and Sundays with reduced hours. Obviously open on match days also.
They have an average home attendance of 11000 and ours is supposed to be 30000.
Another triumph for the doughnuts at Sports Republic.
What next, match day supporters bucket collection to pay Ankerson’s salary ? |
It's embarrassing. A PL club and we have to close our club shop for most of the week. Most clubs also have a shop in their city centre. Watford for example do, and they have been in the Championship for years. I absolutely despise these owners. Totally destroying our club and making us a laughing stock. | |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 19:28 - Feb 11 with 1428 views | BLEEDRED |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 19:35 - Feb 11 with 1422 views | InTimeAddedOn |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 18:36 - Feb 11 by saintmark1976 |
Just checked opening hours for A F C Bournemouth, 09.00- 17.00 Monday to Friday and also open on non match day Saturday and Sundays with reduced hours. Obviously open on match days also.
They have an average home attendance of 11000 and ours is supposed to be 30000.
Another triumph for the doughnuts at Sports Republic.
What next, match day supporters bucket collection to pay Ankerson’s salary ? |
Feel sorry for the staff who will probably have had their hours reduced unless they can be redeployed elsewhere, maybe in the mail order dept dispatching online sales (if there are any).
Plenty of people on here have suggested boycotting the shop and not buying any food or drink on match days, perhaps this is starting to happen. It is certainly not normal for a PL club to have a shop open only 3 days a week, that’s what you’d expect in League 2. If ST stay at the helm then perhaps the club shop are just 5 years ahead of the curve 😮
Puma must be regretting getting involved with SR, compared to Man City who they also sponsor, contrast what they will get out of the deal in terms of a return on the large up-front sponsorship payment for the kit manufacturing rights (separate from the Rollbit shirt sponsorship rights).
If they were doing a bucket collection to pay Ankersen’s salary I wouldn’t even pi@@ in it! |  | | |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 19:48 - Feb 11 with 1383 views | 1ASIN12 |
Another example of how badly run we are, there can’t be many clubs that only have one club shop and that’s only open 3 days a week .
Even little Portsmouth have a shop in gunwharf Quays as well as the shop they have at Fratton Park.
Where are fans supposed to by merchandise for the rest of the week? | | | |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 19:55 - Feb 11 with 1366 views | TripleNiemi |
Always preferred popping to the store they had in West Quay. By the time I get to the ground on match days the brass band are just leaving and kick off starts. As for ‘post’ game most have left for the pub (me included) and the last thing on the mind is going to the Saints store. Really should have something in the town centre for me.
That said, don’t buy shirts so probably not a worthy client. |  |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 23:37 - Feb 11 with 1147 views | PatfromPoole |
Are we loaning the Club shop staff to Goztepe? |  |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 00:42 - Feb 12 with 1110 views | TimSaint |
What is the point in opening the shop, if nobody wants to go there ?
Why does not opening it make us 'hard up' ? Perhaps it is just good business sense ?
They have changed the opening hours. At the start of this season there was a feel good factor about going up and fans were making plenty of purchases ahead of the Prem season, so we were open every day for most of the 'usual' shopping hours.
The demise of the team has become reflective in our support, so nobody wants to wear Saints shirts or other merch at the moment, so they don't go to shopping. If nobody goes there, why have the shop open ?
The stadium is also out of town, so why make a journey especially, when we are playing so poorly ? If you want it that badly, get it on match day or get it delivered.
They closed down the shop in West Quay, blaming Covid, but although they reopened a different shop in the Marlins, it only ever came across as temporary and soon closed.
Once the team starts winning again and the feel good factor returns, the shop will probably then be open longer. |  |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 05:52 - Feb 12 with 1017 views | saintmark1976 |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 00:42 - Feb 12 by TimSaint |
What is the point in opening the shop, if nobody wants to go there ?
Why does not opening it make us 'hard up' ? Perhaps it is just good business sense ?
They have changed the opening hours. At the start of this season there was a feel good factor about going up and fans were making plenty of purchases ahead of the Prem season, so we were open every day for most of the 'usual' shopping hours.
The demise of the team has become reflective in our support, so nobody wants to wear Saints shirts or other merch at the moment, so they don't go to shopping. If nobody goes there, why have the shop open ?
The stadium is also out of town, so why make a journey especially, when we are playing so poorly ? If you want it that badly, get it on match day or get it delivered.
They closed down the shop in West Quay, blaming Covid, but although they reopened a different shop in the Marlins, it only ever came across as temporary and soon closed.
Once the team starts winning again and the feel good factor returns, the shop will probably then be open longer. |
“ Once the team starts winning again and the feel good factor returns”.
Code for restricted opening hours to remain in pertuity. | |
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 07:54 - Feb 12 with 912 views | saintwizzler |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 00:42 - Feb 12 by TimSaint |
What is the point in opening the shop, if nobody wants to go there ?
Why does not opening it make us 'hard up' ? Perhaps it is just good business sense ?
They have changed the opening hours. At the start of this season there was a feel good factor about going up and fans were making plenty of purchases ahead of the Prem season, so we were open every day for most of the 'usual' shopping hours.
The demise of the team has become reflective in our support, so nobody wants to wear Saints shirts or other merch at the moment, so they don't go to shopping. If nobody goes there, why have the shop open ?
The stadium is also out of town, so why make a journey especially, when we are playing so poorly ? If you want it that badly, get it on match day or get it delivered.
They closed down the shop in West Quay, blaming Covid, but although they reopened a different shop in the Marlins, it only ever came across as temporary and soon closed.
Once the team starts winning again and the feel good factor returns, the shop will probably then be open longer. |
Just employ a few under 21 year olds on a part time basis.
That way Dragon only has to pay them £10 per hour and get the hours right no National Insurance.
That’s what the big retailers do.
Also as the ticket office do with a booking fee introduce a buying fee for all the two sizes too small replica shirts bought that will be displayed in The Northam Fanzones and THE WALL OF NOISE at every home game.
Simple.
Maybe a clapping tax too, so every time the die hards in THE WALL OF NOISE clap off their heroes after yet another plucky 5-0 defeat they are charged.
10p a clap.
A mandatory £5 fee of everytime the sentence “It started in the chapel” is sang could be introduced next season as we look to stay in Tier 2.
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 09:39 - Feb 12 with 817 views | SaintNick |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 00:42 - Feb 12 by TimSaint |
What is the point in opening the shop, if nobody wants to go there ?
Why does not opening it make us 'hard up' ? Perhaps it is just good business sense ?
They have changed the opening hours. At the start of this season there was a feel good factor about going up and fans were making plenty of purchases ahead of the Prem season, so we were open every day for most of the 'usual' shopping hours.
The demise of the team has become reflective in our support, so nobody wants to wear Saints shirts or other merch at the moment, so they don't go to shopping. If nobody goes there, why have the shop open ?
The stadium is also out of town, so why make a journey especially, when we are playing so poorly ? If you want it that badly, get it on match day or get it delivered.
They closed down the shop in West Quay, blaming Covid, but although they reopened a different shop in the Marlins, it only ever came across as temporary and soon closed.
Once the team starts winning again and the feel good factor returns, the shop will probably then be open longer. |
A good point, walk down he high street and shops are closing down all over the place, the way we shop is changing, its all done online and sent to your door.
Whilst I agree that we should have a shop open 6 days a week at the stadium from the perspective that we are a premier League club etc, the reality is that to have a club shop in the city centre probably loses a club of our size money, when you take in rent, rates and wages, you have to sell a lot of merchandise to make it a going concern.
I went to the club shop a few weeks ago as i was passing by, I was in there about 10 minutes and i was the only customer in that time.
In the time I have supporters Saints, we have never been a fanbase that buys merchandise in big numbers, we spend our time running down the club and there fore don't want to be seen supporting it, it was like that in the 70's & 80's, it got better in the 1990's but if you went to the Dell the number of replica shirts per head, was far lower than going to a similar club like Leicester or Middlesbrough etc.
Only Saints fans could spend their time saying boycott the club shop and then complain when due to a lack of business that it reduces its opening hours lol 
We complain when the club gets things wrong and money is wasted on players and we complain when those not involved with the playing side of things get things right and make money on their side of things.
I try and apportion blame where it lies, whilst the playing side of things is a shambles at the moment, those not involved on that side of the club, have done things that have been a success and made money, the fan zones aren't my sort of things, but they are extremely popular and seem to be profitable, rejigging our retail business is another side of things, football is a very seasonal things in retail, the start of a season when the new kit is out and Xmas are it's busy period, the rest of the year its a lot less busy.
From a vanity point of view, we should not be closing the shop, from a business perspective it is almost certainly a good move.
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 10:04 - Feb 12 with 776 views | saintwizzler |
The same clowns that gave Russell Martin a new 3 year contract in July.
Now we are stuck paying him £75k a week for the next 29 months.
Unless of course he takes another job on of course.
And there’s Bednarek’s new 3 year deal netting him a cool £70k per week.
Idea.
The bar staff in THE DELL could take orders for any merchandise and it’s delivered to the table.
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| Are Saints So Hard Up on 16:11 - Feb 12 with 549 views | kingslandstand1 |
Well I know it's Wednesday today so that probably explains why they've sent me an email encouraging me to buy a "Yellows" away shirt so we can get down there tomorrow! Would also get a £20 gift voucher as an added bonus! |  | | |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 16:28 - Feb 12 with 533 views | Newdawn2014 |
Thank F... someone is trying to be positive , | | | |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 10:14 - Feb 14 with 207 views | SouthSeaSaint |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 09:39 - Feb 12 by SaintNick |
A good point, walk down he high street and shops are closing down all over the place, the way we shop is changing, its all done online and sent to your door.
Whilst I agree that we should have a shop open 6 days a week at the stadium from the perspective that we are a premier League club etc, the reality is that to have a club shop in the city centre probably loses a club of our size money, when you take in rent, rates and wages, you have to sell a lot of merchandise to make it a going concern.
I went to the club shop a few weeks ago as i was passing by, I was in there about 10 minutes and i was the only customer in that time.
In the time I have supporters Saints, we have never been a fanbase that buys merchandise in big numbers, we spend our time running down the club and there fore don't want to be seen supporting it, it was like that in the 70's & 80's, it got better in the 1990's but if you went to the Dell the number of replica shirts per head, was far lower than going to a similar club like Leicester or Middlesbrough etc.
Only Saints fans could spend their time saying boycott the club shop and then complain when due to a lack of business that it reduces its opening hours lol
We complain when the club gets things wrong and money is wasted on players and we complain when those not involved with the playing side of things get things right and make money on their side of things.
I try and apportion blame where it lies, whilst the playing side of things is a shambles at the moment, those not involved on that side of the club, have done things that have been a success and made money, the fan zones aren't my sort of things, but they are extremely popular and seem to be profitable, rejigging our retail business is another side of things, football is a very seasonal things in retail, the start of a season when the new kit is out and Xmas are it's busy period, the rest of the year its a lot less busy.
From a vanity point of view, we should not be closing the shop, from a business perspective it is almost certainly a good move.
Sorry for being sensible |
Well said Nick
I look back to the days when I wanted a Saints top as a nipper, for my birthday
My Mum took me to Toomers in London Road and the only football shirt available was in Arsenal colours
This was OK as it was red & white.
The only other Saints shirt I have bought was a retro 1950 style for when we went to Milan. | | | |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 10:16 - Feb 14 with 205 views | SouthSeaSaint |
| Are Saints So Hard Up on 09:39 - Feb 12 by SaintNick |
A good point, walk down he high street and shops are closing down all over the place, the way we shop is changing, its all done online and sent to your door.
Whilst I agree that we should have a shop open 6 days a week at the stadium from the perspective that we are a premier League club etc, the reality is that to have a club shop in the city centre probably loses a club of our size money, when you take in rent, rates and wages, you have to sell a lot of merchandise to make it a going concern.
I went to the club shop a few weeks ago as i was passing by, I was in there about 10 minutes and i was the only customer in that time.
In the time I have supporters Saints, we have never been a fanbase that buys merchandise in big numbers, we spend our time running down the club and there fore don't want to be seen supporting it, it was like that in the 70's & 80's, it got better in the 1990's but if you went to the Dell the number of replica shirts per head, was far lower than going to a similar club like Leicester or Middlesbrough etc.
Only Saints fans could spend their time saying boycott the club shop and then complain when due to a lack of business that it reduces its opening hours lol
We complain when the club gets things wrong and money is wasted on players and we complain when those not involved with the playing side of things get things right and make money on their side of things.
I try and apportion blame where it lies, whilst the playing side of things is a shambles at the moment, those not involved on that side of the club, have done things that have been a success and made money, the fan zones aren't my sort of things, but they are extremely popular and seem to be profitable, rejigging our retail business is another side of things, football is a very seasonal things in retail, the start of a season when the new kit is out and Xmas are it's busy period, the rest of the year its a lot less busy.
From a vanity point of view, we should not be closing the shop, from a business perspective it is almost certainly a good move.
Sorry for being sensible |
Well said Nick
I look back to the days when I wanted a Saints top as a nipper, for my birthday
My Mum took me to Toomers in London Road and the only football shirt available was in Arsenal colours
This was OK as it was red & white.
The only other Saints shirt I have bought was a retro 1950 style for when we went to Milan. | | | |
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