Regular monthly contributions to GTFC

I recall during operation promotion, a fair few fans (myself included) expressed interest in being able to make more regular small contributions to the club. As an exile I dont buy tickets every other week for example. However, at the time, there were some concerns about how money gifted to the club might get used, and by who, and also when it comes to shares what owning more shares really meant to anyone. With this in mind, and the new ownership and organisation of the club, I thought I'd see what others thought:

- monthly share purchase - direct debit every month to buy shares (or fractional shares). I could imagine this being a path to a not insignificant regular income for the club, plus a slow and steady progression towards more fan ownership on the books.

- if shares dont actually help Andrew, Jason and the club, due to PLC or other reasons, other options to regularly contribute with real clarity on how the money is used could work. I am aware of the trusts 100s club now which is great, but I wonder if it got to very large numbers if this would be the best approach for all) Off the top of my head:
   - sponsor/contribute to a youth team player/the youth team
   - organised purchase of tickets or kits for school kids, underprivileged, etc
   - contribution towards equipment/projects etc - a bit more of an out there idea, and possibly harder to do given things that really will help the team should happen anyway, but there might be things that could be done quicker with more support. I guess I'm thinking of something I've seen done with some wedding lists - guests select from one of many things on a list, and contribute to it or pay for it all (only in our case it might be a monthly payment option).

I’d do a direct debit every month. I do a £10 one to a dog charity every month. They do a draw at the end of every month and the winning name wins £100. 2nd gets £50 and 3rd £25. It’s called the 200 club as it has 200 members.  That’s £175 out and the rest of the £2000 profit. I’m sure we could get more than 200 people interested.  

Don’t worry, I would carry on with the dog charity too.

I’m with you on this and asked the Trust about it.  They suggested joining the Trust 200 Club

Quoted from bawarmy

I’d do a direct debit every month. I do a £10 one to a dog charity every month. They do a draw at the end of every month and the winning name wins £100. 2nd gets £50 and 3rd £25. It’s called the 200 club as it has 200 members.  That’s £175 out and the rest of the £2000 profit. I’m sure we could get more than 200 people interested.  

Don’t worry, I would carry on with the dog charity too.

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/october/what-is-mariners-lottery/

I am struggling to understand why working class people would contribute to a business owned by multi millionaires. Surely your admission ticket is sufficient contribution to the club?

I'd suggest something like the Disabled Supporters Club might be something to support. I've given to them in the past via the Mariners Trust when they've asked for cash.

Quoted from mariner83

https://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/2020/october/what-is-mariners-lottery/

is it just me, or do the club fail to publicise lots of things that they do?
hadn't heard of this lottery, didn't know about the walking football team, didn't know about the disabilities team, have seen next to nothing on the work Graham Rodger does

Join the lottery or just treat yourself once a month to items in the club shop

Quoted from lukeo

Join the lottery or just treat yourself once a month to items in the club shop

Regarding the club shop, I would do if the gear wasn’t all sh#t.

Quoted from Heisenberg

Regarding the club shop, I would do if the gear wasn’t all sh#t.

I’d move the club shop too. Stick it in town, have actual changing rooms and the like, improve what is on offer and they’d no doubt sell a bit more.

The online shop needs improving drastically too...

What about the Club looking into a mobile app for fans, were purchases on an approved debit card are rounded up and the difference goes to the club, could only be a few pence, but each purchase adds up.

In return the Club offers special discounts and experiences to fans...

Appreciate this maybe challenging to setup.

AFC Wimbledon looked at another approach for funding their stadium - Plough Lane Bond..

I pay towards the Club Gold Bond Lottery each month.  I also do the Trust 200 Club each month.

I have had numerous wins, which are paid directly into your bank automatically.  You don’t even have tell your wife that you have run.  

Each to your own.  The Trust 200 Club Lottery is a good start.

I like the idea of a regular monthly direct debit for non-season ticket holders. Pretty sure Barnet do/did something similar. I think it was something like £30 a month and it entitled you to a ticket for every home league game and priority for away tickets after season ticket holders (not that that was an issue for Barnet fans). £360 a year to the club regardless of how many games you make.

I would love to see Jason and Andrew make junior tickets as cheap as possible. If the club could find a way to perhaps use this scheme to help subsidise junior tickets, to attract the fans of the future, I'd be all for that. The club is competing against Xbox, Netflix,.Sky Sports and a excrement load of other things. We need to do everything we can to get kids hooked. Winning football helps, regardless of level, and we should hopefully be seeing many more Ws than we have seen these last 5 years. Cheap tickets and a winning team (hopefully) equals a new army of GTFC fans.

Results on the pitch and team effort would equal extra contributions 23 times per season.

I’m sure the new owners want bums on seats for starters. Regular gates of 5k or more would soon pay for a better playing squad.