Here goes!

The Trust has today launched Operation Promotion 'budget boost'. You can read all the info in today's Telegraph:

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/CLUB-NEEDS/story-26607026-detail/story.html

Words from Paul Hurst here:

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Boss-welcomes-fantastic-budget-boosting/story-26607023-detail/story.html

In short we want to raise a minimum of £20,000 in the next 8 weeks for Paul to spend on new, key players. If we raise £20,000 the Mullen family will match the funds fans raise!

You can donate or buy one of many rewards here: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Any questions please ask...please share, support and let's get that £20,000 raised!

Wahoo I'm in , done .

Paid!

£240 down in the first 10 mins!

£125 done and I get a signed shirt.

Ok ....minor moan here...


why is somebody/someone taking 6% of the total raised?  If we hit the 20k  (x 2 = 40k) with the costs for "items" that is nearly 2.5k out of the kitty.


It is good to see that they have listed the number of takers against each amount so i expect to see at least 55   100 pledges on there pretty darn quick.  

Not a moan but the number of backers total at the top of the page on the right does not match the backers in each category beneath the total?

Where are they?

Quoted from ivanosandwich

Not a moan but the number of backers total at the top of the page on the right does not match the backers in each category beneath the total?

Where are they?

Once a reward is fulfilled (in this case two signed shirts) they disappear as they are unavailable.

Quoted from moosey_club

Ok ....minor moan here...


why is somebody/someone taking 6% of the total raised?  If we hit the 20k  (x 2 = 40k) with the costs for "items" that is nearly 2.5k out of the kitty.


It is good to see that they have listed the number of takers against each amount so i expect to see at least 55   100 pledges on there pretty darn quick.  

Out of our hands sadly. We could have done it via the Trust shop but it wouldn't have been as transparent and would have been more work. The investment by the Mullen family will not be subject to the 6%.

Quoted from ivanosandwich

Not a moan but the number of backers total at the top of the page on the right does not match the backers in each category beneath the total?

Where are they?

Ah I see it now. When you go into the pledge screen, some are sold out so aren't being offered on the main page.

Excellent work by the trust. I have put in £125, I didnt fancy playing in a celeb match though!

All done.😀

Excellent work and I have to take my hat off to the Mullens. £100 pledged and Burnett picture bought

If we add in the £5k from the Trust we are nearly at £10k in the first hour!!!!!!


Fantastic effort by all especially gtfcnewman and his £2500

Really good initiative. Plenty of decent stuff for fans to buy, and although the 6% thing is a bit painful, I think the effect of having transparency & a clear running total will more than compensate. Much more chance of this snowballing if people can see it's going well. I'll be nagging my parents to get involved.

And a special mention to the Mullens. They may have enjoyed some great fortune recently but £20k is still a huge amount to simply hand over. Top stuff all round.

Edit: And another special mention to Andy Newman! Not only is he flying the flag for Town at WWE with his signs he's now an actual member of the squad!

Blimey, over £4k already.  Well done everybody!

We are 20% to the target in the first hour, should have met the 'initial' target before lunch  :)

Don't stop there though, keep it going.

4k in 45 mins , just wow ,

#thistownknows

Great effort, just donated my 50 quid and in the time it took me to donate the figure pledged had increased by about a grand I think!  

Additional edit:  

I just donated the money as I want it to go to the fund but will there be any option to buy the Fish tshirt seperately as depending on the style of it think I would like one in the future.  

Amazing!

We've just about covered Magnay's petrol costs. We can do this. #thisTownKnows

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

We've just about covered Magnay's petrol costs. We can do this. #thisTownKnows

This fund is definitely NOT for Magnay's bloody petrol!

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Edit: And another special mention to Andy Newman! Not only is he flying the flag for Town at WWE with his signs he's now an actual member of the squad!

I take it Andy took the £2.5k option? fair play!

Pledged.  Mariners Trust I salute you and the Mullens.

Keep up the good work.

UTM

Quoted from MawsleyMariner

I take it Andy took the £2.5k option? fair play!

He asked about it via Twitter, then BigChris said he'd pledged £2.5k so I'm assuming it's all sorted.
Massive credit to him for doing it so quickly. Even if it was within my price range I think I would have at least slept on it!

Pledged. FISH!

Love this. Pledged!

Paid my £100, well done everyone involved.

STOP POSTING LINKS TO THE TELEGRAPH CRAP SITE. All those ads do my swede in.

Pledged!!

UTM!

Brilliant work from everybody involved!

Buckley DVD purchased. Pleased to donate and looking forward to watching it!

To help keep momentum going...

All those with twitter or Facebook accounts will help if they tweet and post that they have pledged. Share the link

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/GTFC/

Some more will pledge by seeing the wave of support rippling across social media, and by seeing that others in their circle are getting involved.

Every declaration of support helps.

UTM

Pledged. Well done all invovled for getting this set up. Really hope we can keep the momentum of the first hour going!

Just incredible!! Fantastic work from everyone.

It's going up every few minutes! Very impressive and shows just how much the fans care about the club right now  :) UTM

Pledged my £25 which is all I can afford currently  :B

Quoted from mariner91

Pledged my £25 which is all I can afford currently  :B

All it takes is 20,000 people to put in £1! That's plenty.

Quoted from mariner91

Pledged my £25 which is all I can afford currently  :B

Top stuff. Doesn't matter if it's £1, £2,500 or something in between. Collectively we can all make a difference!

Quoted from Trawler

To help keep momentum going...

All those with twitter or Facebook accounts will help if they tweet and post that they have pledged. Share the link

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/GTFC/

Some more will pledge by seeing the wave of support rippling across social media, and by seeing that others in their circle are getting involved.

Every declaration of support helps.

UTM

Yes, this. Please, everyone, Facebook, Twitter, just tell friends and family. The more people we tell, the more we raise, the bigger the help to get us out of this division.

Quoted from mariner91

Pledged my £25 which is all I can afford currently  :B

£25 is a handsome sum, all pledges from £1 to £2500 add to the grand total. Massive respect to all that have donated, regardless of amount.(clap2)(clap2)(clap2)

Will there be a bucket in the ticket office for when people are getting their STs? Could get them going round at the pre-season games too.

Makes me proud to be a Mariner, we WILL get out of this league next year.

Pledged.

Received an email welcoming me to the crowd funding site but not one saying thanks for your donation of £XXX. Is that normal or should I have received one saying the transaction had been successful?

Quoted from psgmariner

Pledged.

Received an email welcoming me to the crowd funding site but not one saying thanks for your donation of £XXX. Is that normal or should I have received one saying the transaction had been successful?

I got one thanking me for my pledge. It arrived straight after the welcome email.

£100 in from me as promised on the £100 pledge thread.

Now....I wonder if JF will let me take my flask in when I have my corporate pre and post match hospitality.

Quoted from psgmariner

Pledged.

Received an email welcoming me to the crowd funding site but not one saying thanks for your donation of £XXX. Is that normal or should I have received one saying the transaction had been successful?

If you are using updated gmail cuz check your  promotions tab - my pledge confirmation from Crowdfunder was sent to that folder. If you're not using gmail check spam.

Quoted from psgmariner

Pledged.

Received an email welcoming me to the crowd funding site but not one saying thanks for your donation of £XXX. Is that normal or should I have received one saying the transaction had been successful?

I'll be sending out thank you messages once I've caught my breath!

Smashed through £6000 now

I have just put in £100.00

This Town Knows

Just a quick one guys--- what happens when we reach the £20,000 mark?

Quoted from bax

I'll be sending out thank you messages once I've caught my breath!

Not bothered really but just like to have confirmation the transaction was successful, otherwise will re do it.

Well done for getting this up and running. Great work.

Just one thought - the higher priced 'gifts' seems to be going pretty well and there are plenty 'sold out' at the bottom. Is it worth trying to top up these options?

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Just a quick one guys--- what happens when we reach the £20,000 mark?

It runs until a certain date and whatever is raised by the fans collectively is matched by the Mullens and released to the club is my take on it.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Just a quick one guys--- what happens when we reach the £20,000 mark?

we go f*cking mental.

Quoted from 75

It runs until a certain date and whatever is raised by the fans collectively is matched by the Mullens and released to the club is my take on it.

We keep going for 8 weeks. Whatever we raise (as long as it's more than £20k) the Mullens will match.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Just one thought - the higher priced 'gifts' seems to be going pretty well and there are plenty 'sold out' at the bottom. Is it worth trying to top up these options?

Yes - we will be adding more rewards throughout the next eight weeks. We still have some good 'uns up our sleeves!

Well done everyone. Will be putting my 'pledge' in later this evening once I've been paid.

Is there going to be a push towards Corporate Backers? That could really boost the funds if they threw in £250/500 a time

Just an idea - how about everyone who donates is entered into a prize draw for a season ticket? I know it's counter productive in a way but donating a pound and getting an ST might draw a few extras in.

Sorted it.

I didn't actually press "pay" once the paypal invoice screen came up. I was trying to do it on my phone whilst on a train with intermittent wifi such was my enthusiasm. Can now take my time and do it properly now I am at work!

£50 pledged.

GET headlines 1st August.

"HURST SWOOPS FOR BOSHELL"

;D

Smashed through 7000 well done everyone

Quoted from LH

Just an idea - how about everyone who donates is entered into a prize draw for a season ticket? I know it's counter productive in a way but donating a pound and getting an ST might draw a few extras in.

Make sure you enter your telephone number "in correct format", otherwise it takes flippin' ages.  

It took me flippin' ages -- but this initiative is great job by all concerned.  

About a quarter of the way to the initial target after an hour and a bit.  

Quoted from BIGChris

Is there going to be a push towards Corporate Backers? That could really boost the funds if they threw in £250/500 a time

Yes...we've got 8 weeks left, give us a chance  ;)

Great work all that have pledged so far..the total is rising UTM

Quoted from LH

Just an idea - how about everyone who donates is entered into a prize draw for a season ticket? I know it's counter productive in a way but donating a pound and getting an ST might draw a few extras in.

It's against crowdfunder rules to do any raffles or draws as part of it, so we'd need to be careful as I'd hate for us to become a cropper after such a great start.

Quick question for someone at the Trust please....

Does the amount raised showing on the website include the £5,000 being put in by the Trust? Or is this added later?

Quoted from 120790

Quick question for someone at the Trust please....

Does the amount raised showing on the website include the £5,000 being put in by the Trust? Or is this added later?

It doesn't include the £5,000. That will go in last.

I'll be honest, saw this this morning and thought it was a great idea but no chance we'll get 20 grand. Just looked again at the total and I'm astonished! At this rate I'll be proved wrong by the end of the day! A top top effort from everyone. Makes me so proud to be a mariner!

£100 Pledged.
Well done to all involved.  Oh and our John!  LOL!  ;D

UTM!

I presume making different pledges over the 8 weeks for different rewards will not be a problem as some people still get paid weekly and can not afford a bigger amount in one go? 8)
UTMM

Quoted from bax

Yes - we will be adding more rewards throughout the next eight weeks. We still have some good 'uns up our sleeves!

Is it worth getting them out there asap. Just thinking that people might hold on if they think better goodies are to come?

Good idea to add to the options as it goes along. Likely to get repeat pledgers and refreshed interest, particularly in the 2nd month when the next payday cycle has completed.

Well I've just joined the Trust for £100 quid , to be honest I never wanted to conform and be a member so if anyone asks I only did it for the fish T shirt.
Might I suggest putting some you putting more Club shirts , training gear on ect as I might be tempted again if there's something of interest to me. UTM

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Good idea to add to the options as it goes along. Likely to get repeat pledgers, particularly in the 2nd month when the next payday cycle has completed.

Yeah good point - every chance I'll go back and put some more in after next pay day especially if something interesting was up for grabs. Seems to be ticking on nicely although guess it'll flatten out a bit at some point today. Hopefully not until it's well over £10k though!

Quoted from bax

It doesn't include the £5,000. That will go in last.

That is amazing. I honestly thought it included the Trust amount. Keep going guys and gals and share this everywhere you can as the more publicity it gets, the better. Has anyone considered letting Five Live Sport and TalkSport know about this? Would be great to get some national coverage.

It's like a fairy tale

A guy I used to work with in Hull, won a training session with Hull FC.

Not sure if that is on the list of goodies to come but might be worth arranging with the club.

I reckon someone will be keen on it, not me though, probably see me off.

£7775 and counting

Was it george weah's cousin??

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Is it worth getting them out there asap. Just thinking that people might hold on if they think better goodies are to come?

We'll be drip feeding stuff throughout the eight weeks for several reasons

1) To keep interest in it
2) After pay day people will go at it again
3) So we can target fans, then businesses etc
4) We're getting offered tons of extra stuff as we speak

Quoted from 120790

That is amazing. I honestly thought it included the Trust amount. Keep going guys and gals and share this everywhere you can as the more publicity it gets, the better. Has anyone considered letting Five Live Sport and TalkSport know about this? Would be great to get some national coverage.

It's like a fairy tale

Yes in hand!

I'm sure the club already do this but they should also be hitting some of the big companies in the area with cooperate options , I honestly think we'll raise a lot more than the target , I just hope that it makes a difference this time

£8k cracked!

I'm going to play on the pitch  ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from bax

It's against crowdfunder rules to do any raffles or draws as part of it, so we'd need to be careful as I'd hate for us to become a cropper after such a great start.

Fair enough maybe something that can be done seperately. Regarding the signed shirt - it says estimated delivery in August so does that mean it's presented to me on the pitch or are they just awaiting signatures first? Also is it framed or is there option to have that done? Thanks.

Quoted from grimps

I'm sure the club already do this but they should also be hitting some of the big companies in the area with cooperate options , I honestly think we'll raise a lot more than the target , I just hope that it makes a difference this time

Can't speak for the club but the Trust will be contacting businesses as part of this project!

maybe there's a little bit of goodwill among the Bristol Rovers fans to tap?

Quoted from LH

Fair enough maybe something that can be done seperately. Regarding the signed shirt - it says estimated delivery in August so does that mean it's presented to me on the pitch or are they just awaiting signatures first? Also is it framed or is there option to have that done? Thanks.

The Trust doesn't get the money until the campaign is completed in 8 weeks time. As a result none of the rewards will be available until then.

£9,105.  This is great

Hells Bells...what an effort so far

I just donated to the trust at http://www.marinerstrust.co.uk, didn't see you could buy goodies til I'd already done it.

£10,000 by noon at this rate. I refreshed the page a few times and each time it seemed to jump £20-30. Stunning response so far.

Quoted from Blundelluk

Hells Bells...what an effort so far

10k for you BTB?

Only just noticed that the magnificent total so far has been pledged by just 150 fans. So much potential left for this to really make a massive impact.

Wow!  WOW!

Just reading this thread and seeing the amount people are pledging has genuinely made the hairs on my neck stand up on end (that's without the signing of a player! ;))

Absolutely fantastic.  Makes me proud to be a Mariner.  

This Town DEFINITELY still knows.

Maaaaaaaariners

Maaaaaaaariners

:)

£400 to get to £10,000 by lunchtime. If you haven't pledged yet please do so and let's get to 50%!

£10k SMASHED already.

UTM

10.000 broken wow

£10,000 SMASHED!

Don't get paid till Friday so my £50 will be added then and maybe a few extra pounds here and there! Utm great effort and support lets now make this known nationally through the press  :)

Hit the target by end of the first day? Have the Mullens put a cap on how much they are willing to match!

I guess the feel good factor is still alive and kicking  :)

Well there it is.. the £10k smashed!! What a club we've got.

Best fans in the league.

Absolutely brilliant.

You can shove your man utds and ya chelseas right up your bottom.

With a hotdog  ;)

Quoted from jonnyboy82

Best fans in the league.

Absolutely brilliant.

You can shove your man utds and ya chelseas right up your bottom.

Only if there isn't a hotdog already there

Quoted from bax

£10,000 SMASHED!

You must have been a bit nervous before it was launched this morning? Did you have any figure in your head of where you hoped it might be by the end of the day? I'm guessing £10k by lunchtime is considered a pretty good start to this!

Pledged my £100 and have been watching the total raised increase over the last couple of hours. £10,000 is just incredible.

Do you know what, I am going to push the boat out and get a season ticket for me the Mrs and the two ankle biters.

The atmosphere at Bludell Park for the first home game ought to be amazing after this.

This Town Knows...

Quoted from 120790

Pledged my £100 and have been watching the total raised increase over the last couple of hours. £10,000 is just incredible.

Do you know what, I am going to push the boat out and get a season ticket for me the Mrs and the two ankle biters.

The atmosphere at Bludell Park for the first home game ought to be amazing after this.

This Town Knows...

That's the spirit......

I always knew everyone in GY and surrounding areas was secretly loaded.

Fantastic!! 10k in a couple of hours! My donation of 100 will be pledged on Friday!

Have to commend the Trust and the Club for such a great initiative!

UTM

Waiting on a payment from a job, then i'll be wading in. Fantastic effort so far.

All doing our bit but absolutely hats off to the Mullens! A massive thank you from me as a GTFC fan! Without a doubt your generosity will have spurred on so many like me to pledge.

UTM

£11,000 boom

Surely the full £20k in one day isn't going to happen?

What a fantastic response to this pledge! Great idea!
I have donated £35 today and may donate more later. I have spread the word to my Norwegian friends through my Facebook page and hope you will get some more money from abroad. :-)
As I am writing this the amount is £10,803 and with the 5 K from the Trust, it looks like that the target will be reached quite early. Good job, everyone!
UP the Mariners!

Geir

£50 just donated, another £50 at the end of the month on next payday.

Quoted from Codswede

All doing our bit but absolutely hats off to the Mullens! A massive thank you from me as a GTFC fan! Without a doubt your generosity will have spurred on so many like me to pledge.

UTM

+1

I know this is not the reason they have done but I would like to publicly thank them for their generosity. A real shot in the arm for the club.

The reaction to our playoff defeat could have been VERY different and stuff like this together with the signing of key players has ensured a defeat has created something really positive for the club.

I have been away and there are a lot of posts to read.

Some info please on donating?

I pledged £100 for the Trust about a week ago, along with many other fans.  This was on a Sticky thread.

I want to give once, but not twice. Is my £100 part of the the Trusts £5,000 donated to the "Mullens offer"?

If not, do I need to "re-pledge £100" now as this will count double with he Mullens' generous offer to double it?

Thanks.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

I have been away and there are a lot of posts to read.

Some info please on donating?

I pledged £100 for the Trust about a week ago, along with many other fans.  This was on a Sticky thread.

I want to give once, but not twice. Is my £100 part of the the Trusts £5,000 donated to the "Mullens offer"?

If not, do I need to "re-pledge £100" now as this will count double with he Mullens' generous offer to double it?

Thanks.

Hi mate the sticky thread has been superseded by the launch today.

Click on the link and pledge away...

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/GTFC

Pledged £100 each for me and my good lady.  Well done everyone lets get us "out of this league"!
Really love how we've all come together to make something happen. :)

£100 from me too, look forward to drinking tea from my mug and wearing my Clap Clap fish tshirt while watching my AB DVD...!

I've hardly got an ounce of work done all day. Since I made my donation at about 10am I have been captivated by the promotion appeal. I've just been hitting the refresh button every few minutes and chuckling to myself about how well this is going.

It's phenomenal and just leaves you speechless.

Idea for another item to sell: Club shop bundle.

Simply group together a wide range of items from the club shop: t-shirts, clocks, towels, key rings etc. and make some effort to package it together so it feels more official. Easy win as all the stuff is already at the club shop. Bit of a mark up on normal prices, maybe several different price level packages.

I realise all the stuff is already available for sale but I think seeing it listed on the crowd funding page would tempt a few people that wouldn't have otherwise considered it.

£12k might just do it today  ;D

ha, £17,000 by lunchtime (with the Trust's £5k)!!

myself and dad will be pledging tonight, 50 quid each, hoping we can get brother on board too to make it £150.00, our fans are flipping incredible

Am I being thick? I can't seem to see images of any of the rewards. Are they on the site? It may be the settings of my work laptop...

Given my £100

£500 in one donation! The generosity being shown here for the Mariners is incredible. Well done to the trust for organising this.

Pledged mine,make's me proud that all these people giving selflessly. We will be buying the club at this rate lol :)

Quoted from psgmariner

Am I being thick? I can't seem to see images of any of the rewards. Are they on the site? It may be the settings of my work laptop...

It wouldn't allow me to upload photos for some reason. But if you want a photo of anything let me know!

Quoted from bax

It wouldn't allow me to upload photos for some reason. But if you want a photo of anything let me know!

we want to see the Mug!

£200 donated to grace the turf at BP.  Well done everyone involved.

UTM

Quoted from gtfc98

we want to see the Mug!

I can't believe there isn't a picture of the mug. This whole thing is a complete shambles  ;)

No big deal re the images. Have pledged anyway.

If it is easy to do it may be worth doing when you all get a moment to catch your collective breath though. It may convince a few if they see what's on offer.

Great effort from all involved, amazed by the generosity of some, hope it all goes well!!!

Maybe put links to the images at the first post so everyone can see?

Today i feel so proud to be a town fan.

How far can this go? We'll reach 50K I reckon!

£13k  :)

£30 done, but will do more at end of month when I see what's left in my account, as misses gives birth in 2 days lol.  Amazing by the fans today, quality effort.

Oh Christ I am addicted to watching the crowdraiser website.

We had Fantastic Friday, now it seems we are experiencing Manic Monday...

i've pledged £**** (worried the girlfriend might find this thread  ;D)

huge thanks to the mullens for their support and the trust for promoting this.

makes you proud to be a town fan

please share it on facebook and twitter or text your mates who don't do 'social media'

up to £13k + £5k from the trust = well over £18k

actually i'm not totally happy. why isn't there a GTFC flask?

I bet the Mullens are getting worried now 😊
It doesn't matter wether you have millions or not it's great to see everyone mucking in and doing what they can

I told the girlfriend I'd managed to get a signed shirt for £25 - it's a good job she's not educated on such matters.

Done my little bit, wish it was more.

Quoted from forza ivano

actually i'm not totally happy. why isn't there a GTFC flask?

That would cause a riot!

Can we unsticky this for now?

At the minute it's getting enough constant comments so it's always at the top of the current threads anyway.

I know I don't always look in the stickies, sure others are the same.

Quoted from diehardmariner

Can we unsticky this for now?

At the minute it's getting enough constant comments so it's always at the top of the current threads anyway.

I know I don't always look in the stickies, sure others are the same.

THIS

Quoted from diehardmariner

Can we unsticky this for now?

At the minute it's getting enough constant comments so it's always at the top of the current threads anyway.

I know I don't always look in the stickies, sure others are the same.

That's a good idea! Give it more eyes balls not as a sticky.

Makes sense - am sure if it starts to flag we can give it alittle 'bump'

We have a locked sticky and a non-sticky now. Belt and braces.

With the Trusts £5k we are going to reach the target on Day one arent we??????

That would be amazing. I am stunned!

The amzing generosity of our fans astounds me and i dont just mean the £500 or £100+ donations but the hundreds of people who have done what they can to help.

Every penny counts. Get your mates to put £5 in, anybody, aunt, uncles, cats, dogs whoever

#UTM

Quoted from BIGChris

With the Trusts £5k we are going to reach the target on Day one arent we??????

That would be amazing. I am stunned!

The amzing generosity of our fans astounds me and i dont just mean the £500 or £100+ donations but the hundreds of people who have done what they can to help.

Every penny counts. Get your mates to put £5 in, anybody, aunt, uncles, cats, dogs whoever

#UTM

My cat, Clive has just donated a fiver. I've got some prawns out of the freezer for him as a bribe.

Quoted from forza ivano

actually i'm not totally happy. why isn't there a GTFC flask?

That would work! Black and White striped flask with BANNED written across it in large red letters! A little in-joke for all Fishy-folk.

IDEA:-

Would it be possible once the final figure is totted up, to invite everyone that has donated, to Blundell Park for an "Operation Promotion" team photo. Would be great to get as many of us there as possible for this.

Perhaps with one of those big cheques being handed over as well?

Anyone agree?

Good to see the club are using crowd funding. It baffled me why it hasn't been done before. I haven't donated yet but 60 days gives me plenty of time and I will.

I still believe that the Trust should look into contacting local breweries and putting on local Real Ales in the bars on match days and contacting local butchers to come up with some proper Lincolnshire sausages and sausage rolls instead of the crap plastic ones on sale at the moment. The same could be done for pies and burgers. And the buns to boot! Sack off the walkers crisps (let Leicester City sell them) and get some Pipers in. In exchange, they get a extra business a small advert by the kiosk where they are sold to show where the butcher/baker is, we get happy fans the community talk about us, people come to the ground spend money, maybe the butcher can employ a new member of staff. Community gets one person off the dole, Grimsby and Lincolnshire become more prosperous...

I refer everyone to Kidderminster and how people rave about their food. We can do that!

I will be donating when my pension is paid in on the 10th of June.....

this is bloody awesome stuff... we have the most fantastic bunch of supporters...
other clubs must look on in envy at the passion and desire of the Mighty Black and White Army  !!!

UTM !!!!

This is a great idea well done to the trust and to everybody chipping in, i can only scrape a tenner at the minute, but I will put some more in when I get paid in two weeks  :)

Over £14k now! Blimey.

that's the £14k reached!

£973 and the minimum target is reached! on day one!!

edit: £848!

Smashing work Ladies and Gentlemen.

I see the imps are looking in on us showing them how to raise funds

When does the Mariners Trust £5,000 get added onto the total?  I know in practicality that the total will be reached today but would be great to see it officially over the 20 grand line.  

Know it has been said by just about everyone but boy I could not be more proud to be a Mariner than today!  Thought we would get there but never this quickly.  And there are more than a few pepole who are just waiting for paydays to put it up.  Always knew we had great fans who love their club but this is just showing how much we all care!

UTM  

I was a miserable sceptic about this when I heard about it last week.  I'm overwhelmed by our amazing support.  Everyone who has contributed is a legend in my eyes.  Once I've spoken to the wife about what we can afford (not a huge amount as we're pretty skint but should be able to do £25 minimum) I'll be pledging too.  

Incredible response and target pretty much met in a day.  #properclubproperfans

UTM  

Quoted from winston

I see the imps are looking in on us showing them how to raise funds

I couldn't care less what Lincoln City fans are doing.

I think that we have all learned in the last five years that our only focus is on our own beef.

This Town Knows

Quoted from Freemoash88

Smashing work Ladies and Gentlemen.

& Clive the Cat!

Fantastic effort!  :)

If this doesn't make you proud of our fans, I don't know what will.

Unfortunately money is very tight for me at the minute (which means I cannot afford a season ticket this year either) so I won't be able to put any money in.

But as a fan, I would like to give a massive thank you to everybody who has put their money in, and a big thanks to the Mullen's who will be set to match it.

Fantastic...

It will be YOU who I will thank for getting this club back where it belongs.

Fantastic effort so far, plenty more people to come as well I hope. Not everyone looks at GTFC sites on a Monday in June, be a few days before everyone has seen it.

Anyone know if the club have to pay VAT on the income?

I'll be rejoining the trust once i sort my money problems out, will also donate to this assuming that it'll be still running in a few weeks time (we should have smashed 20k by then but every little helps!)

Quoted from Corkyefes

If this doesn't make you proud of our fans, I don't know what will.

Unfortunately money is very tight for me at the minute (which means I cannot afford a season ticket this year either) so I won't be able to put any money in.

But as a fan, I would like to give a massive thank you to everybody who has put their money in, and a big thanks to the Mullen's who will be set to match it.

Fantastic...

It will be YOU who I will thank for getting this club back where it belongs.

Just donated 5 pound extra for you. #Thistownknows!

Quoted from speedy

Just donated 5 pound extra for you. #Thistownknows!

Top man!
#thistownknows

Quoted from 120790

I couldn't care less what Lincoln City fans are doing.

It's all part of the fun. I'm chuffed to bits with the campaign, seeing the local 'rivals' certify their obsession with us with a large thread about our campaign, seeing them trample all over their pitch watching some 80's pop stars with pork pie hats raise £25,000 and we're halfway to that, pitch intact. Remembering their mockery of Grimsby in their local rag as being 'Skint'....it's obvious which set of fans truly care about their club and will help in the effort to get back to the League.
This is why my Lincoln born son is a Mariner, and proud of it.

Quoted from BIGChris

If we add in the £5k from the Trust we are nearly at £10k in the first hour!!!!!!


Fantastic effort by all especially gtfcnewman and his £2500

So is the £5k from the Trust in £15k raised so far? or on top?

On top.

Quoted from LondonMariner43

So is the £5k from the Trust in £15k raised so far? or on top?

Yes, as psg says the total on the 'donation page' is before the Trusts £5k is added!!!!!

So it's basically done then. Which month are we signing Messi for on loan?

Quoted from LH

So it's basically done then. Which month are we signing Messi for on loan?

Too similar to Arnold. We need to replace LJL.

Anything donated through the site is liable to the 6% charge, so the Trust's £5k and the donation by the Mullens will be done separately, at least that's how I've understood it to work.

Nearly £15k and totally overwhelmed by the support generated.

£3 more and we've done it in less than a working day if you include the £5K from the Trust! Wonder how much we can raise in 8 weeks...

we're there!!

and only 280 people have donated - that's another 12,220 still to pledge!

And there it is £15,012!

Sod it, got a Burnett poster to put us over the line  ;)

15k...wow. Do the Mullens have a cut-off point at which they won't be too keen on matching the amount made ? :)

£40k will get a decent player (in theory).

With the trusts 5k and the Mullens pledge to double the final total we have already at least raised 40k  in less than a day.
Thats a new player already 8) I can see us cracking a 100k if not a lot more by the target date.
In fact on the basis of this I'm going to get a season ticket for the first time since 1990 even though I'll only be able to get to 10 or so games next season. UTM

Boo the Trust for setting the target too low  ;)

Being more serious, in the GT, PH said that whilst it was great what was being done, he couldn't spend the money yet because it might not materialise. Does somebody want to let him know he can spend it now?

I'll be donating when I get home. Just a quick question though, I'm too old and fat to play in the game, but I'd happily pay to ref the game if that's an option. Be good if you could get back to me Bax and let me know

Quoted from LH

So it's basically done then. Which month are we signing Messi for on loan?

You have a PM Leon.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

I'll be donating when I get home. Just a quick question though, I'm too old and fat to play in the game, but I'd happily pay to ref the game if that's an option. Be good if you could get back to me Bax and let me know

Surely that's possible. My understanding is that there are literally no minimum requirements in terms of fitness, eyesight or basic understanding of the rules.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Surely that's possible. My understanding is that there are literally no minimum requirements in terms of fitness, eyesight or basic understanding of the rules.

Rush goalie?

Just don't ruin the game by sending someone off

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Surely that's possible. My understanding is that there are literally no minimum requirements in terms of fitness, eyesight or basic understanding of the rules.

So long as you don't ruin the game with a big decision in the first half you will be fine.

Quoted from Plankton

Rush goalie?

Anything goes really. I find applying the rules can spoil a game so just go with your gut. That's what the best conference refs do.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Anything goes really. I find applying the rules can spoil a game so just go with your gut. That's what the best conference refs do.

Really! Have you seen the size of it ;D  8)
UTMM

My £100 is in !! UTM.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

You have a PM Leon.

Seen will reply later.

So with 16k being raised already and the trusts 5k still to come in. We've essentially just got 40k in a single day towards the budget? Unbelievable.


However can whoever posted on the Bristol Rovers board asking them to donate have a quiet word with themselves....

Quoted from pontoonlew

However can whoever posted on the Bristol Rovers board asking them to donate have a quiet word with themselves....

Really? Hahahahaha.

That's awesome.  

He who dares wins.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Anything donated through the site is liable to the 6% charge, so the Trust's £5k and the donation by the Mullens will be done separately, at least that's how I've understood it to work.

That's correct. No point in wasting money so this will go in at the end.

A few people saying 'we've done it'. We haven't. We have 8 weeks still to go so please tell your mates, family, cats and spread the word. £20k was a figure we thought we might make if we worked hard...so £100k needs to be the target now, right?  ;)

Maybe someone ought to ask See Tickets to make a donation LOL

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Surely that's possible. My understanding is that there are literally no minimum requirements in terms of fitness, eyesight or basic understanding of the rules.

That's lucky or Trev would have been screwed ;)

We have now had 301 pledges and over £15,500 raised, if the 3000 faithful all contributed, averaging the same amount as we have done to date, then we could raise over 150k plus the double up offer.  

Quoted from vinno69

We have now had 301 pledges and over £15,500 raised, if the 3000 faithful all contributed, averaging the same amount as we have done to date, then we could raise over 150k plus the double up offer.  

Now lets not get carried away - that's too much to expect !
Fantastic effort so far but it will not continue at this rate but i think 75k is possible but i guess who knows!

Quoted from Trawler

Really? Hahahahaha.

That's awesome.  

He who dares wins.

at least they never got crucified....got to admire their cheek tho'....... but it forces the "love factor" out for some .UTG

#nomagnaybutwegot16k

Can anyone remember how much was raised to sign Ivano Bonetti or Joe Waters?

16.175! Could make the 20k without the 5k added today!

Revise the target to 40K?

Quoted from mariner91

Revise the target to 40K?

let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Today have been fantastic but the donations will inevitably slow down. I expect us to hit around £30k which would be amazing.

Quoted from gtfc98

let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. Today have been fantastic but the donations will inevitably slow down. I expect us to hit around £30k which would be amazing.

No doubt. However, not everyone will have had a chance to read it yet, some will be waiting to get paid still and others might pledge more in the future. Plus I think I read somewhere about the chance of corporate packages for businesses to get involved with hopefully in the near future. There's only been just over 300 backers so far, if even half of the people who regularly attend games were to put in even a fiver then it would add up very quickly. Personally I don't think £40K is unrealistic given the extent of the good feeling around the club at the minute and the fact we've managed to get over £16K in 8 hours. Even in the time it's taken me to write these fives lines the pot has risen by £30! Imagine if we were to get a really good couple of signings this week, the buzz would be incredible.

I'm considering doubling my stake next payday already. Why set it as low as £40k? Let's push for £100k!

Only 300 people have so far pledged. Our average attendance is 3000 and that doesn't include the many exiles and fans who can't make games.

There are still eight weeks to go - while this will probably be the best single day we all have a role to play to keep spreading the word. We haven't made it because we reached £20,000. No point resting on our laurels.

Think how good it will feel if we have played a massive part in promotion at the end of the season!

Quoted from mariner91

No doubt. However, not everyone will have had a chance to read it yet, some will be waiting to get paid still and others might pledge more in the future.

I think this is key. We may not see as much raised in a single day again but I think there is plenty more to come. Two months down the line most of us will have "forgotten" what we've already pledged and be happy to give some more. Those mugs and t-shirts, dvds etc will tempt plenty of people who have already done their bit to get involved again.

Bloody hell - we're quickly through the £17k mark -looks like we could do the £20k within 24 hours

I'd expect another quick flurry between now and 9 this evening with people finishing work etc.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281709042396?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649

Auctioning a Gary Cohen shirt - all money going towards the fund.

Not sure if it's a good idea, but say their was an option to donate £1,000 and for every company that donates, they are mentioned in the Telegraph / Town website, and gives them some sort of promotion from advertising?

I donated £1 only , am i bad person?

Quoted from Rhys_Mariners

I donated £1 only , am i bad person?

yes :P

Quoted from Rhys_Mariners

I donated £1 only , am i bad person?

£1 more than me at this stage.

At this rate Hurst will have to re-evaluate his transfer targets. Surely we as fans should be aiming for 50k (which will then be  doubled by the generosity of the Mullen's). If we then sell an extra 500 season tickets (huge ask) then this will all make up to around 200k extra for Hursts transfer budget which with the squad we have in place at the moment could be huge. Lets hit 20k tonight, UTM!

Just flew past £18000

We could easily have £25k tonight. People will be getting in from work etc as we speak and may be unaware at the staggering first day success.

Quoted from 1739

At this rate Hurst will have to re-evaluate his transfer targets. Surely we as fans should be aiming for 50k (which will then be  doubled by the generosity of the Mullen's). If we then sell an extra 500 season tickets (huge ask) then this will all make up to around 200k extra for Hursts transfer budget which with the squad we have in place at the moment could be huge. Lets hit 20k tonight, UTM!

well, £17k has been and gone so we're heading that way.it's just unbelievable :)

£200 from my wife and myself,

Reached £18,000 now. :)

Quoted from grimsby pete

£200 from my wife and myself,

Reached £18,000 now. :)

Brilliant work Pete!

Quoted from grimsby pete

£200 from my wife and myself,

Reached £18,000 now. :)

cracking effort Pete. UTM

The fans from our club never cease to amaze me. :)

Quoted from bax

Brilliant work Pete!

I don't know if I worded that correctly ,

Its £100 each ,      £200 in total.

Sorry for any misunderstanding.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I don't know if I worded that correctly ,

Its £100 each ,      £200 in total.

Sorry for any misunderstanding.

No misunderstanding Pete.

£100 each is a cracking donation.

900 pounds till 20000 absolute brilliant well done everyone

£19k passed...

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

£19k passed...

Fantastic and its only day one,

Some might be able to donate again next pay day,

I can see us reaching at least £40,000,

Plus £5,000 from the trust ,

The Mullens will double the amount ( thank you very much )

So Paul will have an extra 10% from last year and £90,000 from this,

Our last year in non league we hope. 8)

£19,300. Lets hit 20k before 7 o'clock. 10 minutes. GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO.

Holy excrement guys... that's a hell of an achievement. Well done to all who contributed.

Good grief, .....£19,765

UTM

I'm back to just watching the total click upwards.

Just about there!!!

TWENTY FCUKING GRAND RAISED ON DAY ONE!!!!

20k!!!!! Fantastic achievement!!!!

Unemployed 16 year old, pledged £5, not a lot but need to keep money for the ST, had to take part though!

flipping hell!

20 K PEOPLE. LETS HIT 25K BY MIDNIGHT.

£20K plus now. I just added my £100.

brill !!!! ;D

£20,000 reach!!! This is truly amazing. I haven't even donated yet, pay day next week.  8)

Got some money coming in 2 weeks. Will do £300 but will try to add more!

Cracking fund amount raised - memories of bringing in Joe Waters - can we find the striker to shoot us into the league????

Quoted from FishGY

Unemployed 16 year old, pledged £5, not a lot but need to keep money for the ST, had to take part though!

Fair play lad. If the home crowd all gave the same it'd be a huge boost.every little helps

Put £5 in for now
UTM!

Well done to everybody,

Lets keep it up. 8)

Quoted from FishGY

Unemployed 16 year old, pledged £5, not a lot but need to keep money for the ST, had to take part though!

The Teenager’s Offering

Paul sat down opposite his computer (that he knoweth well how to operate) and watched the crowdfunding in progress. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor teenager came and put in £5.

Calling his assistant manager to him, Paul said, “Chris, truly I tell you, this poor teenager has put more into the transfer fund than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but he, out of his poverty, put in everything.”

That's my £100 in. Will have a word with Mrs Belfast Town to see if she will match this when she gets home from work!

people wasn't convinced we would reach 20k by 26th july, we have done it in less that 24 hrs.

although it annoys me it has come to this when fenty is sat on over 40mil !

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

people wasn't convinced we would reach 20k by 26th july, we have done it in less that 24 hrs.

although it annoys me it has come to this when fenty is sat on over 40mil !

And how much has fenty given or loaned over the years? If you'd worked hard to earn that sort of money , would you spunk it all on a lower league football club? Think your family might want to you to consider their futures

It's our club and it's about time we stopped relying on others and took it on ourselves.

PS: Can we save a bit behind for a booze up for all those who have donated at the end of the season?  ;)

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

people wasn't convinced we would reach 20k by 26th july, we have done it in less that 24 hrs.

although it annoys me it has come to this when fenty is sat on over 40mil !

How do you know he is sat on that amount of money? Who do you think he is, Scrooge mcduck!

Absolutely outstanding!

What a group of fans this club has!

Now the next one is to help corkyefes afford a season ticket...... GO!

Haha seriously! ... Proud to be a mariner tonight!

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

people wasn't convinced we would reach 20k by 26th july, we have done it in less that 24 hrs.

although it annoys me it has come to this when fenty is sat on over 40mil !

You really do spout some drivel at times.

UTM

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

people wasn't convinced we would reach 20k by 26th july, we have done it in less that 24 hrs.

although it annoys me it has come to this when fenty is sat on over 40mil !

This thread aint the place for that comment. Only positivity on here please.

Jarmo you spoke out of line there... you should apologise for your ridiculous comment....

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

The Teenager’s Offering

Paul sat down opposite his computer (that he knoweth well how to operate) and watched the crowdfunding in progress. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor teenager came and put in £5.

Calling his assistant manager to him, Paul said, “Chris, truly I tell you, this poor teenager has put more into the transfer fund than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but he, out of his poverty, put in everything.”

By the time i had finished reading that, there was a tear rolling down my cheek.UTM.

OUR clubs fans never cease to amaze me. Biased or not we have the greatest set of supporters in the land bar none!!! £21,000 in ONE day is simply outstanding. Unfortunately I haven't been able to donate yet due to personal circumstances but I will as soon as it is feasible to do so. It might only be a few ££'s but I want to do my part.

A gigantic well done and THANK YOU to everyone who has chipped in so far, little or large.... EVERY penny counts.

I've never been prouder to be a TOWN fan. I may even cry a little!!

#UTM
#OperationPromotion

Back to #operationpromotion, it's worth pointing out that at least 10 of the items on offer have completely sold out. All the mugs, t-shirts, tours with Lloyd Griffith, the Wayne Burnett posters, the place in the squad to name a few. Looking forward to see what else will be made available as I'm sure there will be plenty of people who've already pledged that will get involved again. Simply brilliant.

Loads more rewards to come!

I will be jumping on any hospitality packages that come up again.

£22,370

Absolutely fantastic and it must have blown everyone's first day expectations out of the water.

IF you have been able to donate that is great. How about now trying  to persuade one additional person to do the same?

Cliche I know but this proves once again that it is virtually impossible for the vast majority of us to make a difference but collectively we certainly can!!!!

UTM

Over £23k now. In one flipping day!

UTM!

When the £100 pledge page was first launched I did think that we'd surprise. I wouldn't be surprised to see us hit £50k on the crowdfunder site before the end of this month - let alone next. The Mullens might regret their decision to match us for a while but this warchest is going to serve us well.

Yep we need more items to buy.  After already donating, the misses will chew me right out if I don't have something to show for the next time I pledge haha. So far I've done 30 for the transfer budget.. She didn't understand, then after reading some of the donations and it being payday I put in another 20, which I informed her I'd become a member of the trust lol... Need something to show next time or she might twig on.  Amazing effort today!!

Now it's already a big success it becomes infectious and people want to be a part of it - just need to keep publicising amd pushing it. Need a big splash in the GET, a piece on Humberside, Look North etc Great story for them - fans rally behind club etc. And of course, like Chris said tell friends and family about it. Phoned my Dad earlier who used to go regularly but now quite infrequently and he's put £50 in because he was so impressed with what has been achieved already.

One other thought is what about those without internet access? Any alternative ways they could contribute?

I'm thinking of auctioning my unworn, fully signed, 2006 Nike Shirt, size XXL and donating all proceeds to Op Promotion. Does anyone think it will make any money?

Edit: just seen the other thread, think I'll wait to see how much the other shirt makes to see if it will raise anything for the club.

Could we do an Operation Promotion "Tour" tee-shirt? All the league fixtures (obviously when released) on the back like you'd get at a gig, Op Promo stuff on the front. I saw some Bristol Rovers fans with one from this season at Wembley. Might shift a few of them.

Quoted from Rhys_Mariners

I donated £1 only , am i bad person?

If it was your last quid it makes you the biggest donor to the club. According the Jesus and his Lesson of the Widow's Mite.  :)

Wouldn't like to be the player that gets signed. Imagine that chat.. "These fans are quite literally paying your wages, so condo your best for them"...... haha no pressure then..

On a more serious note.. My knowledge of lower league footballers wages is poor.. How much is a decent player on per week at this level.. Grimsby Standard / Full time pro? So how much money raised will be needed to sign 2 players for 52 weeks for example...

Quoted from LH

When the £100 pledge page was first launched I did think that we'd surprise. I wouldn't be surprised to see us hit £50k on the crowdfunder site before the end of this month - let alone next. The Mullens might regret their decision to match us for a while but this warchest is going to serve us well.

The Mullens will match up to a total of £20,000. A fantastic act, especially after all they have done already this season!
Pledged £30 for a tee shirt and 1 years trust membership and will put in a bit more in a week or two. Amazing what this town can do when it pulls together. Proud to be a Grimberian, Proud to be a Mariner!

Yer I thought it read that they would match 20k.. Not the whole sum raised?

Oh fair enough I've misread it then. Still a brilliant sum!

No apologies.. Edit... It does say.. Match the total raised on the OS... God knows.

Would it be possible to make some sort of corporate packages that would be attractive to pledge for companies? Even those companies abroad?
I was thinking that they would get some sort of guided tour, part history (maybe some viking history to tempt the scandinavian countries) and part football club where they will be able to meet the board  (who in turn will attempt to make them buy into the club some more while they`re there).
Just a thought!

Geir

Anyone know what the profit margins are on the items being sold? If i have it right there will be a cost so £25000 could become £15000 after expenses. Thats if i have it right...which i don't very often if i am honest.

Quoted from geir

Would it be possible to make some sort of corporate packages that would be attractive to pledge for companies? Even those companies abroad?
I was thinking that they would get some sort of guided tour, part history (maybe some viking history to tempt the scandinavian countries) and part football club where they will be able to meet the board  (who in turn will attempt to make them buy into the club some more while they`re there).
Just a thought!

Geir

I have just Facebooked the Trust on this one

How about we offer company's 100 tickets in the Osmond for £500 for them to give away to customers, charity, clients etc. They can also have some free advertising on the website, big screen, programme etc

If 10 companies sign up, the Osmond is packed, we have a better atmosphere and it's more funds raised.

What a remarkable day, truly proud to be a Mariner

We need 30.5K to raise the equivalent of getting to the FA Cup Round 2. Should manage that by tomorrow.

Quoted from GrimRob

We need 30.5K to raise the equivalent of getting to the FA Cup Round 2. Should manage that by tomorrow.

Hartlepool away ???   ;)

Quoted from Youngy

How about we offer company's 100 tickets in the Osmond for £500 for them to give away to customers, charity, clients etc. They can also have some free advertising on the website, big screen, programme etc

If 10 companies sign up, the Osmond is packed, we have a better atmosphere and it's more funds raised.

What a remarkable day, truly proud to be a Mariner

Good idea in theory,but I can only seeing it as a loss in revenue as Osmond regulars get in for a £5 from getting promotional tickets!

We're currently the most funded project on the Crowd Funder web site. In one day.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/projects/search/order/funded/

Gotta love this from comedian Lloyd Griffith, who tweeted:

Best fans in the world. If you can spare some £'s have a pop. All ticket sales from my gig in Hull on Thursday night going in the pot #gtfc

Top bloke.

UTFM

That's the 24k broached. Wonder if hurst is contemplating how to spend 50k. What a lovely problem to have!

£24,055  8)

Quoted from forza ivano

That's the 24k broached. Wonder if hurst is contemplating how to spend 50k. What a lovely problem to have!

I'd just realised that with the total so far, plus the Mullens £20,000 and the Trusts £5,000, it's almost £50,000 since this morning.

That's a decent players wages for a year or a good size transfer fee.

Astonishing.

A magnificent effort from all

Quoted from GrimRob

If it was your last quid it makes you the biggest donor to the club. According the Jesus and his Lesson of the Widow's Mite.  :)

I'm sure that was an alternative name for the Bag's Ball. Where Widow's Might  ;)

Can we hit 25k by 11? £600 needed to do so

Inspired me to join the trust by going for the £15 pledge / trust membership option.

Amazed at how much has been raised in a day. Utterly astonishing.

Would love to hear a statement from the club on this once they get the funds.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

I'm sure that was an alternative name for the Bag's Ball. Where Widow's Might  ;)

Where widows frequently did 😃💋🐘🐩🍷🍷

Not going to bed till I see £25k come up ??)

Quoted from forza ivano

Not going to bed till I see £25k come up ??)

Ditto. 99 pound to go!

<£100 to go...

£89 and that's £50k in a day

Has anybody asked David Ross to contribute ?

By the time I have added this post,

He would have made a thousand or two in interest on his pot.

Quoted from Civvy at last

Where widows frequently did 😃💋🐘🐩🍷🍷

Those icons seem somehow appropriate for what you got at the Bag's Ball Civvy.

We did it£25 k in a day! Get planning that spending Paul!

That's it. £25k in one day, so £50k in the kitty.

25k :)

£25,000 plus  8)

Emotional well done

25k, massive well done to all involved. But it doesn't stop here.  Donate and spread the word and lets give us the best possible chance to get out of this league. Operation promotion is officially underway, UP THE MARINERS.

#fiftygrandbyfriday

As someone once sang "what a difference a day makes"!! Well done everybody great effort......!

Someone ask Adam Richman, Borat and Norris from coro, maybe they can retweet or even donate...

We need £100,000 .

Keep it coming guys.

All this talk of a new player/new players etc, didn't our squad grow by one today also? Fair bloody play to Andy Newman, pledging £2500 to become our latest squad member.
Serious (ish) question though, CHDAJATL ??!!

Injuries and suspensions considered, he might have to  ;D

Well done all involved and all still to be.

UTM

This is unbelievable!

A great day to be a Mariner. All winners today folks.  Well done to everyone that's contributed in anyway they can.

This Town Knows!

UTM!

Cant stop looking at the accumulator and I really need to go to bed. We so need one of these for season ticket sales. £25,218 at the moment.

With Borat or Sasha Cohen or whatever his name is about to release a film taking the pies out of our Town and Club , the least they could do is chip in with a few bob for this . It would be good publicity all round . Maybe the trust or someone from the club could contact them ?

Imagine if this was to save the club, absolutely brilliant response!

UNBELIEVABLE ACHIEVEMENT !!!!
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A staggering £25,348.00 pledged in 14 hrs.
That's a terrific £1,810.57p per hour.
So proud to be GTFC.
Well done all 👍😃👍😃

UTM

£100 or £250 or more....

Why do these not include all of the above like normal crowd funding? Also would think that the £250 on should include something special like a signed town shirt or something? £100 one could include pre match meal before a match? Feel like they are missing out by not offering a bit better. People pay more for experiences rather than just donating,  stuff that wouldn't cost the club much to do bit of fish and chips and a seat for the match?

Quoted from GTFCNiles

£100 or £250 or more....

Why do these not include all of the above like normal crowd funding? Also would think that the £250 on should include something special like a signed town shirt or something? £100 one could include pre match meal before a match? Feel like they are missing out by not offering a bit better. People pay more for experiences rather than just donating,  stuff that wouldn't cost the club much to do bit of fish and chips and a seat for the match?

You must remember we have to pay Shaun £3500per week out of this ;)

Quoted from GTFCNiles

£100 or £250 or more....

Why do these not include all of the above like normal crowd funding? Also would think that the £250 on should include something special like a signed town shirt or something? £100 one could include pre match meal before a match? Feel like they are missing out by not offering a bit better. People pay more for experiences rather than just donating,  stuff that wouldn't cost the club much to do bit of fish and chips and a seat for the match?

You need to get up earlier , I got on the team photo for my donation 😜

Utm

Haven't read it all, but why limit it to one person? You could take multiple team photographs for individuals. Seams a bit limited for what they could have done... Cue more crosses for a sensible suggestion by the trolls.

It is a sensible suggestion but they did a limited amount so the team photo doesn't take three days. Three signed shirts too with more rewards to come.

Quoted from GTFCNiles

Haven't read it all, but why limit it to one person? You could take multiple team photographs for individuals. Seams a bit limited for what they could have done... Cue more crosses for a sensible suggestion by the trolls.

If everyone gets on the photo or has a pre meal lunch in the boardroom etc , it sort of devalues the product .?

Ps. There was more than one photo op .

Utm

To be fair I can probably live without the clap clap clap fish t shirt I paid for , when donating I was more interested in a new striker

Still amazed at the amount raised on day one.  I am very proud just to have been a part of it and donated some money.  

While the bonuses avliable are nice and cool, the main bonus for me is being a part of something so amazing.  To any one reading who cannot afford much to contribute I encourage you if at all possible to chuck even just a quid donation in there.  It may only be small amount but as everyone has said a lot of small amounts add up to a large amount.  And people giving what they can in any circumstance is so valuable.

Mostly though I suggest that just to feel a part of it.  I feel more connected to Town now in than at any point in the past, and the positivity that we can do this!

UTM

Quoted from highcliff mariner

You need to get up earlier , I got on the team photo for my donation 😜

Utm

Ha, and I got the other ;)


But in all seriousness I would have donated anyway. The fact that I got something in return was irrevelant really

Not sure why Niles is bothered anyway. Not two weeks ago he said he had "had enough of 17 years of misery" and he wasn't bothering anymore.  Would getting on a team photo really make it up to you or would using the money wisely Town could have a bit of success to end the misery?

Maybe he wanted a tshirt saying......

I gave ££££ to operationpromotion and all I got was this lousy tshirt

Quoted from GTFCNiles

Haven't read it all, but why limit it to one person? You could take multiple team photographs for individuals. Seams a bit limited for what they could have done... Cue more crosses for a sensible suggestion by the trolls.

Then please do so!

Lots of rewards sold out in the first hour and we're adding more most days over the next 8 weeks.

£26,000 down. Target of £30,000 today?

think you're missing the point Niles - the point of the exercise is to raise funds, not what you can get for your money;

ps just broken the £26k mark

Quoted from forza ivano

think you're missing the point Niles - the point of the exercise is to raise funds, not what you can get for your money;

ps just broken the £26k mark

You're right but I do think it highlights a point that not everyone is happy to just donate. I think there are loads of people who would happily pay £5 over the odds for a mug or t-shirt, but wouldn't be inclined to simply hand over £5. If you're not on the Fishy or Twitter then getting something tangible for your donation is the only way you are going to feel part of this. Bax has already said there are plenty more goodies to be made available so it sounds like it's all in hand.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

You're right but I do think it highlights a point that not everyone is happy to just donate. I think there are loads of people who would happily pay £5 over the odds for a mug or t-shirt, but wouldn't be inclined to simply hand over £5. If you're not on the Fishy or Twitter then getting something tangible for your donation is the only way you are going to feel part of this. Bax has already said there are plenty more goodies to be made available so it sounds like it's all in hand.

That's the reason why we did this as a crowdfunding scheme, because some people (myself included) wanted to donate and get something back to show we did. Hopefully people will wear their shirts at a match or use the mug at work and we'll know we took part in something special.

We're adding more rewards today and tomorrow and then every few days after that. Suffice to say the response so far has exceeded expectations and we're having to bring some of our plans forward a bit!

I do feel bad but I opted for the £15 donation which also included a years Mariners Trust subscription. It can be a tall ask for people to put their hands in their pockets when they already pay for merchandise and tickets throughout the year, so I think rewards are a good way to go.

Quoted from chicaneuk

I do feel bad but I opted for the £15 donation which also included a years Mariners Trust subscription. It can be a tall ask for people to put their hands in their pockets when they already pay for merchandise and tickets throughout the year, so I think rewards are a good way to go.

Absolutely no need to feel bad! If 5000 put in £15...

So how much will akinde cost??

I'll be chipping in but first of all I want to buy Shaun's dad
a drink when I see him at the races for all the good advice
he has given him over the last week or two.

Must be quite a fellow - just like his son.

Keep it going guys and gals - we'll Hit the Jackpot !

Quoted from BIGChris

Ha, and I got the other ;)


But in all seriousness I would have donated anyway. The fact that I got something in return was irrevelant really

Exactly,  went to donate my money as per the previous weeks threads , saw the photo op and thought , I'll have some of that . The money was going any way . Plus I will be able to buy a fish T . At a later date .
Fancy a pin badge as well now ha ha .
see you there Chris 👍

Utm

WOW. We have smashed that target...fantastic.

Tbf much speculation over what it could be used for but in the run in for the end of the transfer window we could buy a solid RB, or CB, or striker - if those positions were not already filled. My opinion would be to sign a quality striker with the cash, as Hurst has a great eye for defenders. With that sort of money we could afford a 20+ goal a season striker.

UTM!!!!

Even just this morning £1.5K has been raised! Great stuff, we'll easily top £30K by the end of the week.

£25 for the transfer kitty. I hope that pays some of John Osters petrol money
Its slowly going up!

Pledged above what I can afford but Town are the love of my life so bound to do silly things like that! It's just money, real wealth comes from within and I feel that from the act of giving.

To those who say they feel bad as can only afford a little, don't!  -If relative the what you have available that is a lot then you ate just as good as a well off businessman let's say who puts in thousands.

UTM!! Never underestimate the power of positivity... together we rise!

£27,000 now raised.

Just had a thought,

Lets all pretend the season starts early,

Like next pay day,

As there is no match we donate what we would have spent at the game say £10 or £20,


Average gate last season 3,500 x 15 = £52,500

We will soon be at £100,000  8)

Come on you mariners !!!!!!!

NEW REWARDS ADDED! Get your 'Oh When The Town' t-shirts and mugs!

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

I'll be having one of those mugs! Pledged again.

Quoted from bax

NEW REWARDS ADDED! Get your 'Oh When The Town' t-shirts and mugs!

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Curse you! I'm skint but I really want one of those t-shirts  ;D

Not been on the Fishy for ages, amazing support by the fans.  Just pledged.

I'm gonna pay another £50 on top of what i already paid yesterday next week when payday comes.

intercourse it might even squeeze £100 out  :)

This better get us a 30 goal striker we need, come on hursty go get him.

A chap called Adam Richman just contributed £250, wonder if it the same one of Man vs Food fame?

Quoted from mariner91

A chap called Adam Richman just contributed £250, wonder if it the same one of Man vs Food fame?

It certainly is him, he posted on twitter that he has. Great gesture.

So just Borat and Norris to go then!

what about norman lamont and the bloke who wrote songs for elton john

ps - £27k is now just a distant memory ;)

Mrs mangle lived down lindum road in Meggies

Rod Temperton!! (Bit more money than Bernie Taupin I'd guess...)

Kevin (From Grimsby) owes us one as well-if he doesn't want to be damned for the rest of his life as a Scunt!

Perhaps Melanie Onn might like to latch on to this campaign to keep the electorate onside. Or doesn't she have to bother for a few years

Quoted from moss_side_mariner

Perhaps Melanie Onn might like to latch on to this campaign to keep the electorate onside. Or doesn't she have to bother for a few years

She was at Wembley...

Old news - but £28,408 whoop whoop

Sacha baren Cohen making a pledge would be a good gesture. come on GET put that on your bloody paper.!
Oh n Nick Ross could afford a fiver too.

Quoted from monkeyboy

Oh n Nick Ross could afford a fiver too.

I bet he could. Was presenting Crimewatch on the beeb for years. Not sure he follows Town though.

Quoted from psgmariner

I bet he could. Was presenting Crimewatch on the beeb for years. Not sure he follows Town though.

good point, i wonder how dando is fixed.

Quoted from monkeyboy

good point, i wonder how dando is fixed.

poor taste, apologies  :-/

Think we should hit £30,000 by midnight (Tuesday)

Pledged and getting the town cup also.

Just £125 off the £30k mark

UTM

30K barrier broken - get spending that £55k Paul!

30K done.........Magnificent

Just hit £30K

Now stands at £30,055

just incredible, so proud of our fans

UTM

Someone stuck in a grand 25 mins ago.

Quoted Text

paul-baldock pledged £1,000

Fair play that man!

Quoted from Les Brechin

Fair play that man!

It could've been the cat again from yesterday les

#fiftybyfriday is well on course.  If we can hit 50 by this week then I fully expect us to hit 100k in total (with the 20k from the Mullen's and 5k from the trust). This is truly amazing and will be massive for the club. 2 top strikers which should and could sign the extra bit of quality to get us out of this league. In Generations to come when we are all long gone the fans of this club will look back to us as the fans who would never give up and got the club back into the football league.

Can we have a count down timer on the fishy to let us know how many days left we have to pledge? I want to but can't yet.

Quoted from Paris Mariner

Can we have a count down timer on the fishy to let us know how many days left we have to pledge? I want to but can't yet.

Plenty of time yet. Closing date is 26th July.

Went to get payment for a job today and guess what? His wife had his cheque book and had gone shopping.  >:( Peed off that i still haven't been able to pledge but it's coming. Got 2 nephews on their hols who will be weighing in when they are back plus my bro who is also waiting on getting paid for a job, so there are still peeps out there to keep the ball rolling.

Quoted from Paris Mariner

Can we have a count down timer on the fishy to let us know how many days left we have to pledge? I want to but can't yet.

You have 54 days left. But the sooner the better, the quicker the money goes into Hursts piggy bank then the easier it will be for him to know what players we will be able to afford.

Heard a rumour that Hurst isnt going to release information about signings until we hit 50k. The sooner we hit it, the sooner he will release the news on signings. Get donating ;-)

Quoted from 1739

Heard a rumour that Hurst isnt going to release information about signings until we hit 50k. The sooner we hit it, the sooner he will release the news on signings. Get donating ;-)

What Bollox!

We have hit £50k with Mullens and Trust pledge.

Big bump .weve passed 32k!

Just through our own donations we can now get Wayne Rooney on loan for one day.

I'm yet to chip in, but will do soon, maybe a couple of times, just waiting for a bit of money to come together  :)

Worth saying that only 835 have pledged so far. Might seem a lot but it's only 6% of our committed Wembley support. To put it into context if all our Wembley support pledged half what they paid to ticket master we'd raise half a million. Not a criticism just an indication of the potential

Quoted from forza ivano

Worth saying that only 835 have pledged so far. Might seem a lot but it's only 6% of our committed Wembley support. To put it into context if all our Wembley support pledged half what they paid to ticket master we'd raise half a million. Not a criticism just an indication of the potential

Not everyone will know. Onus on all of us to tell friends, families, work colleagues etc

Quoted from bax

Not everyone will know. Onus on all of us to tell friends, families, work colleagues etc

I remember saying on the original £100 pledge thread that on average everyone who went to Wembley probably spent £100 on that weekend and if they had all given that amount directly to the club, it would mean £1.5m.    It certainly seems feasible to get well over £100k.  We need the Shop to do a viral video to promote it - oh, hang on, we don't have a Shop anymore....

840 backers now @ £32216... amazing boys and girls. Thats 64k in transfer budget/wages to hursty for 2015 and rising !!

Definitely going to add something. Great idea

Quoted from LH

Just through our own donations we can now get Wayne Rooney on loan for one day.

insert CHDAJATL here

(to be fair, he probably could)

Quoted from Stew0_0

840 backers now @ £32216... amazing boys and girls. Thats 64k in transfer budget/wages to hursty for 2015 and rising !!

No. It's not. With the Trust's £5000 and the Mullen's £20,000 it's £57000 but it's minus the 6% on crowd funder and the costs of the items.

Quoted from Southwark Mariner

insert CHDAJATL here

(to be fair, he probably could)

Typical Town would loan him on a day that we don't have a game!

Instead of a target design to show us how well we are doing we should have a picture of Lionel Messi and, starting at his feet colour in a bit at a time. I calculate we have enough for his right foot big toe at the moment! 8)

Quoted from LH

Typical Town would loan him on a day that we don't have a game!

or the game we plan to loan him gets postponed and we end up having to play him in the FA Trophy....vs Lincoln

Quoted from mariner91

No. It's not. With the Trust's £5000 and the Mullen's £20,000 it's £57000 but it's minus the 6% on crowd funder and the costs of the items.

Presumably the Mullens and the Trust have another way of giving the money to the club.  They don't need crowd funder to provide the service so won't bother with it.  Would seem a bit pointless to give crowd funder 6% of that  £25,000.

This is my 1st post on here, I thought I'd better contribute both a) some money to the cause, and b) some posts as I've sat and read other people posting stuff for years without doing anything myself!

Typical though, I pledged £50, got home, and found out the cooker is broken!  Timing, eh?  Oh well, I'll happily eat cold food for a year if we can help the lads get promoted.  Not sure what the missus would say to that, though..........

Not that it matters too much, and we all have different opinions, but I'm definitely still on the pro-Ollie Palmer bangwagon, I really hope this gets him on board.  He had a few bad games near the end of the season, but when he's good he's the best goal scorer we've got.

Anyway, in Hurst we trust, whoever he brings in will get our support.

Well done to everyone who's pledged,

UTM

Quoted from Heisenberg

This is my 1st post on here, I thought I'd better contribute both a) some money to the cause, and b) some posts as I've sat and read other people posting stuff for years without doing anything myself!

Typical though, I pledged £50, got home, and found out the cooker is broken!  Timing, eh?  Oh well, I'll happily eat cold food for a year if we can help the lads get promoted.  Not sure what the missus would say to that, though..........

Not that it matters too much, and we all have different opinions, but I'm definitely still on the pro-Ollie Palmer bangwagon, I really hope this gets him on board.  He had a few bad games near the end of the season, but when he's good he's the best goal scorer we've got.

Anyway, in Hurst we trust, whoever he brings in will get our support.

Well done to everyone who's pledged,

UTM

A very principled post....

Quoted from Heisenberg

Typical though, I pledged £50, got home, and found out the cooker is broken!  Timing, eh?  Oh well, I'll happily eat cold food for a year if we can help the lads get promoted.  Not sure what the missus would say to that, though..........

Well, there's always the meth lab to fall back on, Heisenberg :)

Quoted from Caesar

Presumably the Mullens and the Trust have another way of giving the money to the club.  They don't need crowd funder to provide the service so won't bother with it.  Would seem a bit pointless to give crowd funder 6% of that  £25,000.

Yes - that £25,000 won't go in via crowdfunder so we don't pay the 6%

NEW REWARD!

Very generously, Lloyd Griffith is going to do a gig at McMenemys on 29 Oct with very special guests. Tickets are £15 each and available now from http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc  Lloyd is donating the proceeds to the cause!

Quoted from barralad

A very principled post....

I'll have to take your word for it. I know where his post is but don't know what it says.

Just thought I would copy and paste a message from the crowd funding page because it's ace!

"Adam 03/Jun/2015
I'm 7 years old & have put £2 of my pocket money in to help Town get promotion next season.UTM"

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Just thought I would copy and paste a message from the crowd funding page because it's ace!

"Adam 03/Jun/2015
I'm 7 years old & have put £2 of my pocket money in to help Town get promotion next season.UTM"

My best mate who lives in York has got a 7-year old called Adam, I wonder if it's him?

I've text him to see but as he works shifts I'm not sure when he'll reply.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Just thought I would copy and paste a message from the crowd funding page because it's ace!

"Adam 03/Jun/2015
I'm 7 years old & have put £2 of my pocket money in to help Town get promotion next season.UTM"

Beat me to it... 8)

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

I'll have to take your word for it. I know where his post is but don't know what it says.

I knew someone would get it Meanwood-Brilliant! ;D

I know this may be a negative post but what we've raised is not what Paul Hurst may fully get...

At the time of writing this, we have raised nearly 33k, so lets say it stays at that.

So....

£35k raised minus the 6% crowdfunder charge = £32,900
Minus any costs for tshirts, dvds, mugs, etc etc (this could be anything up to 40%?) = £19,740
Plus the Trust's £5k = £24,740
Plus the Mullens £20k - £44,470

Now without sounding negative, people are saying we have £65k to spend, but by my rekoning with haven't.... I believe what we raised, we will be looking to take off nearly half for the fees, merchandise costs etc.

This being the case, we need to raise along the lines of £100k to enable us to have around the £70k mark..... am I right?

Therefore, keep going everyone.

I will try and get some money in by the end of the month.

Quoted from Corkyefes

I know this may be a negative post but what we've raised is not what Paul Hurst may fully get...

At the time of writing this, we have raised nearly 33k, so lets say it stays at that.

So....

£35k raised minus the 6% crowdfunder charge = £32,900
Minus any costs for tshirts, dvds, mugs, etc etc (this could be anything up to 40%?) = £19,740
Plus the Trust's £5k = £24,740
Plus the Mullens £20k - £44,470

Now without sounding negative, people are saying we have £65k to spend, but by my rekoning with haven't.... I believe what we raised, we will be looking to take off nearly half for the fees, merchandise costs etc.

This being the case, we need to raise along the lines of £100k to enable us to have around the £70k mark..... am I right?

Therefore, keep going everyone.

I will try and get some money in by the end of the month.

40% cost? Don't be daft.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

Just thought I would copy and paste a message from the crowd funding page because it's ace!

"Adam 03/Jun/2015
I'm 7 years old & have put £2 of my pocket money in to help Town get promotion next season.UTM"

This is fantastic, love it.

Quoted from gtfc98

40% cost? Don't be daft.

Have to agree, 40 is very high guess. Plus, not everybody is buying things when donating. so that's only profit minus the 6%

Quoted from gtfc98

40% cost? Don't be daft.

You donate £20 and get a T-Shirt - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £8 a shirt, bearing in mind there would be postage aswell.
You donate £10 and get a Mug - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £4 a mug, again there would be postage aswell.

I think you get my drift.

When you think about it, its not daft at all is it?

I understand there are some things that will not cost the trust anything, but taking an average, I think you would be looking at 30-40% costs!

Quoted from Corkyefes

You donate £20 and get a T-Shirt - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £8 a shirt, bearing in mind there would be postage aswell.
You donate £10 and get a Mug - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £4 a mug, again there would be postage aswell.

I think you get my drift.

When you think about it, its not daft at all is it?

I understand there are some things that will not cost the trust anything, but taking an average, I think you would be looking at 30-40% costs!

We get your drift , but your guesstimate about figures are way off .
Utm

40% overall is a very high estimate. Mugs, badges and tshirts obviously will cost but the tour with Lloyd Griffith and Trust membership won't cost anything.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

This is fantastic, love it.

Yeah, it's my mate Dave's lad. He was born and bred in York (Dave moved over there 8 or 9 years ago) but he's being indoctrinated into all things GTFC.

Dave said that Adam had seen about the appeal and wanted to put some money in.

Here's a pic of him at Wembley.

Quoted from highcliff mariner

We get your drift , but your guesstimate about figures are way off .
Utm

Ok, I think I wont be too far off.

I guess we will not find out until it finishes, however I feel that what ever the fans raise, we will lose 35% with fees and merchandise costs.

Then on top of that, we get the trust money and Mullens money.

So for round figures, I believe if we were to raise £75k through the fans, we would basically be given £48,750 + £5k (trust) + £20k (Mullens) = £73,750

Only time will tell.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Yeah, it's my mate Dave's lad. He was born and bred in York (Dave moved over there 8 or 9 years ago) but he's being indoctrinated into all things GTFC.

Dave said that Adam had seen about the appeal and wanted to put some money in.

Here's a pic of him at Wembley.

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Well done that young man!

Quoted from LH

40% overall is a very high estimate. Mugs, badges and tshirts obviously will cost but the tour with Lloyd Griffith and Trust membership won't cost anything.

Everything will have a cost LH.

What about staff?

Take the Lloyd Griffiths comedy night for example - £15 each with 178 available = £2,670.

But what about bar staff, event staff (announcer etc), door men...

It soon reduces the income.

Don't get my wrong, its fantastic that he's prepared to do that, but people need to look at what we raise, will not be what Paul Hurst is given.

The costs for much of the things will be zero. Take for example the squad number for £2500 or the team photo for £100 each. No cost whatsoever. I doubt whether the mugs will have cost much more than a quid each, the lapel badges? 50p/£1

You mention bar staff for Lloyds do. Paid for out of bar takings in McMenemys!

Think you are being unneccesarily pessimistic and cost will be nowhere near the percentage you suggest. Lots of things will have been donated, like the numberous Trust membership packages

Some of us put money in   and did not get or want anything in return,

So 40% is way off,

I bet it will be nearer 5% overall.

Quoted from Corkyefes

You donate £20 and get a T-Shirt - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £8 a shirt, bearing in mind there would be postage aswell.
You donate £10 and get a Mug - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £4 a mug, again there would be postage aswell.

I think you get my drift.

When you think about it, its not daft at all is it?

I understand there are some things that will not cost the trust anything, but taking an average, I think you would be looking at 30-40% costs!

Economies of scale. They're not buying one shirt at a time, they'll be shipping all the shirts together which will save. Same with the mugs. Plus putting in large orders e.g buying one shirt from a producer might cost £8 but they'd do a deal where you can get 100 shirts for £5 a shirt. Also there's no way that they're paying £4 to have a mug produced, you can buy mugs from a shop cheaper than that. I would hazard a guess that costs are around 20%.

Quoted from Corkyefes

You donate £20 and get a T-Shirt - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £8 a shirt, bearing in mind there would be postage aswell.
You donate £10 and get a Mug - So 40% of that would mean that the trust are paying £4 a mug, again there would be postage aswell.

I think you get my drift.

When you think about it, its not daft at all is it?

I understand there are some things that will not cost the trust anything, but taking an average, I think you would be looking at 30-40% costs!

The unit cost of the T-shirts and Mugs will be nowhere near what you are suggesting! I'd say half, or even a quarter of that would be more accurate.

Also bear in mind that for example the price of the Burnett poster was £10 but I put in £50 for the privilege. I'm sure a lot of others will have done exactly the same.

Jeez, why do some people insist on finding a negative in everything?

Quoted from Corkyefes

Everything will have a cost LH.

What about staff?

Take the Lloyd Griffiths comedy night for example - £15 each with 178 available = £2,670.

But what about bar staff, event staff (announcer etc), door men...

It soon reduces the income.

Don't get my wrong, its fantastic that he's prepared to do that, but people need to look at what we raise, will not be what Paul Hurst is given.

I'd hazard a guess that the bar staff won't just be stood around and will probably be selling drinks for money in return. That's how these sorts of things usually work....

Quoted from gtfc98

The unit cost of the T-shirts and Mugs will be nowhere near what you are suggesting! I'd say half, or even a quarter of that would be more accurate.

Also bear in mind that for example the price of the Burnett poster was £10 but I put in £50 for the privilege. I'm sure a lot of others will have done exactly the same.

Jeez, why do some people insist on finding a negative in everything?

I'm not trying to find a negative at all, I'm trying to tell people that they cannot just be looking at the figure and assuming that is completely what Paul Hurst will be given.

All I'm saying is that there is costs to be taken from the amount, whether I be right or wrong in my figures, which means we need to keep going and for people not to have the attitude of "oh that's enough for him".

Quoted from BIGChris

The costs for much of the things will be zero. Take for example the squad number for £2500 or the team photo for £100 each. No cost whatsoever. I doubt whether the mugs will have cost much more than a quid each, the lapel badges? 50p/£1

You mention bar staff for Lloyds do. Paid for out of bar takings in McMenemys!

Think you are being unneccesarily pessimistic and cost will be nowhere near the percentage you suggest. Lots of things will have been donated, like the numberous Trust membership packages

Fair enough Chris about Lloyds do. I thought the bar staff would be paid from the ticket sales.

I guess time will tell with regards to what Hurst actually has to spend.

I don't think I've ever been as proud of my 12 year old brother. Turned around to our parents today and said "I don't want my pocket money this week, put it into operation promotion" just shows the meaning of our club - young and old.
UTM

£33,025  :)

Quoted from Corkyefes

I'm not trying to find a negative at all, I'm trying to tell people that they cannot just be looking at the figure and assuming that is completely what Paul Hurst will be given.

All I'm saying is that there is costs to be taken from the amount, whether I be right or wrong in my figures, which means we need to keep going and for people not to have the attitude of "oh that's enough for him".

I have to say I didn't take this to be particularly pessimistic (although I too think the figures are very wide of the mark). I think the key message is that we still have 53 days to go and I know that the Trust cannot afford to sit back on our laurels and think "Job done". The task will be to keep this in the forefront of people's minds throughout the campaign and beyond. If that means that we have to come up with lots of new rewards and there are some costs associated then so be it....

Quoted from barralad

I have to say I didn't take this to be particularly pessimistic (although I too think the figures are very wide of the mark). I think the key message is that we still have 53 days to go and I know that the Trust cannot afford to sit back on our laurels and think "Job done". The task will be to keep this in the forefront of people's minds throughout the campaign and beyond. If that means that we have to come up with lots of new rewards and there are some costs associated then so be it....

Exactly.

Just trying to tell people that the job isn't done and that we need to keep going.

I probably went the wrong way about it (which people really want have a go about on here), but my point is there.

Anyway, lets move on and get as much donated as we can.
#operationpromotion #thistownknows

Just reading the season ticket thread and thought maybe another incentive could be a season ticket which includes some add ons, whether it be a programme, pass for McMenemys or something similar??

I would consider buying a 2nd season ticket if the deal is right?

Probably already in hand but if not just a thought!

On the subject of tickets: could there be one so you make a donation but also get a voucher for a free/reduced price ticket for the first game of the season (or perhaps match of your choice) in order to pack the park from the first game of the season? I understand there will be a lot to sort with this one so just a suggestion.


PS: I saw that my suggestion of holding some back for a urine up has been considered strongly on twitter. I will start charging 6% for ideas in the future.  ;)

In the past year or two, ST holders have been given a sheet of various offers which included vouchers for reduced-price entrance to some games. I don't remember if they ran the same offers last year but they certainly did in recent times.

Hopefully, this will continue as it is a nice bonus and I've used one or two of them to get cheaper tickets for friends/family.

Stop the bickering.................

..............we will raise a lot of money, and that will be great.

Lets' just wait and see how much, and be proud of it.

Quoted from LH

On the subject of tickets: could there be one so you make a donation but also get a voucher for a free/reduced price ticket for the first game of the season (or perhaps match of your choice) in order to pack the park from the first game of the season? I understand there will be a lot to sort with this one so just a suggestion.


PS: I saw that my suggestion of holding some back for a urine up has been considered strongly on twitter. I will start charging 6% for ideas in the future.  ;)

Holding some back for a urine up?

I thought that this was just people who had donated meeting up for a drink rather than some of the fund being held back to buy people drinks?

Quoted from biggles9999

Holding some back for a urine up?

I thought that this was just people who had donated meeting up for a drink rather than some of the fund being held back to buy people drinks?

I think it might be a joke?

Quoted from Plankton

I think it might be a joke?

Doh  :B

My sarcasm filter obviously wasnt working.

You know what I mean. I wouldn't want us to miss out on the players because we were all leathered either.

Which was Mike Newell's transfer policy.

edit: allegedly.

Is it just me that has become obsessed with watching crowdfunder ?  The last time I had this much fun watching numbers on a screen was Grimsby 6 Burnley 5 on Ceefax in a hotel room in Exeter.

Does the £33k raised so far include the 5k from the trust yet

Quoted from The_Laughing_Mariner

Does the £33k raised so far include the 5k from the trust yet

No.

there are a minority of people who don't have a home computer or refuse to make any payments via a computer.Is there an option for cheques to be sent or some way that cash can be donated?
maybe a bucket in the ticket office or something like that


just 1 further thought on the club's budget - 200 people extra people purchasing a season ticket would bring in an unexpected £40k+

How about Les kicking off the first of the 2015/16 Buster comps just prior to the closing date of #operationpromotion?

It will allow us some time to spread the cost of our fundraising but still have it completed just in time to add some more into the pot.

We were all going in it anyway so may as well pay a few weeks earlier and boost the fund.

How about Nathan Arnold throwing in a few haircuts
I'm sure a few fans would make a pledge in return for getting thier hair cut by a Town star

Can't see it going up much more now, but good job everybody

Quoted from MrsMariner

How about Nathan Arnold throwing in a few haircuts
I'm sure a few fans would make a pledge in return for getting thier hair cut by a Town star

You must be psychic..watch this space (well not exactly this space but the pledge page)

Quoted from Rhys_Mariners

Can't see it going up much more now, but good job everybody

It will go up more... some folk like myself get paid fortnightly, also my pensions come in on the 10th of the month...

some will be waiting for a moment convenient to themselves rather than make things tight for a week or so...

plenty of time... it WILL go up...  :)

Same I get paid monthly for my job. So I cant really donate util end of June.

Is there any way we could see a picture of those T-Shirts? Wrawby Mariner posted a pic here of the Clap/Fish one, but I see there's a new T-Shirt listed now.

Quoted from Rhys_Mariners

Can't see it going up much more now, but good job everybody

Oh it will. Believe me, with what's coming up it will go up!!!

Just to clarify some other points raised:

* The comments about the 'urine up' on Twitter - no money raised will be going towards that. A couple of people thought it might be fun for those who have taken part/donated/pledged to have a celebratory beer at the end of the 8-week period. If people want to get involved they pay their own way (and I'm open to anyone buying me a beer!)

* Comments about cost taking up "30-40%" of money raised are miles and miles out. The vast majority of items either don't have a cost at all or very low. Some (like the shirts and mugs) have a small cost. To clarify, yes some costs will be taken off but nothing at all like 40%

* Nathan Arnold haircuts - watch this space!

* Bucket collections - there's an ongoing discussion about catering for those who don't have access to a computer/paypal etc and we'll make any appropriate announcements about where/when once we can.

Quoted from wigworld

Is there any way we could see a picture of those T-Shirts? Wrawby Mariner posted a pic here of the Clap/Fish one, but I see there's a new T-Shirt listed now.

It's on here somewhere but the current shirt is:

Quoted from forza ivano

there are a minority of people who don't have a home computer or refuse to make any payments via a computer.Is there an option for cheques to be sent or some way that cash can be donated?
maybe a bucket in the ticket office or something like that


just 1 further thought on the club's budget - 200 people extra people purchasing a season ticket would bring in an unexpected £40k+

That describes me I will certainly donate £100.00 but not online.

very long shot, but i know Pearson has been working with youth players recently.

Would anyone be able to persuade him to put on a couple of sessions of cheapside ?

Kids would love to be taught by a current professional, and Cheapside is where the first team train, double bonus for the kids ?

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

very long shot, but i know Pearson has been working with youth players recently.

Would anyone be able to persuade him to put on a couple of sessions of cheapside ?

Kids would love to be taught by a current professional, and Cheapside is where the first team train, double bonus for the kids ?

+1 on this great idea. Plus a meet and great with the players when they return from holidays and start preseason training.

Still plenty of miles in this and several folk I know are on holiday so when they return they will pledge also if there are lots of good items still to be made available, people will pledge again.  I think we will hit 75k with the trust and the Mullens pledge.
When the offers to businesses become available - who knows where we could end up....

Still love the way we all feel part of our Club again.  Please let us get a good start to next season.

Payday next Friday so mine will be going in then.

Open training session for people to go watch when pre season gets underway?

That's a great idea Ollie. It may seem small fry and a bit nerdy to some people but to the kids it would be brilliant! Maybe a chance for autographs/photos at the end of each sesh aswell to keep the good feeling and momentum going! I know my kids would be there everytime!

Quoted from Squinter

Is it just me that has become obsessed with watching crowdfunder ?  The last time I had this much fun watching numbers on a screen was Grimsby 6 Burnley 5 on Ceefax in a hotel room in Exeter.

Not just you, I'm addicted as well

Quoted from KK_DOG

Not just you, I'm addicted as well

Me too - in fact, I hadn't done my pledge yet and I ended up doing £100 just now because I was bored refreshing and not seeing the number go up!!

Quoted from Ollie

Open training session for people to go watch when pre season gets underway?

You can go down to Cheapside and watch training every day.

Could we arrange something like this again ?

http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/fancy-taking-a-penalty-1794132.aspx

i remember going and it was brilliant, brother got autographs with all the players after the training session

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

Could we arrange something like this again ?

http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/news/article/fancy-taking-a-penalty-1794132.aspx

i remember going and it was brilliant, brother got autographs with all the players after the training session

I had my photo in Telegraph many years ago taking a penalty for charity against Harry Wainman. He saved it, would love another go, Harry or James, I do not mind. But how much would you pay?

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

I had my photo in Telegraph many years ago taking a penalty for charity against Harry Wainman. He saved it, would love another go, Harry or James, I do not mind. But how much would you pay?

think last time it was £2, there was about 40 people in the queue when i looked ! great response, with bouncy castle ect there aswell

Can we break £34,000 tonight? £109 to go.  :)

I have a football signed by Grimsby Town players from the 2010/2011 season. I know it may bring back bad memories to most fans as it was our first season in the Conference. It has been signed by GTFC legends ( he says tongue in cheek)  Alan Connell, Bradley Wood, Lee Ridley, Charles Ademeno, etc. I am putting it on my wives Ebay site tonight which is c4r1y. Whatever it sells for the proceeds will be donated to the Mariners Trust -Operation Promotion

£34.000 now up

Un- bloody- believable

Quoted from CambsMariner

I have a football signed by Grimsby Town players from the 2010/2011 season. I know it may bring back bad memories to most fans as it was our first season in the Conference. It has been signed by GTFC legends ( he says tongue in cheek)  Alan Connell, Bradley Wood, Lee Ridley, Charles Ademeno, etc. I am putting it on my wives Ebay site tonight which is c4r1y. Whatever it sells for the proceeds will be donated to the Mariners Trust -Operation Promotion

If you send me a link I'll post it on Twitter (over 2,000 gtfc followers) hopefully attract some attention.

Don't mention penalties!

Can we hit the 35 k mark tonight? 789 to go. Spread the word people, UTM!

482 English pounds until we hit the 35k. So close. Come on Town.

NEW REWARD!

Be the referee's assistant at a celebrity match at Blundell Park on a date TBC. We have a squad of 15 and a ref, now we need the linesman. £100 each pledge from http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/GTFC

F.A.O  bax
I have sent an email to Dave Roberts regards a possible idea of auction / raffle via the crowd fund scheme of a brand new packaged hot tub, as yet Dave has not replied to this email from several days ago.
Is this something you are aware of ?
I believe this could be very beneficial to the trust / player fund with a real possibility of making at least 2.5k to this cause.
I am also offering my delivery / commissioning  free of charge to the winner.
I have left my contact details within the email if this is something of interest.

UTM

Quoted from MidnightMariner

F.A.O  bax
I have sent an email to Dave Roberts regards a possible idea of auction / raffle via the crowd fund scheme of a brand new packaged hot tub, as yet Dave has not replied to this email from several days ago.
Is this something you are aware of ?
I believe this could be very beneficial to the trust / player fund with a real possibility of making at least 2.5k to this cause.
I am also offering my delivery / commissioning  free of charge to the winner.
I have left my contact details within the email if this is something of interest.

UTM

Dave has been on holiday, may well still be away?

Cheers Chris,
This may well explain no reply then.
Maybe bax or some one from the trust may now take this up ?

Quoted from MidnightMariner

F.A.O  bax
I have sent an email to Dave Roberts regards a possible idea of auction / raffle via the crowd fund scheme of a brand new packaged hot tub, as yet Dave has not replied to this email from several days ago.
Is this something you are aware of ?
I believe this could be very beneficial to the trust / player fund with a real possibility of making at least 2.5k to this cause.
I am also offering my delivery / commissioning  free of charge to the winner.
I have left my contact details within the email if this is something of interest.

UTM

Thanks for the email. Yes Dave's away, we have received it (along with literally hundreds and hundreds of others) and we'll be back in touch soon.

Thanks for confirming email received bax.
Appreciate you will all be very busy with the terrific work done so far.
Just wanted to make sure the offer had been seen.

UTM

350 until 35 k. Lets hit 35 k by midnight.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181765132035

Here is the link for the ball on ebay

Money donated, now looking forward to Alan Buckley years DVD!!  :)

How about this:

bighorses

Quoted from chicaneuk

Well, there's always the meth lab to fall back on, Heisenberg :)

Yep, there's always more than one way to cook.............

Not sure if it will make any difference, or if they newspaper editors will even take a look at my emails, but i basically emailed every popular newspaper in the UK with our "operation Promotion" story. I hope they put something in the paper, or possibly the website. You never know, we might attract a wealth individual :D

Quoted from Grimsby2012

Not sure if it will make any difference, or if they newspaper editors will even take a look at my emails, but i basically emailed every popular newspaper in the UK with our "operation Promotion" story. I hope they put something in the paper, or possibly the website. You never know, we might attract a wealth individual :D

It sounds really daft but if they do you never know!

Thanks chaps - we have already spoken to a lot of newspapers and media but doesn't hurt for others to do the same!

Just paid my £100....Paypal charged me £2.10 for the privilege!

over £38k now!

The totaliser has just passed £35k. We now have a £60k pot before deductions. Well done all.

getting ahead of yourself Ron - now just crashed through the £35k, meaning Paul's fund stands at over £60k

well done on the v generous donation btw

other nice landmark approaching is the 1000 backers - still only 30% of our average home gate, which means 2000 regulars could still pledge

Wonder if we'll get our thousandth backer today?

bighorses

well done all so far.

I didn't know Danny Murphy was Futch's nephew....

Can't have this slipping off the first page :) i'll be donating more on next payday!

Wait til you see the bighorses

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Wait til you see the bighorses

Awesome Rob

I'll be joining the trust and donating next Wednesday. Two birds with one stone sort of speak. But will also be donating more the following pay day.

I'm unfortunately unemployed (for now), so will be donating £15 every two weeks until the deadline (26th July?). If the deadline's the 26th of July, that's 4 pay days £15 each time = £60 in total. That'll be me doing my bit.  8)

Quoted from GiveUsAG

I'll be joining the trust and donating next Wednesday. Two birds with one stone sort of speak. But will also be donating more the following pay day.

I'm unfortunately unemployed (for now), so will be donating £15 every two weeks until the deadline (26th July?). If the deadline's the 26th of July, that's 4 pay days £15 each time = £60 in total. That'll be me doing my bit.  8)

That's outstanding GUAG. Well done.

Colin Murray has written about operation promotion in Metro today. Big article

Quoted from barralad

I didn't know Danny Murphy was Futch's nephew....

I've never particularly liked Murphy (and find his punditry on TV painful to hear), but I'm suddenly better disposed towards him! If he's related to Futch, he can't be all bad.  :)

Unless he has recently married his co host Danny Murphy he isn't related to Futcher!

Like you I never warmed to him personally but done us a big favour here so good on him.

There's a decent bit going in Sunday's Non League Paper too. And more to follow next week!

Quoted from bax

There's a decent bit going in Sunday's Non League Paper too. And more to follow next week!

Who is my first assistant referee Bax? Seen there's one gone.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Who is my first assistant referee Bax? Seen there's one gone.

Ross Joyce.

Nice piece by Murray that, although I'm sure we can do better than Mario Balotelli's big toe!

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Who is my first assistant referee Bax? Seen there's one gone.

Whoever it is you wont be able to see him from the centre circle!

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Who is my first assistant referee Bax? Seen there's one gone.

They've got their work cut out.

The Metro piece is awesome. Never liked listening to him tbh although vastly preferred him to the incredibly annoying Brummie on MOTD2.But have regularly read his metro column and it is always a very good read although this week he excels himself!  :)

Minor quibble Suppose it was space limited but could have mentioned the Rovers defeat was on penos, not mentioning that just seems to make it seem loke we weren't good enough.

Quoted from gtfc98

Ross Joyce.

He can intercourse right off.

Quoted from mariner91

They've got their work cut out.

Doing my running for me.

Apologies if this has already been asked. When I pledged I chose the ooption of a years membership to the Trust, but don't know what happens now, not received and email or anything. How do I know if I'm already joined? I'm slightlycconfused.

Quoted from jimgtfc

Apologies if this has already been asked. When I pledged I chose the ooption of a years membership to the Trust, but don't know what happens now, not received and email or anything. How do I know if I'm already joined? I'm slightlycconfused.

You will receive a thank you email for pledging. Once the campaign finishes on 26 July we will be contacting everyone (1,000 odd people so far...eek) to ensure their pledges are redeemed as fast as possible.

£30 shy of £36,000 if anyone wants to do the honours?

Quoted from bax

£30 shy of £36,000 if anyone wants to do the honours?

we're through £36,000

wonder if we might get a few drunken pledges this weekend after fans have been on their friday and saturday night benders!

Quoted from forza ivano

we're through £36,000

wonder if we might get a few drunken pledges this weekend after fans have been on their friday and saturday night benders!

Great. So with the generous contribution from the Mullen's on top we are fast closing in on £60k. That is enough to secure a pretty decent player. :)

Quoted from bax

You will receive a thank you email for pledging. Once the campaign finishes on 26 July we will be contacting everyone (1,000 odd people so far...eek) to ensure their pledges are redeemed as fast as possible.

That's brilliant, thanks.

Quoted from RonMariner

Great. So with the generous contribution from the Mullen's on top we are fast closing in on £60k. That is enough to secure a pretty decent player. :)

We're through £60,000 already - the Trust's £5,000 is yet to be added to the total.

Quoted from forza ivano

we're through £36,000

wonder if we might get a few drunken pledges this weekend after fans have been on their friday and saturday night benders!

The benders themselves might be fans as well. Mine is.

Quoted from psgmariner

The benders themselves might be fans as well. Mine is.

;D ;D ;D ??) ??) ??)

On 999 backers!

bighorses

Will be contributing on the 15th when I get paid

Well done everybody involved - great work 👍

1,000 backers done!

if you back twice, does the number of backers go up ?

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

if you back twice, does the number of backers go up ?

Don't think so I've done it again today but it went against my original contribution from the 1st.

Quoted from Jarmo.Is.God

if you back twice, does the number of backers go up ?

Try it and find out  ;)

No - that's 1000 different backers

Quoted from bax

No - that's 1000 different backers

Only 2500 of our normal home crowd and 10,000 from the wembley following still to pledge then!

Quoted from forza ivano

Only 2500 of our normal home crowd and 10,000 from the wembley following still to pledge then!

Absolutely! Lots more people to still harrass!

Also, late lunchtime reading. I wrote this for Cod Almighty:

http://www.codalmighty.com/site/ca.php?article=5420

Quoted from bax

Absolutely! Lots more people to still harrass!

Not to mention thousands of football-loving plastics in the Grimsby area who rarely if ever set foot in BP but watch "their" team on sky. At least some of them might give a few quid to help assuage the guilt they feel on living a phoney life.

Before you leave for the pubs this weekend, make a donation and get a 'oh when the Town' t-shirt for £20

https://www.facebook.com/MarinersTrust/photos/a.382770228431249.84509.257998234241783/912028438838756/?type=1&theater

Quoted from forza ivano

Only 2500 of our normal home crowd and 10,000 from the wembley following still to pledge then!

Though I guess quite a few of the 15,000 at Wembley would have been families who might pledge once, so maybe even if everyone pledged once per household, its 5-10,000.  Still, if another 4,000 people pledged £10 each that would still get us to nearly £80k plus the Trust and Mullens, less costs.

In the same way that I often think that the start of a Town game, we'll be lucky to get a draw, in the hope of being pleasantly surprised, I think we'll do well if the total ticks up to £50k, but that still is a massive total.

Quoted from bax

You will receive a thank you email for pledging. Once the campaign finishes on 26 July we will be contacting everyone (1,000 odd people so far...eek) to ensure their pledges are redeemed as fast as possible.

So is this money pledged so far not guaranteed?

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

So is this money pledged so far not guaranteed?

Well my money has left my bank account already.

Yes it's guaranteed but it sits with crowdfunder until the end of the campaign and then goes to the Trust.

One thought I had, prompted by the comments re our 3000 stalwarts for home matches, is why not set up a date for a ghost match (or use one of those FIFA games) on a saturday in early July & we all pay the £18 gate money as if attending.

Appreciate no game actually takes place but if we all had a 24th home fixture & contributed accordingly would double what we already have and get us close to that £100K

£37,021  :)

Another £200 winging the way of the fund thanks to The Champions League sweepstake.  :)

bighorses

Quoted from bax

Yes it's guaranteed but it sits with crowdfunder until the end of the campaign and then goes to the Trust.

Why's that bax? I assumed the money would go straight to the Trust. Crowdfunder are already making 6%, now they've got a free loan.

Is there any security on the money they're holding? What if they go mammaries up/someone decides it's time to retire to Paraguay?

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Why's that bax? I assumed the money would go straight to the Trust. Crowdfunder are already making 6%, now they've got a free loan.

Is there any security on the money they're holding? What if they go mammaries up/someone decides it's time to retire to Paraguay?

I think in the long term ripping gtfc fans off is not in their interests  they set the rules and the trust has opted for this option for the transaperency it provides

Quoted from codcheeky

I think in the long term ripping gtfc fans off is not in their interests  they set the rules and the trust has opted for this option for the transaperency it provides

It might not be in their interests. But excrement happens. ITV Digital. Robert Maxwell. Icelandic banks.

Are you really concerned about crowdfunder going bust or just running off with the cash?

Miserable girl private.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

It might not be in their interests. But excrement happens. ITV Digital. Robert Maxwell. Icelandic banks.

They're the number 1 UK based site of their type and have worked with the government and other major clients. We did due diligence and decided they were the best option. We wanted the transparency a crowdfunding site would offer, rather than just collecting pledges privately.

Quoted from ska face

Are you really concerned about crowdfunder going bust or just running off with the cash?

Miserable girl private.

Grow up.

Quoted from bax

They're the number 1 UK based site of their type and have worked with the government and other major clients. We did due diligence and decided they were the best option. We wanted the transparency a crowdfunding site would offer, rather than just collecting pledges privately.

Fair enough. Thanks for replying bax.

Quoted from ska face

Are you really concerned about crowdfunder going bust or just running off with the cash?

Miserable girl private.

Anyone who's spent time on the internet knows who crowdfunder are and the likes of their ilk. We'll be alright, no one needn't worry! They're not some ITV Digital lot!!

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

One thought I had, prompted by the comments re our 3000 stalwarts for home matches, is why not set up a date for a ghost match (or use one of those FIFA games) on a saturday in early July & we all pay the £18 gate money as if attending.

Appreciate no game actually takes place but if we all had a 24th home fixture & contributed accordingly would double what we already have and get us close to that £100K

I hope the bar would be open! Slurp.

Only £250 shy of £38,000. Loads and loads of donations coming in the 12 hours!

So yeah, keeping spreading the word!

Got to say bax you've been instrumental as have others keep up the great work my fellow fishy friends.  Lets hope we see some new signings soon and fingers crossed we can get one of the rumoured signings in Billy Kee, Kyle Vassell and Omar Bogle.

Onwards and upwards

Should make 40K this weekend?

bighorses

Quoted from bax

Only £250 shy of £38,000. Loads and loads of donations coming in the 12 hours!

Well you can add £200 to the fund Bax as I have done a direct bank transfer of the money raised from the CL Sweepstake which will be added to The Trust's £5k,

Quoted from GrimRob

Should make 40K this weekend?

bighorses

Doubling the first target within the space of a week would be unbelievable. Spam the social media sites and persuade everyone to dig deeper to hit the 40k mark. Keep this brilliant effort up everyone.

Quoted from Meza

Got to say bax you've been instrumental as have others keep up the great work my fellow fishy friends.  Lets hope we see some new signings soon and fingers crossed we can get one of the rumoured signings in Billy Kee, Kyle Vassell and Omar Bogle.

Onwards and upwards

Thanks mate. It's a huge joint effort though, so many people (well over 1,000 now!) deserve equal credit. We all play a part.

£38K done!

Quoted from Plankton

Anyone who's spent time on the internet knows who crowdfunder are and the likes of their ilk. We'll be alright, no one needn't worry! They're not some ITV Digital lot!!

I guess I've never used this thing called the internet then.

Finally been paid for a job i was waiting on. Will bank the cheque on Monday and put my bit in.

Well done to everyone who has chipped in so far .Hopefully the total of backers 1053 to date will rise somewhat come the end of the July

Is the money released after the specified date from crowdfunder?  If so the end of July is a bit late if you ask me to sign key players.

Quoted from Meza

Is the money released after the specified date from crowdfunder?  If so the end of July is a bit late if you ask me to sign key players.

Good question.Not sure though Meza

I believe it is released at the end but the money can be borrowed from the board and given back or similar.

Quoted from Meza

Is the money released after the specified date from crowdfunder?  If so the end of July is a bit late if you ask me to sign key players.

Money is released at the end. But as we've been transparent the club knows exactly how much will be raised and how much they'll be receiving.

To end tonight...£38,425. Over a grand again today. If we keep up at £1k a day we'll reach £100,000 with the extra bits from the Trust and the Mullens.

£1,000 every day for the next 50 days will be really hard, but that needs to be the aim. How incredible would it be to have raised £100,000?

Won over £100 on the champions league final game earlier and I will be donating all of it.

That means I've put in over £450 so far and will probably put another £300 next month.

Still a long way to go to get anywhere near Lincoln's total.

Quoted from Grimsby2012

Won over £100 on the champions league final game earlier and I will be donating all of it.

That means I've put in over £450 so far and will probably put another £300 next month.

Very generous gesture.Respect

Quoted from psgmariner

Still a long way to go to get anywhere near Lincoln's total.

why are we bothered by anything Lincoln do?

Piece in today's Non League Paper

https://www.facebook.com/MarinersTrust/photos/a.842529129122021.1073741825.257998234241783/912928142082119/?type=1&theater

NEW REWARD!



£20 each from http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

A few of these sold today and we can hit £40k by the end of the day.

nice one

we have reached 1066 backers now - Battle of Hastings

Wonder when we reach 1215 Magna Carta?

bighorses

275 away from 39. Lets hope we can hit that today. I reckon we will break through the 40 mark tomorrow with people donating at the club shop when going to get there season tickets.

Phwoar! Love the t shirt. Having that.

This campaign is providing me with a new summer wardrobe!

Quoted from psgmariner

Phwoar! Love the t shirt. Having that.

This campaign is providing me with a new summer wardrobe!

I've totally added fashion designer to my twitter bio ;) I have a few more in the closet..

Ideas very much welcome

I'm looking forward to the first few games of the season (as if i wasn't already) to see the array of Operation Promotion t-shirts on show!

£100 away from 39k. Can we do it before 12:30.

An outstanding achievement by all, just shows what amazing fans we really have at Grimsby Town after all we have been through.

Quoted from Wrawby_Mariner

I've totally added fashion designer to my twitter bio ;) I have a few more in the closet..

Ideas very much welcome

Wrawbs in coming out of the closet expososè  ;)

39k hit.

How generous/not generous are the tshirt sizes?

£600 away from doubling the target in a week. If everyone who visited this site between now and midnight put in a couple of quid...

just done my little bit £10 plus £20  on Monday soon have no money for food  :)

Chance to get closer to 40k tonight  

At roughly 8pm two Shaun Pearson shirts will be available as rewards. The red and blue away shirts he wore last season. Both will be signed.

£125 reward. First come first served at 8-ish.

now available!

Quoted from GrimRob

nice one

we have reached 1066 backers now - Battle of Hastings

Wonder when we reach 1215 Magna Carta?

bighorses

sodomist that Rob we should be aiming for historical landmarks like the 1815, 1945 and 2016*

* largest number of points in a season in the Conference, Grimsby Town FC

Quoted from KingstonMariner

sodomist that Rob we should be aiming for historical landmarks like the 1815, 1945 and 2016*

* largest number of points in a season in the Conference, Grimsby Town FC

We've got all the Middle Ages to go through first! The First Crusade began in 1096, that's what this feel like.  :)

Everyone set off on a journey to the Holy Land, which in our case is the area around BP, which at the time was in the hands of "infidels" (the National League?).

bighorses

Quoted from GrimRob

We've got all the Middle Ages to go through first! The First Crusade began in 1096, that's what this feel like.  :)

Everyone set off on a journey to the Holy Land, which in our case is the area around BP, which at the time was in the hands of "infidels" (the National League?).

bighorses

Don't think we should be mentioning the Crusades Rob! There might be some Sheikh about to contribute to the fund - instead we'll end up with a bunch of Jihadis hunting you down!

I was going to suggest 1649 but that would scupper tapping up Chas.

£222 off 40k  :)

If 10 people buy one of our This Town Knows shirts...

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Didn't les say that 200 quid has gone straight to the trust from the sweep.if so then you can safely say we have done 40k in less than a week

£40,020  :)

£40,000!!!

Over £65,000 in total

This Town Knows!

bighorses

Incredible. No time to rest on our laurels though! There's still over 2,000 regular BP attendees who haven't pledged, if each gave a couple of quid that would take us close to £45K! Spread the word on social media, tell your friends, family, colleagues, pets. Let's make sure This Town Knows!

Bax. Have the trust had many donations made directly to them that should be included in the overall total?

Btw post no. 600!

Doh! Mariner91 just beat me to it!

Quoted from forza ivano

Didn't les say that 200 quid has gone straight to the trust from the sweep.if so then you can safely say we have done 40k in less than a week

Yes, I transferred the £200 directly into The Trust's account and will do the same with the £200 from the new sweep too.

Quoted from forza ivano

Bax. Have the trust had many donations made directly to them that should be included in the overall total?

Btw post no. 600!

Doh! Mariner91 just beat me to it!

Yes but I don't know how much (other than the one Les has done) - as far as I know it will be added to the Trust £5k at the end so we don't lose the 6% fee.

Absolutely incredible.

This whole thing fills me with pride beyond belief to be a GTFC fan.

This is our year. Make it happen guys.

bighorses

link to the crowdfunder from telegraph site is broken on this page: http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/grimsbytown

just links to: http://www.crowd/

Wrawby mocked up this t-shirt which I think would be a great award later in the campaign, I think it looks terrific.

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That is THE t shirt to have. 👌👌👌

£41.0000 !

Love that 3 fish shirt. Another donation from me I think...

Quoted from Biccys

Love that 3 fish shirt. Another donation from me I think...

I think it's only a mock up so far. But hopefully it'll become available! I'd have one for sure.

I know there's a few t-shirts knocking about already but how about having a t-shirt with "We only sing when we're fishing" on it.

Unique and iconic to GTFC and would go down well I think.

Sweet T-shirt. I'd have one.

Quoted from mariner91

Wrawby mocked up this t-shirt which I think would be a great award later in the campaign, I think it looks terrific.

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Great design I would pledge again for one.

Quoted from mariner91

Wrawby mocked up this t-shirt which I think would be a great award later in the campaign, I think it looks terrific.

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Said to wrawbs about something similar at kiddy last year, in the realms of a Lacoste'esque' polo shirt with 3 small fish

Looks fantastic though wrawbs. Well done mate

Quoted from mariner91

Wrawby mocked up this t-shirt which I think would be a great award later in the campaign, I think it looks terrific.

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That is also the flag that I suggested Ascend make. A massive version of that would look incredible.

Quoted from immariner

That is also the flag that I suggested Ascend make. A massive version of that would look incredible.

It was your flag idea that made me think it would look awesome on a Tee. Wrawby was kind enough to mock it up.

Hmm thinks of a song .

Were going home, were going home Grimsby's going home.

Three fish on the shirt never stop believing.

Hurst will get us back time to stop this dreaming. lol

Quoted from mariner91

It was your flag idea that made me think it would look awesome on a Tee. Wrawby was kind enough to mock it up.

And it does! Still hope it can get made into a giant flag. If not, I might have to think about getting an (admittedly very much) smaller version made.

Match worn Toto Nsiala shirts now available as pledges. £125 each - both red and blue away shirts, both will be signed.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

I'll have one of them tees if they get made up. Really like Ska's idea of a limited edition chocolate/blue shirt on another thread and would be in for one of them if there's a chance of getting them done too.

Got a pick ska/LH

http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Grimsby_Town/Grimsby_Town.htm

Similar to the ones at the top on here Woz. It's a shame it's similar to our away kit because it would be a brilliant third kit.

Another new reward!

Andrew Newman goes to lots of WWE shows. He's famous for showing GTFC related signs from the front rows. He's going to RAW in Cleveland next Monday and for £25 will show off whatever sign you want as long as it's 8 words or less.

Just £25, all goes into the pot!!

The WWE signs all went within 30 mins. Got a really, really good reward coming up at lunchtime...

Going to be good

bighorses

OK, here's a unique one...

You can buy a place at Grimsby Town FC's pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house!

Attend a very special pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house! All the players and management attend as well as the staff. Will take place on Saturday, 1 August after the friendly against Boston. Limited to 4 people, £150 each.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Quoted from bax

OK, here's a unique one...

You can buy a place at Grimsby Town FC's pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house!

Attend a very special pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house! All the players and management attend as well as the staff. Will take place on Saturday, 1 August after the friendly against Boston. Limited to 4 people, £150 each.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Is it bring your own booze?  ;D ;D ;D

Quoted from bax

OK, here's a unique one...

You can buy a place at Grimsby Town FC's pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house!

Attend a very special pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house! All the players and management attend as well as the staff. Will take place on Saturday, 1 August after the friendly against Boston. Limited to 4 people, £150 each.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

That's a crazy one!! :) I have to say credit for the club and chairman for getting onboard with helping make this work! Wish I had the money as that would be an unusual experience :)

Quoted from bax

OK, here's a unique one...

You can buy a place at Grimsby Town FC's pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house!

Attend a very special pre-season BBQ at John Fenty's house! All the players and management attend as well as the staff. Will take place on Saturday, 1 August after the friendly against Boston. Limited to 4 people, £150 each.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

well done on getting this one, and well done to fenty do agreeing to this.

this club is special

Can you reveal which butcher is providing the meat? For £150 I'd be wanting unicorn burgers and dodo kebabs!  ;)

Would I be able to take my flag with me?  ;)

Quoted from cmackenzie4

Would I be able to take my flag with me?  ;)

No, but flasks will be allowed on this one occasion

Quoted from Grantham_Mariner

Is it bring your own booze?  ;D ;D ;D

Yes, but not in a flask.

I think you might of devalued the product there.

A few social drinks with Fenty? What could possibly go wrong?

Tie wingling allowed??

Quoted from Maringer

A few social drinks with Fenty? What could possibly go wrong?

;D ;D ;D ;D  nearly spat out my tea - good one!

fenty/bbq/sausages/johnnyboy there has to be a joke in there somewhere

suddenly shot up to over £42,000 ! is that the fenty bbq effect?

Quoted from Maringer

A few social drinks with Fenty? What could possibly go wrong?

Quoted from forza ivano

suddenly shot up to over £42,000 ! is that the fenty bbq effect?

looks like it , cant see it on the rewards list :)

Yep - all 4 spots at the BBQ sold!

Quoted from forza ivano

suddenly shot up to over £42,000 ! is that the fenty bbq effect?

Maybe it has to do with the BBC covering the story!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33065314

Proud that the club have received national recognition on the BBC site .Similarly well done to all those that have chipped in so far. Hopefully we'll get a fair few more backers by the end of July.

Is it true Rob Scott got one of the BBQ rewards....

Quoted from Fcukthescunts

Is it true Rob Scott got one of the BBQ rewards....

Chance to share a BBQ with Nick, Dale & Wraithy! What a great 'prize'  ;)

Wraithy will be trawling through the bins for scraps...

Guest list includes.......

Rob Scott
Mike Newell
Mike Parker



Who's the 4th???

Michael Barrymore?

Aaron!! 😂 someone might see him

Newport Flag Kid.

Propping the club up has had an effect on Fentys barbecue budget this year though.......... ;D

no doubt Ascend will be attending the party as guest of honour since he's such an important businessman and pays so much council tax and is just sooo successful

Quoted from forza ivano

no doubt Ascend will be attending the party as guest of honour since he's such an important businessman and pays so much council tax and is just sooo successful

Guest of honor indeed! he rang Fenty up himself and made all this happen!  ;D ;D ;D

Perhaps our friend from Gateshead/Wembley (Mr Joice) could attend.
He could be the glass collector (God knows he needs some)  !!

Gotta say someone (bax?) is doing a fantastic job organising all these rewards to keep the momentum going. And all the comms to go with it have been spot on.

If I read it rightly, Lincoln's earlier attempt was a foul-up because they set the initial target too high so ended up with nothing under Crowdfunder rules when they failed to reach it. Whereas ours was more realistic so once passed we knew the money was coming in, and then the door was still open for more. So the Trust team got the strategy right there too.

It could be like The Wicker Man where you end up being the barbequeue

We're on the front page of the Beeb website. I bet that's not happened very often!

Fenty's BBQ is going to be on the front page of Hello magazine by the sounds of it

bighorses

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Gotta say someone (bax?) is doing a fantastic job organising all these rewards to keep the momentum going. And all the comms to go with it have been spot on.

If I read it rightly, Lincoln's earlier attempt was a foul-up because they set the initial target too high so ended up with nothing under Crowdfunder rules when they failed to reach it. Whereas ours was more realistic so once passed we knew the money was coming in, and then the door was still open for more. So the Trust team got the strategy right there too.

Easy to say now, but £20,000 didn't feel very realistic this time last week, believe me!

I guess it's always nervy when you launch something, but the positivity oozing around the other week, and all those £100 pledges on here made me think it was doable. Though not in a day!

What has surprised me is that it's still ticking over at over a grand a day. You keep finding those rewards and people keep finding money down the back of the sofa. Big IF but, if we can keep going at this rate....2 more monthly paydays before the end should help keep the average daily total up.

£29 off £43,000 if anyone wants to do the honours?

We have loads of pledges still to come. The BBQ one today was a great bit of fun and raised £600. Hopefully people will continue to be generous and support the club.

£43,000 smashed.

bighorses

I think 50k is a very optimistic but achievable target for end of play Friday !

That would be excellent.

Who would have believed after around a week we'd have that sort of money raised? Unbelievable. Kind of surprised there's been no official statement on this from the club yet given how amazing it is.

Quoted from chicaneuk

Who would have believed after around a week we'd have that sort of money raised? Unbelievable. Kind of surprised there's been no official statement on this from the club yet given how amazing it is.

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/John-Fenty-hails-unbelievable-Grimsby-Town-fans/story-26630407-detail/story.html

Anyone know how much the collection buckets have raised yet?  We can add 25K to that total that we know about, but how much is the cash total at the moment?

bighorses

My first £15 pledge made, reward I went for was a 1 year membership of the Mariners Trust.

Another 3 pay days before deadline day, another 3 more £15 pledges to come.  8)

The incentives are worth the investment alone. I'm waiting until pay day to pledge again but fully intend of getting the Dock Tower T-Shirt and tickets for the Lloyd Griffin comedy night.

If we can get the Harry Haddock's sponsored then that might just tip us towards the £60k - £70k marker.

I would love to help organise a party of some sort to celebrate the success. I DJ locally and get numerous venues to help out. I also have talked about organising a Christmas Children's party for Junior Trust members and there family.

How exciting is it that we have such a generous community that care about the club so much that they will go above and beyond to raise funds?

There will be some kind of party to raise funds, details TBA!

New reward added just now:

We've just added a new reward to the crowdfunder page - a pair of annual badges to Doncaster Racecourse.
Very kindly donated by Alan Alger, we have two pairs of annual Doncaster Racecourse Members Badges. They include all race meetings at Doncaster for the remainder of 2015 and some reciprocal cricket at Yorkshire CCC. Also includes some reciprocal days of racing at other courses. Brilliant for St Leger! Pledge £300 per pair and they're yours! All money goes into Paul Hurst's transfer kitty.

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

That's a brilliant gesture from Alan. Worth a bit of money them.

Quoted from psgmariner

That's a brilliant gesture from Alan. Worth a bit of money them.

Estimated value is £400 per pair, so £300 a pair is an absolute bargain!

Alan Alger has gone up in my estimations after that.

I think it is superb that outside agencies and people not connected to the club directly are partaking in this fund raising initiative. Well done to all involved. Bax, I have a fully signed shirt from 2006 which is unworn, I would be glad to donate it as a reward if you believe it will be of any interest to someone.

Quoted from Tinymariner

I think it is superb that outside agencies and people not connected to the club directly are partaking in this fund raising initiative. Well done to all involved. Bax, I have a fully signed shirt from 2006 which is unworn, I would be glad to donate it as a reward if you believe it will be of any interest to someone.

That would be an absolutely fantastic gesture mate. I'll drop you a private message.

Quoted from bax

Estimated value is £400 per pair, so £300 a pair is an absolute bargain!

they didn't last long! With les' £200 from the sweep we're now well over £44k. unbelievable

Does anyone know how long it takes to update the crowd fund amount raised? I pledged £300 for the Doncaster Races passes 30 minutes ago and the amount has not changed

Quoted from forza ivano

they didn't last long! With les' £200 from the sweep we're now well over £44k. unbelievable

It'll be 2 lots of £200 if I can get rid of these last few goes on the sweep for the England game on Sunday.

bighorses

Quoted from SuperJoeyWaters

Does anyone know how long it takes to update the crowd fund amount raised? I pledged £300 for the Doncaster Races passes 30 minutes ago and the amount has not changed

look on the backers tab - if you're kevin broughton - you're up there!

Just took it over £44K................

Onwards and upwards..........

It just gets better and better

Quoted from Tinymariner

I think it is superb that outside agencies and people not connected to the club directly are partaking in this fund raising initiative. Well done to all involved. Bax, I have a fully signed shirt from 2006 which is unworn, I would be glad to donate it as a reward if you believe it will be of any interest to someone.

At the risk of repeating something already said (as there are 69 pages and I don't know what I have read and what I haven't!), having seen Alan Alger's donation and the Comedy night I did wonder what promotion of the availability of these offers is going on outside of these boards.  The comedy night tickets need promoting within pubs and the college Student union, also on the notice board at the bog employers in Grimsby etc.Also the Racing tickets should be pushed on Racing Forums...assuming there are some,

I think it's really important that we take money off non GTFC fans' at the end of the day if you go to Doncaster regularly and are getting a bargain do you care GTFC are getting the money??!!!

Anyone got any contacts?

Just over 2 hours left for the GTFC signed ball I have put on Ebay. The link is Signed Grimsby Town FC football, 2010-11 season (181765132035). All proceeds go to the Operation Promotion fund.

Quoted from mariner2000

At the risk of repeating something already said (as there are 69 pages and I don't know what I have read and what I haven't!), having seen Alan Alger's donation and the Comedy night I did wonder what promotion of the availability of these offers is going on outside of these boards.  The comedy night tickets need promoting within pubs and the college Student union, also on the notice board at the bog employers in Grimsby etc.Also the Racing tickets should be pushed on Racing Forums...assuming there are some,

I think it's really important that we take money off non GTFC fans' at the end of the day if you go to Doncaster regularly and are getting a bargain do you care GTFC are getting the money??!!!

Anyone got any contacts?

Yes this is already happening!

Just thought, if it keeps raising a thousand a day till the end, 46 days left and there's £44,171 raised so far, we'd have a total of way over £80,000 come that deadline. And that's just what's raised via the crowdfunder website. As if it wasn't amazing at the amount raised so far, I wouldn't know what word(s) to use if it does keep up momentum (and I am sure it will).  8)

Quoted from GiveUsAG

Just thought, if it keeps raising a thousand a day till the end, 46 days left and there's £44,171 raised so far, we'd have a total of way over £80,000 come that deadline. And that's just what's raised via the crowdfunder website. As if it wasn't amazing at the amount raised so far, I wouldn't know what word(s) to use if it does keep up momentum (and I am sure it will).  8)

If it did carry on at that rate it would be over £80,000. It'd be £90,000.  :) Either way, it'd be amazing.

Every day I keep thinking it can't keep on at this rate and am happily proved wrong.

There will be peaks and troughs throughout the next 6 weeks. Personally I'd love to hit that £100k mark. What an achievement that would be!

If it we just kept it going this time next year we'd be millionaires  :)

bighorses

Quoted from bax

There will be peaks and troughs throughout the next 6 weeks. Personally I'd love to hit that £100k mark. What an achievement that would be!

So far last time checked 1199 backers who have raised just short of 45k.Good sum and respect to those who have chipped in but personally would be happier if we get more backers. Eg at least 2500 .With the fan base we have here we need to be tapping into that potential more. Likewise how many did we take to Wembley for the play of final?.If at least a third of that chipped in a fiver we would be raising even more

Quoted from Rick12

So far last time checked 1199 backers who have raised just short of 45k.Good sum and respect to those who have chipped in but personally would be happier if we get more backers. Eg at least 2500 .With the fan base we have here we need to be tapping into that potential more. Likewise how many did we take to Wembley for the play of final?.If at least a third of that chipped in a fiver we would be raising even more

Don't forget that's just the online total, there'll be more from the bucket collections. Not everyone has the ability to pay online.

Quoted from Rick12

So far last time checked 1199 backers who have raised just short of 45k.Good sum and respect to those who have chipped in but personally would be happier if we get more backers. Eg at least 2500 .With the fan base we have here we need to be tapping into that potential more. Likewise how many did we take to Wembley for the play of final?.If at least a third of that chipped in a fiver we would be raising even more

You do need to remember though that quite a few of our average attendees are under-16's so, like my best mates 7-year old, will have maybe made a donation within their Dad's (or Mums) pledge.

Oh, and still 8 places left in Sunday's sweep on the Slovenia England game if anyone wants to do a little bit extra to help the fund.

bighorses

Quoted from Les Brechin

You do need to remember though that quite a few of our average attendees are under-16's so, like my best mates 7-year old, will have maybe made a donation within their Dad's (or Mums) pledge.

Oh, and still 8 places left in Sunday's sweep on the Slovenia England game if anyone wants to do a little bit extra to help the fund.

bighorses

Les, I will guarantee to take up all unsold places so pm me Sat night with the situation & I will transfer any monies owing Sat night or (if I am still in the pub sat) on Sunday morning.

ive sent you £10

Quoted from supertown

ive sent you £10

Cheers, received ok thanks.

Only 5 places left now. I'm sure we'll get rid of them before Saturday but if not I'll let you know LM56, many thanks.

In for a 1p in for £10. Just sent you £10 Les.

£10 sent Les.

UTM!

Just added a signed red Craig Disley shirt and a not signed blue Ross Hannah shirt to the crowdfunder!

Quoted from bax

Just added a signed red Craig Disley shirt and a not signed blue Ross Hannah shirt to the crowdfunder!

Sure this could get signed, however as he not in the area, would be difficult to get it sorted without postage etc, but im sure Ross would sign, he is a genuinely nice guy

Quoted from bax

Just added a signed red Craig Disley shirt and a not signed blue Ross Hannah shirt to the crowdfunder!

By the time i'd opened the page, it'd gone! Ha. Good stuff whoever bought it. Will look great mounted in a frame that. Lovely kit and top skipper.

We have signed and non-signed shirts just about every day for the next 2 weeks so keep your eyes peeled and that...

Quoted from bax

We have signed and non-signed shirts just about every day for the next 2 weeks so keep your eyes peeled and that...

Will do mate thankyou.

Will they all be away shirts? Or will any B&W ones be coming up?

One place just become available in the sweep on the England game on Sunday. First come, first served if anyone wants to take it.

Quoted from bax

We have signed and non-signed shirts just about every day for the next 2 weeks so keep your eyes peeled and that...

are the players donating them ? or the club ?

Quoted from bax

We have signed and non-signed shirts just about every day for the next 2 weeks so keep your eyes peeled and that...

Any chance of the shirt sizes so i know it has a chance of fitting me.

Quoted from prestonmariner

Will do mate thankyou.

Will they all be away shirts? Or will any B&W ones be coming up?

As it stands they are player-issued away shirts from last season.

£45,005 raised so far!  8)

bighorses

Great support from all over

http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Grimsby-Town-fans-world-support-Operation/story-26680656-detail/story.html?

That means we're now on an overall total of more than £70,000!

Amazing well done to all.

Out-fecking-standing! Told my mate about this over a pint last night and although he's not even interested in football he was astonished at the figure, and is rooting for us this season :)

A billion people in China and almost a billion people in India. Have we got a donation from these countries yet?

bighorses

Quoted from GrimRob

A billion people in China and almost a billion people in India. Have we got a donation from these countries yet?

bighorses

Yes to China! I'm working on the Indian branch of the GTFC supporters club...

Any chance of any more clap, clap, fish tee shirts ?
My lad in the USA wants a couple and I could do with one, so £60 quid waiting if possible

Quoted from cod_head_doug

Any chance of any more clap, clap, fish tee shirts ?
My lad in the USA wants a couple and I could do with one, so £60 quid waiting if possible

Yes, but not in the current colours!

Quoted from bax

Yes, but not in the current colours!

Thanks, I will keep looking on crowd funded for them. You are doing a great job mate.

We've added a signed Danny East home shirt to the list of rewards - http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Nathan Arnold signed shirts coming up this evening.

New and new-ish rewards:

NATHAN ARNOLD'S RED 2014/15 SIGNED AWAY SHIRT
NATHAN ARNOLD'S BLUE 2014/15 SIGNED AWAY SHIRT
DANNY EAST'S BLACK & WHITE 2015/16 HOME SHIRT
A PAIR OF ANNUAL DONCASTER RACECOURSE MEMBERS BADGES
BOARDROOM HOSPITALITY AT A HOME MATCH - INCLUDING TICKETS

Would be great if as many people as possible can use their own social media pages to spread the word this evening.

If you're lazy you can copy and paste this for Twitter:

Help #GTFC achieve #operationpromotion Grab signed shirts and other great rewards at http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

I did the lazy option.

Great new reward.

Courtesy of Steels you can enjoy fish and chips with Paul Hurst and Chris Doig and talk about whatever you like! Only 6 places available for this once in a lifetime opportunity!

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

(Best Father's Day gift ever if you ask me...)

Quoted from bax

Great new reward.

Courtesy of Steels you can enjoy fish and chips with Paul Hurst and Chris Doig and talk about whatever you like! Only 6 places available for this once in a lifetime opportunity!

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

(Best Father's Day gift ever if you ask me...)

Just parted with another £50!!!!!

Hope Doigy doesn't pinch my chips!!!

Brilliant new reward Bax.  Well done to all involved.  If I lived locally I'd be all over it.

UTM

Quoted from Devonmatt

Brilliant new reward Bax.  Well done to all involved.  If I lived locally I'd be all over it.

UTM

This is all down to Steels and to Paul & Chris for going for it!

This is exactly the kind of thing that the media should be picking up and commenting on.  Fish and chip supper with PH and CD..........priceless!!!  If other local corporates get involved in similar partnerships the mind boggles as to what you might be able to raise.

Again, well done to all involved.

UTM

Quoted from BIGChris

Just parted with another £50!!!!!

Hope Doigy doesn't pinch my chips!!!

I might though Chris.  ;)

Quoted from Devonmatt

This is exactly the kind of thing that the media should be picking up and commenting on.  Fish and chip supper with PH and CD..........priceless!!!  If other local corporates get involved in similar partnerships the mind boggles as to what you might be able to raise.

Again, well done to all involved.

UTM

We've still got LOADS of stuff to come, don't worry!

To say people are working their socks off behind the scenes would be an understatement.

Quoted from bax

We've still got LOADS of stuff to come, don't worry!

To say people are working their socks off behind the scenes would be an understatement.

Well don Bax and all behind the scenes,

I have been away and I have missed watching the total go up every hour,

Have we got to £250,000 yet ?  ;)

Quoted from grimsby pete

Well don Bax and all behind the scenes,

I have been away and I have missed watching the total go up every hour,

Have we got to £250,000 yet ?  ;)

We'll have enough to buy Lionel Messi's big toe soon.  :)

Quoted from Les Brechin

We'll have enough to buy Lionel Messi's big toe NAIL soon.  :)

Amended for you Les

And I think you and all those involved deserve medals, hope you get them along with the town players at the end of the season when we finish top. :)

We're £145 from reaching £46k. If someone buys one of the signed shirts before 11pm I'll chuck the final £20 in to get us there!

Brilliant stuff Bax.

This is beyond amazing, there isn't a word I can think of that describes how truly amazing this #OperationPromotion is.

I actually can't wait till next pay day, to donate again. I wish I could donate more though.

bighorses

Impressive effort that is, you seem to have captured people's imaginations with this.

Quoted from Helgy

Impressive effort that is, you seem to have captured people's imaginations with this.

Excellent Helgy, look forward to your pledge.

Quoted from Helgy

Impressive effort that is, you seem to have captured people's imaginations with this.

Wish it would capture Paul hurst  imagination!

Quoted from forza ivano

Wish it would capture Paul hurst  imagination!

Believe me, if he's willing to give up his own time to eat fish and chips with supporters for the cause (and other stuff still to come) I think it's safe to say it's caught his imagination!

NEW REWARDS

LJL's blue away shirt from last season - £50
Christian Jolley's blue away shirt from last season - £50

Tickets to our end of Budget Boost bash on 25 July in McMenemys. Final chance to fundraise with auction, beer, raffle, beer, DJ, beer and some more beer. GTFC shirts encouraged. £5 a ticket!

Quoted from bax

NEW REWARDS

LJL's blue away shirt from last season - £50
Christian Jolley's blue away shirt from last season - £50

Tickets to our end of Budget Boost bash on 25 July in McMenemys. Final chance to fundraise with auction, beer, raffle, beer, DJ, beer and some more beer. GTFC shirts encouraged. £5 a ticket!

Why have we put a limit on the time Bax ?

Surely we can raise money to at least the transfer deadline in January/

Just a thought/

Several reasons - there are other things we can do throughout the season to encourage fans/players/club. Operation Promotion isn;t all about money.

Bax you and others involved are doing a great job in this initiative. Keep it going (100)(groupwave)

Another £200 transferred from the sweepstake on the England game tomorrow. Another £250 if the game finishes goalless.

Quoted from Les Brechin

Another £200 transferred from the sweepstake on the England game tomorrow. Another £250 if the game finishes goalless.

Ahh now that's a double edge!  >:(

The Jolley, LJL and Nathan Arnold blue shirts have all gone.

Still have a Danny East signed home shirt and Nathan Arnold's signed red shirt available! Would be great to get past £47k today.

Just as an aside here, my best friends 7-year old lad Adam is the kid who donated some of his pocket money,

I've just had a text from his Mum, They also have a 5-year old girl called Lauren.

Lauren - "Mummy, mummy, Adam just said a naughty word
Mummy - What did he say?
Lauren - He said urine Mummy, he said "We urine on your fish"

;D  ;D  ;D

Quoted from Les Brechin

Just as an aside here, my best friends 7-year old lad Adam is the kid who donated some of his pocket money,

I've just had a text from his Mum, They also have a 5-year old girl called Lauren.

Lauren - "Mummy, mummy, Adam just said a naughty word
Mummy - What did he say?
Lauren - He said urine Mummy, he said "We urine on your fish"

;D  ;D  ;D

How about a swear box in that house? Could raise a few more quid..

£47,000 down!

Just gently easing this back into view  :)

Happy to see it bumped :)

Quite like the Lincoln idea of Director for the day at an away game, travel on team coach & hospitality at the game. For a £250 pledge.

I'm sure they won't mind us 'borrowing' that idea.

Quoted from Trawler

Happy to see it bumped :)

Quite like the Lincoln idea of Director for the day at an away game, travel on team coach & hospitality at the game. For a £250 pledge.

I'm sure they won't mind us 'borrowing' that idea.

We need a chairman!

Chairman for the day - deconstruct a few flags, find another potential site for GTFC stadium and call in to Radio Humberside to put your own point of view for a £500 pledge?

Quoted from Trawler

Chairman for the day - deconstruct a few flags, find another potential site for GTFC stadium and call in to Radio Humberside to put your own point of view for a £500 pledge?

Throw in some tie-wiggling and you have got yourself a deal.

Bax - When are the FISH T-Shirts back in, in new colours I'm told. I want one for me hollibobs?

Quoted from ivanosandwich

Bax - When are the FISH T-Shirts back in, in new colours I'm told. I want one for me hollibobs?

When are you going?

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Throw in some tie-wiggling and you have got yourself a deal.

And a Broken chair.

Looks like we'll have to raise another £50k then...

How much is Bogle's shirt going for? ;)

Rumour going around is that the club wont announce the Bogle signing until we hit 50k. Quick, lets all stick an extra tenner in!

Quoted from BIGChris

How much is Bogle's shirt going for? ;)

Wait, Bogle's signing??!!   ;)

50k by tomorrow? Come on the trust. Lets seize this opportunity to make a real surge. UTM

Quoted from bax

When are you going?

Not until after it's finished so no rush.

I came on here to tell you we were putting Omar Bogle's shirt up for £200 but it sold in less than 30 seconds!

Bax that's great maybe get another one and add £200 onto it 😉 surly with all the buzz it's a well worth a punt and how about getting one fully signed shirt and make a competition with the club so every season ticket holder enters the draw free.... And get local business to sponsor some prizes for a huge draw this will surely help to sell even more St. Just a though I know slightly of topic but could be worth looking at.

Also another small but worthy donation Friday from me 😎

Utm

Just added another £20 to the pot,

More to come later.

£48k mark now passed, with les' input and the collections must be getting close to the £49k already

Just an idea that would not cost the club a penny but why not, for a ledge of course, offer fans the chance to join in pre season and train in a session with the players ending in a game of 5  a side with our heroes. Would easily be worth a donation.

Quoted from northbankmariner

Just an idea that would not cost the club a penny but why not, for a ledge of course, offer fans the chance to join in pre season and train in a session with the players ending in a game of 5  a side with our heroes. Would easily be worth a donation.

We still have six weeks to go...don't panic!

Just a heads up that we have another Omar Bogle signed shirt, this time a blue away shirt, which will also be framed, going up on the Crowdfunder page later this evening. All being well it will go up after 8pm.

I've just added a few more brilliant Father's Day gifts. The Grimsby Telegraph has very generously donated some personalised back pages. You can become the story and have your own personalised story on the back page.

For £15 you receive an A3 PDF catered directly to tell your story, based on:

* New manager appointment
* New signing
* Keeper penalty hero
* Hat trick hero

Each is limited to 5 - available now from http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Bax: can you confirm what is included in the hospitality packages please? It said "boardroom" hospitality so a look on Town's OS page has a "VIP" package including tour etc. Is this the one we get?

Quoted from forza ivano

£48k mark now passed, with les' input and the collections must be getting close to the £49k already

£425 raised from the 2 sweeps which was transferred straight into the trust's bank account. Not down to me though, that was down to the posters on here and friends that entered the 2 competitions.

I will be starting to take entries soon for the first buster of the new season so that we can raise as much as we can before the deadline.

Quoted from Les Brechin

£425 raised from the 2 sweeps which was transferred straight into the trust's bank account. Not down to me though, that was down to the posters on here and friends that entered the 2 competitions.

I will be starting to take entries soon for the first buster of the new season so that we can raise as much as we can before the deadline.

Good on you Les

Quoted from LH

Bax: can you confirm what is included in the hospitality packages please? It said "boardroom" hospitality so a look on Town's OS page has a "VIP" package including tour etc. Is this the one we get?

If you email enquiries@marinerstrust.co.uk one of the members of the Board (who will be hosting the event) will be able to reply in detail.

Quoted from northbankmariner

Just an idea that would not cost the club a penny but why not, for a ledge of course, offer fans the chance to join in pre season and train in a session with the players ending in a game of 5  a side with our heroes. Would easily be worth a donation.

Good idea as long as our fans do not cripple our star striker. ;D

made a pledge to see Lloyd Griffith after watching this....

Quoted from moss_side_mariner

made a pledge to see Lloyd Griffith after watching this....

Just made my mind up to pledge for that reward too. Awesome.  8)

I thought I'd noticed a few more tickets purchased tonight!

he's got to do the standup in the blue cassock now!

Quoted from bax

Just a heads up that we have another Omar Bogle signed shirt, this time a blue away shirt, which will also be framed, going up on the Crowdfunder page later this evening. All being well it will go up after 8pm.

I've just added a few more brilliant Father's Day gifts. The Grimsby Telegraph has very generously donated some personalised back pages. You can become the story and have your own personalised story on the back page.

For £15 you receive an A3 PDF catered directly to tell your story, based on:

* New manager appointment
* New signing
* Keeper penalty hero
* Hat trick hero

Each is limited to 5 - available now from http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc

Has Bogle's  away shirt been put on yet Bax ?

Yes the Bogle shirt is still available.

Got paid on Monday - so I've now contributed + joined The Mariners Trust.

Onwards & upwards!

Spot on peeler_crab!

The Bogle shirt has gone and we're approx £70 away from £49,000.

Quoted from bax

Spot on peeler_crab!

The Bogle shirt has gone and we're approx £70 away from £49,000.

I never thought we would get to £50k this week as I keep thinking its going to slow down but now it looks almost certain that we will.  Can see us hitting £100k in total (including the other £25k).

We will hit £50k tomorrow, guaranteed!

Quoted from bax

We will hit £50k tomorrow, guaranteed!

I'll go with that.

There will inevitably be slower periods, but I also suspect there will be a last day surge too, at least I hope there will.

Quoted from MeanwoodMariner

There will inevitably be slower periods, but I also suspect there will be a last day surge too, at least I hope there will.

Agree , we had a wonderful 1st day,

Lets hope the last day comes close.

Lets all put our odd pound coins away from now to then and donate them on the last day,

1,000 X  £30 =  £30,000  8)

More to come from me when I get back from holiday. I'm sure others will add to the pot over the next month.

Yeah pretty much waiting for payday now as this launched when I was on holiday :)

£49K achieved and nearly 1300 backers - still only 1 in 3 of the average home crowd

I wonder if Sacha Baron Cohen is planning on paying reparations?

Quoted from Dan

I wonder if Sacha Baron Cohen is planning on paying reparations?

tried that one problem is he's not on twitter!

Quoted from Dan

I wonder if Sacha Baron Cohen is planning on paying reparations?

maybe we should email these guys

https://wikileaks.org/sony/emails/emailid/198946

Somebody should ask David Ross if he can find a few quid for his home town team,

Quoted from forza ivano

£49K achieved and nearly 1300 backers - still only 1 in 3 of the average home crowd

As I mentioned before though, how many of our average gate are under-16. My friends 7-year old donated £2 of his pocket money but that only shows as one donation as it was in the total that his Dad donated. I'm sure there will be quite a lot of under-16's who have donated within a parents pledge.

Quoted from bax

We will hit £50k tomorrow, guaranteed!

Sounds like you might have something planned for tomorrow?

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

Sounds like you might have something planned for tomorrow?

I have heard they are putting  Bogles signed underpants on for £150  ;)

Is a certain Mr H Haddock making an appearance on the rewards tomorrow perhaps?

Quoted from LH

Is a certain Mr H Haddock making an appearance on the rewards tomorrow perhaps?

Can neither  confirm nor deny .. All I can tell you is that Harry is a Haddock and not another type of fish

1300 backers and 800 posts as well

bighorses

Be interesting to see exactly  what Tranmeres  financial situation is and likewise other promotion hopefuls in this league

Better get polishing that Klaxon...the £50k is rapidly approaching!! UTM

If you are wanting to buy multiple Harry's there is the option to purchase 5 in 1 transaction which I missed so completing Paypal got fairly repetitive!

Hopefully we have an away game fairly close by a week or so after the Harrys are sent out. It's a shame we've lost Alfreton because 1500 Harrys on that terrace would have been a sight!

I haven't donated on the website but have joined competitions, put money into the club shop and will continue doing things such as that. Just because it only shows 1800 odd people have contributed it doesn't mean thats the total figure.

I'll be buying atleast 1 harry haddock, some more tshirts (if they'll send them through the post) and entering more competitions.

Quoted from LH

Hopefully we have an away game fairly close by a week or so after the Harrys are sent out. It's a shame we've lost Alfreton because 1500 Harrys on that terrace would have been a sight!

Our identity and a proud and a amusing one at that

Quoted from lukeo

I haven't donated on the website but have joined competitions, put money into the club shop and will continue doing things such as that. Just because it only shows 1800 odd people have contributed it doesn't mean thats the total figure.

I'll be buying atleast 1 harry haddock, some more tshirts (if they'll send them through the post) and entering more competitions.

Yes we will be posting! We hope some people will collect to help save on cost. But we know some are exiles and they will have stuff posted out.

That's Harry sorted.

Just incase people aren't aware...




The Mariners Trust is bringing back Harry as part of Operation Promotion. You can buy now via http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/gtfc They are £10 each or 5 for £50. You can pledge more if you wish.

Thanks to Histon Mariners and in2wrk.com for donating four-figure sums each to get this off the ground!

I don't think the dictionary contains the words to describe how amazing the Operation Promotion campaign has been. Those words just haven't been invented yet.

Fantastic effort on behalf of both the organisers and the supporters.

Well done everyone.

I was wondering if the Mighty Mariner ought to have a life sized Harry the Haddock to accompany him.

Whizzed past 50k. Haddock power.

First home game of the season, the mass return of Harry?

Quoted from GtfcGarner

First home game of the season, the mass return of Harry?

Accompanied with all 4 stands chanting Harry is back Harry is back ello ;D

Quoted from GtfcGarner

First home game of the season, the mass return of Harry?

Unfortunately they take 12 weeks to make as we have to get them made in China. We're hoping to have them early October.

Just a suggestion Bax, I know people will take them with them ect but maybe a allocated game home/away for the return of H.H?

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Just a suggestion Bax, I know people will take them with them ect but maybe a allocated game home/away for the return of H.H?

That's already the plan.

Quoted from GtfcGarner

Just a suggestion Bax, I know people will take them with them ect but maybe a allocated game home/away for the return of H.H?

That's already the plan - once the Conference pull their fingers out and give us fixtures and then we know when we will definitely have them back, we'll allocate specific home and away games!

Was hoping the designated away game could be FGR but actually as that is a difficult one to get to from everywhere in the country maybe a nice midlands game would be better for a designated return of Harry, obviously depends on fixtures but I suppose a standout choice for high attendence and lots of Harrys could be Lincoln

Guiseley away would be good I reckon if it's around the time the Harry's arrive.

Not too far away and I'm sure we'll take a few more than normal with it being a new ground for almost everyone.

Just looking at the website, should there be another "clap" on the Fish T shirt, and does the "steaming in" T shirt glorify football violence?

Quoted from arryarryarry

Just looking at the website, should there be another "clap" on the Fish T shirt, and does the "steaming in" T shirt glorify football violence?

no. and no.

£52,000 down.

Add £25,000 to that total and we've raised £77,000.

In less than 3 weeks.

Would hope we reach 100k now!

A big ask, but knowing the Mariners fans, possible. 💷💷💷👍

Quoted from bax

no. and no.

When we were doing the fish chant I would suggest there should be 5 claps in the third row, and do you know what the term "steaming in" means?

Quoted from arryarryarry

When we were doing the fish chant I would suggest there should be 5 claps in the third row, and do you know what the term "steaming in" means?

After widespread consultation (and listening back to the crowd at Wembley) there are 6 claps and then 'fish'.

And yes, I am fully aware what "steaming in" means and I don't believe it glorifies football violence. There are kids who sing that song who weren't born when it originated. It doesn't have the same connotations it did 20 or 30 years ago.