Supporters Bar ?

[Eastside Urchin]

Taken from the England v Italy thread

 

One solution,which i have had in my head for years is a seperate bar for Supporters to congregate in after matches,weekends and evenings

A Sports Bar,with a membership policy outside of match days with a pool table,darts,fruit machines,sky tv etc etc,big enough to hold all those mentioned but open daily,subsidised by the membership and any profit from Beer,food,pool etc etc.

Problem is,it would not be cheap to get up and running and where would we put it,there is some space around the ground,next to existing clubhouse,in the Corner of the Car Park etc,perhaps this is something the club could look at,however pie in the sky it may seem,it could be a long term goal of the clubs fans to raise money for such a thing through events etc.If done correctly i think it could be a little gold mine,especially as the only place to watch football in upminster is the yeoman

Edited June 22, 2012 by Eastside Urchin

[Eastside Urchin]

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Nice thought about a sports bar but not sure it would attract enough punters with no game on

[Eastside Urchin]

I disagree,once it was known to be a good venue,i believe locals would come.

Its like when we started opening the clubhouse for games,it was always going to be slow to start with.

In the old days we had a bar that was always open,you would be surprised by the amount of people who came down,they knew they could get a nice pint,have a game of darts,pool etc in a relaxed atmosphere.

The idea is not to start off expecting hundreds through and just to make sure you are not running at a loss

You could run it partly with volunteers from the club/Supporters Association and have paid staff when you ascertain the busier periods.

Its completely doable and would solve the problem of where to go after the game.

Farnboroughs bar would be a benchmark,the local community apparantly flock there on non matchdays and would increase the profile of the club ten fold

Easy to scoff at but we are a Conference South Club and i believe although this is ambitious and not easy,it is something we should seriously be looking at if we are serious about maintaining a connie south profile or going higher

[paokman]

Can you drag over my subsequentl comment. Reckon you know better than me

[Eastside Urchin]

Its just an idea but sometimes you have to take a chance and think big to make everyone happy.

Someone has offered us a pool table for £300,coin operated

[kimbles left foot]

I think we will see a big difference this season with the facilities blue sq clubs have - we will get there, we just have to keep doing what we are doing.

A decent cup run would definitely help the coffers

[Eastside Urchin]

Agreed,don't stop us having plans,ideas etc.

[SEVEN TEARS BOY]

Yes I always thought a supporters' bar would be good, even ESL Burnham have a fans' bar and another one for functions, has to be the way

[Hornchurch "O"]

I'll buy the table for £250.

[urchinman1961]

Nofor a fact east Thurrock fc is open from 11 in the morning till late and by all accounts a little goldmine if they can do it surely a bigger club like ours could I don't know the circumstances how they do it just know it does

[Eastside Urchin]

I think that once the local population know they have a cracking little place to watch football,they will come in their droves.

I picked up Mr Mcbride from gatwick earlier this morning,he seemed to like the idea

[Hornchurch "O"]

My offer still Stands

[Eastside Urchin]

Cheers O

I spoke to Ken briefly about this sunday

He seemed to also like the idea although logistically it could be a challenge where to put it although the idea of putting it in the corner of the car park next to the changing rooms with the councils permission was a suggestion,another problem which would need to be solved would be a licence,if a seperate one was to be needed