Match Programmes

[longfordjames]

What clubs use all colour programmes?
What price is your clubs?
Do many buy it?
How many pages is in it?

[Umberside]

Cork City Football Club:

All Colour Programme
4 euro
About 60 pages
Almost everyone who enters the ground buys it. An average of maybe about 3,000 sold per game.

[LeixlipRed]

Almost everyone who enters the ground buys it. An average of maybe about 3,000 sold per game.

:eek: Is that true?

[Dodge]

Without checking Cork's figures.... No, its not true. When I bought one last week I was just about the only one Im not saying they don't sell well but if they sell 1,000 I'd be amazed

Pats do full colour, Sligo don't. Both charge €3

[GlasnevinRed]

Shels do full colour as well. €3.

[holidaysong]

Dundalk FC - Full colour, 48 pages - €4.

[thischarmingman]

Programme I got at Athlone Town last year was one of the worst I've ever had the misfortune to buy. It had about 20 pages and on the whole of those pages there was 2, maybe 3 articles. Every page was just adverts.

[Sam_Heggy]

Harps normally have full colour but this season the club decided to go with half b&w and half colour. Its about 30 pages this season and still €3 each.

Still a very good read and well put together by our editor Joe Doherty.

[dublinwanderer]

Bray's is full colour and i think is €3...

[fionnsci]

Pat's' is full colour and costs €2 but was free until the summer. Good read.

[longfordjames]

pat's' is full colour and costs €2 but was free until the summer. Good read.

dodge says £3

[holidaysong]

dodge says £3

That's just when Derry City visit.




:o

[Dodge]

Its definitely €3. The Galway game was 30 pages. Its pretty decent. Sligo's one has a bit of reading in it but the design is poor enough

Cork's is excellent.

[longfordjames]

Programme I got at Athlone Town last year was one of the worst I've ever had the misfortune to buy. It had about 20 pages and on the whole of those pages there was 2, maybe 3 articles. Every page was just adverts.


Price?Full colour?

[pineapple stu]

The Galway game was 30 pages.
That's impressive. :p

Ours is E2, not full colour. 24 pages, give or take (as in, sometimes 20, sometimes 28).

[iceman]

sometimes 20, sometimes 28
Thats their sales figures:D

[Iorfa2MaccaJim]

Waterford United produce a full colour programme, with all the usuals, Board/Committee Notes, Managers Notes, Away Team Info.
There are some very good articles in there too. Local writer Brian Kennedy takes a look back at some past games, there is a stats section. All you need for our next away game. And of course a team sheet.
And much, much more !

And all for € 3. What a bargain.

[John83]

Thats their sales figures:D
Wow. People estimate our crowds better than that. :p

I think the old rule of thumb is that programme sales are roughly 1/4 of the attendance. That's probably not a bad estimate for clubs in general.

Now that I think of it, that suggests 40 for the Monaghan game. Yikes.

[Martinho II]

What clubs use all colour programmes?
What price is your clubs?
Do many buy it?
How many pages is in it?


ours is black and white
three euros
not much theres always a lot of stock
24 pages

[Battery Rover]

What clubs use all colour programmes? Used to be colour now in Black and White as colour cost more to print than we sold it for

What price is your clubs? €3

Do many buy it? Sold out last week 20 minutes before game but only had 130 copies for sale.

How many pages is in it? 28 at present going to 32 in a few weeks

[pineapple stu]

Didn't see the "Do many buy it" question. We've been selling to 1/3rd of the crowd in the first two games. Was maybe 1 in 4 or 1 in 5 last year.

[seand]

Programme I got at Athlone Town last year was one of the worst I've ever had the misfortune to buy. It had about 20 pages and on the whole of those pages there was 2, maybe 3 articles. Every page was just adverts.

You were never in Kilkenny then I presume!

[seand]

Regarding 'do many buy it'... about 1 in 4 at Dundalk, would be surprised if any club with crowds over 1K were selling to more than 1 in 3.

[gspain]

1 in 3 is the normal rule of thumb for programmes sales. However it is much more for bigger games. Shamrock Rovers sold all 2,000 programmes for the first match at Tallaght and sold out quite early. The attendance was 3,500.

The quality of the programme will make a difference to sales too.

[Umberside]

Without checking Cork's figures.... No, its not true. When I bought one last week I was just about the only one Im not saying they don't sell well but if they sell 1,000 I'd be amazed

Pats do full colour, Sligo don't. Both charge €3

You would have been sitting in the away end. I was sitting in the Donie Forde Stand and all the people around me had a programme, some had two.

[Battery Rover]

If anyone would like to download the PDF of our match programme from the match against Kildare it is available here (http://rapidshare.com/files/212612321/ATHLONE_v_Kildare_14_03_09.pdf) It is a colour version of our black and white print

[Dodge]

You would have been sitting in the away end. I was sitting in the Donie Forde Stand and all the people around me had a programme, some had two.

And I bought the programme beside the entrance that Cork fans use.

There's absolutely no way that Cork sell 3,000 programmes in a crowd of 3,500

None whatsoever

[Umberside]

And I bought the programme beside the entrance that Cork fans use.

There's absolutely no way that Cork sell 3,000 programmes in a crowd of 3,500

None whatsoever

Did you buy it near the pub?

[OneRedArmy]

And I bought the programme beside the entrance that Cork fans use.

There's absolutely no way that Cork sell 3,000 programmes in a crowd of 3,500

None whatsoeverFor comparison, I understand Derry sell around 500 hundred programmes with an average crowd of 2-2.5k.

Those Cork people sure like to read....or look at pictures.

[Umberside]

Yeah Cork is the biggest reading county in Ireland.:D

[John83]

Yeah Cork is the biggest reading county in Ireland.:D
You langers are selling Harry Potter and the Match Programme without paying royalties again, aren't you? ;)

[Enruoblehs]

Shels do full colour as well. €3.

Full Colour
€3
32 pages
Sales average 1 in 3 plus.

[KevB76]

What clubs use all colour programmes?
What price is your clubs?
Do many buy it?
How many pages is in it?

Limerick program is all colour
Price €3
I beleive theres 200 copies printed for most matches (maybe Redron could confirm?)
Pages about 24 I think

[thischarmingman]

Price?Full colour?

No idea, this was back in October or November. Still have the it but at home i Derry. It was a very enjoyable game though (v Monaghan). :D

[DeNiro]

Waterford United produce a full colour programme, with all the usuals, Board/Committee Notes, Managers Notes, Away Team Info.
There are some very good articles in there too. Local writer Brian Kennedy takes a look back at some past games, there is a stats section. All you need for our next away game. And of course a team sheet.
And much, much more !

And all for € 3. What a bargain.

It wasn't full colour for the Sporting Fingal game and the pen pics are in colour either. It was just the cover that was colour from what I remember!

[atfconline]

No idea, this was back in October or November. Still have the it but at home i Derry. It was a very enjoyable game though (v Monaghan). :D

Oh yes, there was a bit of incident in that game alright! :D

[A face]

And I bought the programme beside the entrance that Cork fans use.

There's absolutely no way that Cork sell 3,000 programmes in a crowd of 3,500

None whatsoever

Not 3000 but the numbers are good. Remember that Citys programme has been great for the last 6-7 years and built up a regular number of buyers. Loads of reading so its well worth it. Better than some magazines imo.

[longfordjames]

BTW do many clubs sell back issues in the club shop?Good for fans who may miss a game

[Dodge]

Not 3000 but the numbers are good. Remember that Citys programme has been great for the last 6-7 years and built up a regular number of buyers. Loads of reading so its well worth it. Better than some magazines imo.

No doubt at all Cork's is the best BUT I'd still thnk the figure who buy is about 1/3 of the crowd

Pats do seel back issue of programmes (and try and buy some from away games for those who can't make it)

[Martinho II]

BTW do many clubs sell back issues in the club shop?Good for fans who may miss a game


a lot of the dublin clubs would longfordjames thats how i added to my program collection.finn harps are also excellent for back issues of match programs

[stamullendrog]

drogs is full colour probably somewhere between the 10 -20 page mark.not a lot of ad's in it this year,which isnt a bad thing imo.costs 2 euro

[blue til i die]

It wasn't full colour for the Sporting Fingal game and the pen pics are in colour either. It was just the cover that was colour from what I remember!

I'm pretty sure our one is half colour. All the pen pics and that are now colour, pictures,cover,ads etc. i think we've 2 outside club contributors who write articles for every match too, the rest is club notes, board notes, manager notes, supporters clubs, opposition team, next match directions, local FAI notes.

[DmanDmythDledge]

No doubt at all Cork's is the best...
From the programmes I've seen from Dundalk and Cork Dundalk's is far better.*

*than any other programme in the league as well for that matter

[Dodge]

Fair ebough, haven't seen Dundalk's in years. Never really consider the first division (and yeah I know, I know...)

[stann]

I'm pretty sure our one is half colour. All the pen pics and that are now colour, pictures,cover,ads etc. i think we've 2 outside club contributors who write articles for every match too, the rest is club notes, board notes, manager notes, supporters clubs, opposition team, next match directions, local FAI notes.

You're right, ours is half colour. 28 pages A5. The lay-out has been altered a bit to make better use of the coloured pages, as with the pen pics as you say.
There are three outside contributors (one uncredited ;) ).
They are always looking for more too.

[MeathDrog]

Drogs one is the best value at €2.

[Battery Rover]

Programme sold out the last two games so for anyone who didnt receive it here are two free downloads.

This will be a subscription based service from the Longford EA Sports Cup game on.

Athlone Town vs Waterford United programme download

http://rapidshare.com/files/218444415/ATHLONE_v_Waterford29_03_09.pdf


Athlone Town vs Wexford programme download

http://rapidshare.com/files/218444416/ATHLONE_v_Wexford04_04_09.pdf

[Dunny]

Dundalk's priced at €4.

Preview (http://www.dundalkfc.com/dfcmagazine.asp)

[El-Pietro]

a lot of the dublin clubs would longfordjames thats how i added to my program collection.finn harps are also excellent for back issues of match programs
cork city have plenty of back issues in the club shop in town

[HulaHoop]

Dundalk's program is fantastic best I've seen in years