supporters club

[brokenstar]

I personally think that the matches in around Dublin, the likes of Shelbourne, Kildare, Kilkenny, Athlone and the like will draw the most interest as people are familiar with these places and they are relatively close by. Shelbourne will probably have the biggest interest as it's our only match in Dublin city so alot of people would look to travel early and make a day of it. A good few people I have talked to have earmarked this one to travel to and I'm sure there's more out there. It's a good idea Taz. At least giving the option to people will generate interest as not too many would be keen on driving long distances.

The second half of the season would be most realistic alright.

[Ronnie]

Lads, my advice to you would be to start an ad hoc committee, recruit members and then invite the members to a meeting to form a formal committee. Keep the overall objectives fairly simple- in Longford Town that translates as Supporting the Club vocally on the field and financially of it. Incentives for members are a good idea but beware of getting sponsorship that the club might be targetting - eg using a contact to get 500, when the club is pushing them for 5k - it happens!
The Supporters Club in Longford run a discount scheme with businesses in the town for members, don't know if its a mjor selling point anymore, but certainly was in the first years in the Premier and brought the membership to over 200.
From your clubs point of view they would love to be able to budget for a sum of money from the Supporters Club each year, over time thats what they will really need. If the buzz is good do it now. In Longford membership is €20 for adults for the season. I would also say you need about 10 good workers on the committee to make things happen.