Hull City owners to take majority stake in Dundalk?

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Originally Posted by Shearer

Not suggesting anything untoward but looks like Dundalk are stepping away from online/card purchases for today's game.
Don't understand no programme as it's a good money spinner regardless of what people say.

- Dundalk's bar is definitely cash only.
- Match tickets not available online, seems to be at the ground (and presumably cash) only.
- No match programme printed.

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Cash sales only IN BAR - busy matchday bar enviroment,card sales can take up to a minute to process. absolute pain

Tix sales cash only,as explained .

Dundalk award winning matchday programme - sad to see it go but obv the club were supplementing to some extent and with costs being cut was one of the 1st items to feel the axe when JT took over. Will be back next season abs no doubt and some very determined people behind it to make sure that happens put probably with a smaller print run.

Like a lot of things a programme involves spending money to make money, and that advance mighn't have been available even if there is a predictable higher return.

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Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

Cash sales only IN BAR - busy matchday bar enviroment,card sales can take up to a minute to process. absolute pain

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Unless they're still using dial-up I can't see that being a problem.

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Originally Posted by ToberonaTornado

Dundalk award winning matchday programme - sad to see it go but obv the club were supplementing to some extent and with costs being cut was one of the 1st items to feel the axe when JT took over. Will be back next season abs no doubt and some very determined people behind it to make sure that happens put probably with a smaller print run.

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Sorry to see the programme go, at least there's a genuine reason for letting it happen unlike some of the mealy-mouthed excuses other clubs have given for discontinuing.

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Originally Posted by Shearer

Sorry to see the programme go, at least there's a genuine reason for letting it happen unlike some of the mealy-mouthed excuses other clubs have given for discontinuing.

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Not esp Dundalk-related, but I can never understand how you couldn't at least break even on selling programmes i.e. volunteers providing content and actually selling them vs advertising + cover price revenue.

Perhaps Dundalk owe the present printers money which they can't/won't pay, while word of this has got round other local printers?

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Originally Posted by EalingGreen

Not esp Dundalk-related, but I can never understand how you couldn't at least break even on selling programmes i.e. volunteers providing content and actually selling them vs advertising + cover price revenue.

Perhaps Dundalk owe the present printers money which they can't/won't pay, while word of this has got round other local printers?

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Suppose it depends on who you get to sponsor it, but I know that Derry's printed programme costs are more than covered by advertising. Online sales would be more profitable again.

UCD don't have any programme-specific ads and still make a few quid off ours in the First Division.

You definitely won't lose money on a couple of hundred sales for a match against Rovers. (Or shouldn't, at least)

I think its a PD requirement for licensing to have as min printed programme or at least online, which Dundalk did for free last few games.

Still think very disappointing no printed programme final 3 games, would think its obv due to printer credit, but I am not sure.

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Originally Posted by pineapple stu

UCD don't have any programme-specific ads and still make a few quid off ours in the First Division.

You definitely won't lose money on a couple of hundred sales for a match against Rovers. (Or shouldn't, at least)

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I know UCD have gone to Bi-Monthly now they are in the 1st Division but as an avid match day programme buyer, it’s good to still see one being produced and to hear it is making a few quid. Must say it is a decent quality production too.

Ive never bothered with online versions. HT/FT read at the game and then the next day there was always reading left. Its not old fashioned not to be fussed on online editions I think, well maybe it is when you could use your phone!? But it's always a shame when programmes go. Ive wondered if the Dundalk programme wasnt presented specifically as a matchday programme and had spot in local newsagents whether it could it have generated wider sales. It certainly was good enough. Ive had a few in the UK with me after being home and they were picked up by curious English club fans at work and they were still reading an hour later. One occasion a colleague turned and said 'Did you know Dundalk played Ajax in Europe?' I was yes I was at the game and shaking his head his reply was 'F*cking mental!'. I told him after about Athlone v AC Milan in the mud of St Mels among others and he really was WTF). Silly story but he seemed to appreciate these wee things more than Irish football fans, indeed Dundalk people too!!

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Originally Posted by joey B

I’d say not selling tickets online is stop Rovers fans buying for the home end ….

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I've been to a couple of Dundalk home games this year and was "invited" to buy tickets for the Rovers game. Shout out to the T/O for resending me the tickets when i lost the email on the night of the game.

SNAFU https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law...over-property/

The fact that the property is on Hoey's Lane just adds a lovely little touch to that story.

Johnny No Bobs?

https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/time-...e-pushed-back/

According to the article on LMFM...

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Dundalk have been tittered on the edge of extinction

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Not sure if the hack means licencing is a laughing matter or clubs are laughing at Dundalk's woes. Maybe it's an obscure bust joke.

Or maybe the poor boob just can't spell.

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Originally Posted by redarmyfaction

https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/time-...e-pushed-back/

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Surely the whole point of licensing is to prove your professional and ability to meet requirements on time? Does pushing the deadline, for any club, not just Craptown, fly in the face of that?

I'd have thought punishment rather than changing the expectations would be the response from the League here??

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Originally Posted by FabioMane19

Surely the whole point of licensing is to prove your professional and ability to meet requirements on time? Does pushing the deadline, for any club, not just Craptown, fly in the face of that?

I'd have thought punishment rather than changing the expectations would be the response from the League here??

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I suppose it does so fair point Declan. As United Park fails many Premier Licensing requirements, derrogations should cease and relegation imposed!

Seriously though, licencing should be a tick box exercise, pass or fail. To apply things to the letter well we could have had a 22 teams 1st Division at times. Its impractical to be absolute yet it encourages things around infrastructure not being done. So is Licencing a load of ******, well not entirely but.....

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Originally Posted by FabioMane19

Surely the whole point of licensing is to prove your professional and ability to meet requirements on time? Does pushing the deadline, for any club, not just Craptown, fly in the face of that?

I'd have thought punishment rather than changing the expectations would be the response from the League here??

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Good man Fabio, the big fella after Drogs first major trophy in 17 years. You weren't too far off removed from the PD around 2008, owed 500K to Revenue, also 10k to Bohs for rent of Dalymount for Euro games and entered examinership.

The punishment you refer to here, you may have forgotten you got off very lightly and it was 'changing the expectations' you avoided the relegation that Shels and Derry faced around same era.

https://www.lmfm.ie/news/sport/gartl...dyqTMZQsTrwaqA

Brian Gartland took and won an unfair dismissal case against Dundalk ,awarded 53000 euro, compensation of 4 weeks' salary for his terms of employment being breached, as well as just over €8,000 in outstanding wages.…

Ruling ....https://www.workplacerelations.ie/en...-00052398.html