Promoting the club

[Schumi]

Thursday should be OK for me too.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Put your proposals that you make to the club up here please!

[Poor Student]

I think it'll probably be mainly discussing ideas put up here but will post some summary of what went on up for the rest of you.

[Poor Student]

So this is 100% on then? At 7:30? Can anyone tell me where the Montrose is exactly?

[pineapple stu]

Across the road from UCD, over the flyover.

Heading in from Stillorgan, go up the flyover as if going to UCD, then turn right instead of left and the Montrose is ahead of you to your left.

[Poor Student]

For those who weren't there the basic gist of the meeting:
- work on getting foreign lanuage students on campus to the games, get in contact with their supervisors to do this etc.
- work on establishing better links with local underage football clubs to offer free/discount tickets to players, get in contact with their coaches etc.
- canvas on registration day for students handing out flyers with offers of free or discounted tickets for the first two home games of the college year, drop overheads in the projectors before lectures to remind students of games
- get tickets for games sold on campus SU shops, also get some club merchandise sold there too
- see if we can get posters announcing games put up in local shops and possibly local schools
- get family tickets sold at the club, say €30 for 2 adults/2 kids or 1 adult/3 kids
-get in contact with local summer camps and offer day trips to matches with cheap price per head

That cover it I think. Pinapple is going to meet McNally to discuss the ideas and discounts today. Also make sure you are at the Bohs game in Dalymount next week and try to wear the club colours and bring any flags with club colours if you have them. We are gathering in Block B of the Jody Stand. The game is live on TV so we want some good colour.

[CollegeTillIDie]

For those who weren't there the basic gist of the meeting:
- work on getting foreign lanuage students on campus to the games, get in contact with their supervisors to do this etc.
- work on establishing better links with local underage football clubs to offer free/discount tickets to players, get in contact with their coaches etc.
- canvas on registration day for students handing out flyers with offers of free or discounted tickets for the first two home games of the college year, drop overheads in the projectors before lectures to remind students of games
- get tickets for games sold on campus SU shops, also get some club merchandise sold there too
- see if we can get posters announcing games put up in local shops and possibly local schools
- get family tickets sold at the club, say €30 for 2 adults/2 kids or 1 adult/3 kids
-get in contact with local summer camps and offer day trips to matches with cheap price per head

That cover it I think. Pinapple is going to meet McNally to discuss the ideas and discounts today. Also make sure you are at the Bohs game in Dalymount next week and try to wear the club colours and bring any flags with club colours if you have them. We are gathering in Block B of the Jody Stand. The game is live on TV so we want some good colour.

All good initiatives... but don't be too surprised by a less than enthusiastic response from your fellow students when term begins..............

[Bald Student]

don't be too surprised by a less than enthusiastic response from your fellow students when term begins

Don't worry CTID. I might only be a Johnny-Come-Lately but I'm here long enough to not be surprised at that

[Poor Student]

CTID we expect no response so anything is a bonus. We must try anyway. Btw there is an away trip to Cork on Sept 30th. Pinapple said it would be ideal to see if non-regulars would be up for an overnighter in Cork. Anyone have any idea what came of Pinapple's discussion with McNally?

[CollegeTillIDie]

CTID we expect no response so anything is a bonus. We must try anyway. Btw there is an away trip to Cork on Sept 30th. Pinapple said it would be ideal to see if non-regulars would be up for an overnighter in Cork. Anyone have any idea what came of Pinapple's discussion with McNally?

It's too far away to tell if I will be available on September 30th will think about it closer to the time. Was supposed to be going away around then. Looks like I will be here at this point.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Don't worry CTID. I might only be a Johnny-Come-Lately but I'm here long enough to not be surprised at that

You're only Johnny come Lately to foot.ie Bald Student

[Poor Student]

It's too far away to tell if I will be available on September 30th will think about it closer to the time. Was supposed to be going away around then. Looks like I will be here at this point.

Sorry CTID should have made myself a bit clearer. Pinapple had the idea to advertise an overnight trip to Galway (last season I think?) in the college. A few nobodys who possibly have never attended a single game expressed an interest in going but it fell through as something came up for him. By non-regulars I meant at any games. I'm just posting up about the Cork game to see what he thinks about doing it again as it is in the college year.

[Schumi]

Pinapple had the idea to advertise an overnight trip to Galway (last season I think?) in the college.

That was a good few years ago, probably the play-off season (2000/1).

[CollegeTillIDie]

Sorry CTID should have made myself a bit clearer. Pinapple had the idea to advertise an overnight trip to Galway (last season I think?) in the college. A few nobodys who possibly have never attended a single game expressed an interest in going but it fell through as something came up for him. By non-regulars I meant at any games. I'm just posting up about the Cork game to see what he thinks about doing it again as it is in the college year.

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Might be too close to the start of term but worth a try. I am not a regular attender at games outside of Dublin these days...

[pineapple stu]

Anyone have any idea what came of Pinapple's discussion with McNally?

We got a lift home from Derry with Looper Hooper, the team doctor, instead, so no talk held that night. Will try and arrange a meeting on Friday.

Incidentally, I was away for the week on a St John camp with 26 kids aged from 11 to 16. I'd say about one-third of them had been to a UCD game at some stage. I think that's actually a good percentage and it does show at least that we are creating some awareness in the area. One teacher in Hollypark gives out tickets every Friday there's a home game.

[Poor Student]

Pineapple on the foreign student thingy. There is definately potential. In the Bohs game about 30 (or possibly more) Spanish students came in after 20 mins and started cheering for UCD the whole game. Don't know why, cheering for the underdog or doing a course at UCD perhaps? But whatever it was it showed potential, definately something worth following up.

[Bald Student]

the new crest http://www.stigonline.com/crest.bmp

[Poor Student]

For the college itself and the club or just the club? So we're now UCDD or University College Dublin Dublin?

[Aberdonian Stu]

Report in today's indo about it. It's the new crest for everything in the College. Looks a bit like something an IT would have. The name is worthy of mockery, is it UCD, UCDD, or University College double Dublin?

They've also removed the two mottos, Ad Astra and Cothrom na Féine. WHich takes away a bit of the grandeur. Apparently a survey of staff and students said they didn't identify with the old crest...my solution would have been to look at who they were asking not to dump the crest.

I can sense a rant coming so I'd better stop and get back to work.

[Bald Student]

I think it's University College Dublin Dublin NUI Dublin in full.
Still the longest team name in europe.