Quote ="BackSeatCoach"I think that is your answer. Before kick off and during half time you will find people looking at the top meter maker stats on their mobile.
I used to buy a program to read the CEO's notes and not really much else - it was the only way (even to this day, save for JM's tweets) to get any real time voice out of the club.
And the last time I got a 2 page black and white flyer type thing at a match I was at Runcorn in 1985.'"
The publication is after a very broad church of which stats are just one part. There will be a collectable element to it, historical, current and comment, that can't easily be found elsewhere.
For £1 you can either collect them or just bin them, they will keep you occupied pre match for a good 15 minutes and will. make a great sun shade. However I don't want to undersell it either, it's a professionally produced and printed item with a fair bit of fill colour where appropriate, it's not banged up on some old photocopier, imho it looks really good. I'd show you but in a way that would defeat the object, so unfortunately its a wait and see at the Halifax game, when we do a 200 copy test run.
The aim is to create a souvenir of every home game at as the old programme did but at a very affordable price. You may not be that way inclined, which is fair enough, but many of us of all ages are collectors. I will let a bit go, the centre spread will be an A3 poster for the featured player of the week, it will be heritage numbered with a signing area. Just to make its even more collectable, only 14 players can feature because that's how many home games we have. So the remaining 16 players will be available as a pack at the end of the season for say £3.99 from the shop or on line.
It's that kind of thing. If there is no market for it then it won't go anywhere, but if there is its a nice little earner.