well I have a pretty good idea but as I remember it facts are a bit sketchy, 3 days after the merger was confirmed we all went to the Charleston Club to hear from two of the Gateshead Directors about the future of the club in my diary I wrote that they definitely mentioned a life time pass for supporters maybe being on the cards but the club back then had to raise some cash quickly. The first day of sales of season tickets was brought forward and around £100,000 worth were sold in the first two days. However it was not all plain sailing as on the Stock Exchange KC shares started to lose value and in Hull, Shane Richardson had to move quickly to quash rumours that the Club was being liquidated.

This was November and was just another rumour borne out of the fact that the first instalment of the £1.25m merger sweetener from the Rugby League would not be forthcoming until 1st January so cash flow was a problem. Again I think there Richo mentioned the lifetime pass as possibly a way of raising some much needed cash flow. As it happened we at the City Council came to the rescue with an advance on the sale of the Stadium and Willie Peters, our talented Australian Scrum Half, was sold to Wigan for an unlikely £100,000 (see I told you he was once useful

) The only other thing I think I remember was Rule alluding to any such passes being rescinded at a fans forum at the start of his 'rule' of terror. I'd be really interested to know if anyone on here bought one or any more information about them.

A reasonable, moderate take as always.

If you pay a 3 year pass over 12 months and the money is spent in 2025, where does the income come from for 2026 and 27? This sounds very iffy

It's not Cust. A domestic prop and outside back (hopefully)

Cust is happening but it’s not been announced yet so must be one of the two signings. New DT article on the membership launch goes into a little bit of detail on the second target and says ‘hard working middle’ as we all expected it would be.
Closest to that would be Bullock maybe? Unless they pull something off left field.

Shouldn't all this player signing talk be on the other thread about signings?

yes preferably, will try and move some of the posts when I get chance

Sorry to cause you more work

I've moved a couple of posts re players/signings etc to the 'DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings' thread as as they were going off the topic a little of the Membership etc. There are still some I've left as they've quoted the membership so wouldn't make sense to people reading once moved.

Please we keep player signings/talk to either of the more relevant threads such as 'DoR - New Coach - Investor & Adam - New signings' or 'Shopping list'. Thanks

Received my 2025 application / begging letter this morning. The only difference between the past six years and this year is that it's now Myler telling us how we will be putting right the wrongs of past years rather than Adam!
Thought there is a heavy emphasis on the 'in any kind of weather' fan loyalty, in particular the little speech on the back of the pamphlet ('It's a big City out there..').

Thought there is a bit of an air of desperation about the 'stick with us' exhortations for the Faithful to renew, maybe a tacit acknowledgment that these past eight months have tried everyone's patience almost to breaking point, even those with decades of commitment behind them, as voiced at length by some posters on here.

For all that, I will be renewing my place, chiefly down to three reasons:
1. It's still relatively cheap for me, and well within my budget, working out at under £20 per game if I attend all 13 .
2. I don't have far to travel, so it's no great imposition for me and it doesn't take a large chunk out of my time on a weekend.
3. It's a fifty year habit that not even the, at times, traumatic afternoons we all had to suffer this year made me consider breaking. I don't know how low we would have to sink before my faith broke completely, but I guess we still haven't reach that point yet, at least not for me!

Those are my chief reasons for stumping up my money once more, although it's telling that there isn't a rugby based reason in there for my renewal. I remain to be convinced that we have reached the bottom of the curve regarding on the pitch, the answer to that question will be revealed through 2025, fingers crossed here.

I understand that my reasons for committing to the club (once more!!) won't resonate for others and I wouldn't bad mouth anyone who decided that enough was enough after the frankly unacceptable performance of the club, in every single aspect of operations, in 2024. Now matter how many years support you may have devoted to the club, they would only have themselves to blame for anyone who walks away, for good this time.

As for the three year pass, I'm unconvinced. There are too many unanswered questions, surrounding both the club and the game in general, to make the additional outlay tempting. Who seriously knows what may be happening in two years time (again both at club and SL level) to commit. For me it would probably amount to a saving of around £60-80 at a rough guess, spread over three years. I will almost certainly still be watching the club in 2027 (see reasons above) but the relatively small saving for me doesn't outweigh the open-ended questions surrounding the current direction of the club and indeed of Rugby League as a sport.

So, I will still be there in 2025. It has to be better next year doesn't it, surely to God it cannot be as bad as what we had to suffer over the past eight months (one afternoon versus Wigan excepted).
The only way is up, as someone once memorably said a long time ago!!

That was a windy way of saying “in any kind of weather” are you Mild Rover in disguise?

I'm a wanna be politician (in disguise!!)
Some people are succinct on a subject, others are more verbose (Wilf, Mild Rover, myself!). We like the sound of our own voices, I guess!! Conversation and discussion is what makes the world go round

Agree!

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https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2024/10/11/ ... -for-2025/ Quite and pleasantly surprised by this, wonder if it includes the 95% of direct debtors, still good start me thinks and far better than I ever expected of course the next 4000 are the hardest to re engage.

https://www.hullfc.com/blog/2024/10/11/ ... -for-2025/ Quite and pleasantly surprised by this, wonder if it includes the 95% of direct debtors, still good start me thinks and far better than I ever expected of course the next 4000 are the hardest to re engage.

So much for the doom-mongers saying we'd struggle to sell 3000 in total.

All things considered that’s unbelievably impressive

Or it could be bull published on the eve of HKR at the grand final

You've fallen into self-parody now.

Not many other clubs would reach those numbers after that season.

To be fair it's not only last season. The averages have remained healthy despite the rapid decline ever since the cup wins.

Think we will get at 6000, many 7 with a bit more positive news. Either of those would be good after the last few seasons.

Our crowds have actually been pretty consistent all the years at the MKM. Hull Live posted a list recently and interestingly it's the year after success where crowds go up a bit such as in 2007 after the grand final, 2017 after the cup win etc.

Suppose thats because something like 80% of our gates are pass sales and not walk ups so there is a years time lag after any success or gloom to impact.

4.5k so far is good news but do have to err a bit of caution that a lot of those will be direct debit sales where you have to renew early (or face paying in full) it's the next 4k where things will get interesting.

Whoever said we wouldn't get 2/3000 sold looking a bit daft. Mind you that's nowt new

Reckon we have around 6000 die hards who will buy regardless....its after the club will have the hard sell what with City still offering deals and glory hunters heading east...would be happy if we get around 7.5k, another out of the blue signing may help push it that way

That figure is quite impressive all things considering .