CTFC Crowdfunder

[Shade]

Why not? It's all for the same cause. And you get a physical ticket.

[Hubert Parry]

Why not just join forces with the existing one? It just seems silly to have two and could lead to some confusion.

It also seems silly that someone might have donated £1,000, £500 or £250 (or any amount £10 or over for that matter) but won't get a programme or whatever because they didn't go through the clunky website virtual ticket option even though the money ends up in the same place?

As I said, there is huge momentum and publicity behind the 1887 one and there was no need to piggyback.

[ctfc-fan]

I guess the club may already have had something planned and this one was done off the cuff beforehand without discussing it with the club.

[Ihearye]

The clubs offer answers the question some have raised re it would be good to get an actual ticket to mark the occasion. No reason why the two can not co-exist. Especially as the funds end up in the same place.

[Artemis]

Why not? It's all for the same cause. And you get a physical ticket.

Not physical. The ticket is delivered via email, along with a programme and team-sheet I think. Both are good initiatives and should raise a decent amount of money, which we need.
Maybe a pre-season friendly with reduced prices for City fans would be a good payback for their support

[Malabus]

Why not? It's all for the same cause. And you get a physical ticket.

Not physical. The ticket is delivered via email, along with a programme and team-sheet I think. Both are good initiatives and should raise a decent amount of money, which we need.
Maybe a pre-season friendly with reduced prices for City fans would be a good payback for their support

Good suggestion regarding a potential friendly.

[Nham68]

The crowdfunded one is , in my view , the best for wider publicity and contribution.
(A) millions of folks are already set up on the platform, it’s one click donate .
(B) social media integration makes it easier to share and go viral ( apologies for the irony of the analogy)
(C) is easier to find than CTFC www
(D) the site is designed to encourage donation, with the feedback of the current status . Buying on CTFC is a bit of a black hole. Think of the old blue Peter fundraiser ‘omelet’..

Having said that , as a fan already set up on CTFC ticketing, I went with that .

Let’s hope this all really helps the club pull through .

[Artemis]

To be fair to the CTFC official site, they also are promoting the 1887 Red Army initiative. Perhaps targeting slightly different audience segments - albeit with plenty of overlap

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

I would hope those who have donated to the 1887 crowdfunder do get something. There are CTFC fans who have donated, and some a fair bit more than £10. It is a shame for them to miss out on the programme and ticket etc.

Can a programme and team sheet also be sent out to those who donated on the crowdfunder using the email they registered with on their? Or does that contravene data protection.

I will personally sign up to the Club one for the programme, ticket and team sheet - but I have not Marr a sizeable donation on the crowdfunder so won’t be out of pocket and I think the ticket etc is a nice thing to do and worth paying for.

Perhaps the Club one could have been called a ‘match pack’ or something like that to avoid confusion over multiple things called ‘virtual’.

I agree with Artemis to an extent...the crowdfunder is geared towards football fans in general and Man City fans. The Club one is more for CTFC fans (although some have contributed to the former).

[CTFCfan99]

CTFC getting a lot of stick on Twitter for launching their own virtual tickets after the 1887 Red Army - not sure this is fair. In all likelihood the club had planned this from the start and it's just a case of a lack of communication between the two. No reason they can't coexist, as I'm sure a lot of our fans already registered to the online ticket office will be happy with the ease of the official option, while the Crowdfunder appeals more to the social media generation and fans of City and other teams.

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

CTFC getting a lot of stick on Twitter for launching their own virtual tickets after the 1887 Red Army - not sure this is fair. In all likelihood the club had planned this from the start and it's just a case of a lack of communication between the two. No reason they can't coexist, as I'm sure a lot of our fans already registered to the online ticket office will be happy with the ease of the official option, while the Crowdfunder appeals more to the social media generation and fans of City and other teams.

So if any of our fans already donated to the 1887 Crowdfunder, do you think they should be entitled to a programme, ticket and team sheet, or do you think they should also pay another £10?

I would have branded the Club offer as a ‘match pack’ as per my last post, and maybe have a £5 option. This would mean those who have already paid £10, or hundreds of pounds in some cases, would be more likely to buy a match pack on top of their existing donation.

I can understand the confusion and criticism but also understand the need for the Club to do their own official offer - I think the Club offer is great and look forward to the virtual ticket etc.

[Ihearye]

The club has just launched its own. I'm not sure that was the most sensible idea given the momentum and publicity of the existing one.

Just purchased my seats on CTFC. Does anyone know is there a way of 'viewing' how the ground id filling up? I.E. how many seats sold?

[Shade]

"For £10 we'll send you on the day of the game:

- a digital programme
- official teamsheet
- and souvenir ticket"

How do you get a digital "souvenir" ticket??? That's hardly something to keep for the future - just something else cluttering up my inbox. Physical or gtfo imo. Fwiw, that was going to be the difference between where my money goes, tbh. Ow, nm.

[Ihearye]

"For £10 we'll send you on the day of the game:

- a digital programme
- official teamsheet
- and souvenir ticket"

How do you get a digital "souvenir" ticket??? That's hardly something to keep for the future - just something else cluttering up my inbox. Physical or gtfo imo. Fwiw, that was going to be the difference between where my money goes, tbh. Ow, nm.

very true, I believe tickets should be printed as per usual, even if they are held until all this is over and we can get back to the ground again. Think it would be a much better 'reward' and can't believe it would cost much to run off, especially as no seat allocation or anything similar required. In saying that went down the CTFC route anyway, only because it was just as easy and I did the other one for Mansfield

[Fuller]

Well I’ve just brought two seat tickets through the club website.
Sell 2,000 at a tenner each would bring in another £20k.
All helps.

[Artemis]

"For £10 we'll send you on the day of the game:

- a digital programme
- official teamsheet
- and souvenir ticket"

How do you get a digital "souvenir" ticket??? That's hardly something to keep for the future - just something else cluttering up my inbox. Physical or gtfo imo. Fwiw, that was going to be the difference between where my money goes, tbh. Ow, nm.

It is a shame they haven't offered for an extra £1 or 2, an option to post the physical tickets out. Maybe its logistically too much for what must be the bare minimum staff to do. And understand that if that's the case, and I can see why the club wouldn't want a collection option at this time.

[Shade]

There would be no rush to get them out before the game, though.

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Let’s wait for the result....if we win then maybe they can print tickets and send them out for another £10 a go!

Only downside then would be that the seat number for my virtual ticket is nowhere near my actual seat, so a physical ticket would be slightly odd - though I guess that adds more to the novelty factor.

Maybe I would try and seek out whoever had my actual seat and try and swap!

[Ihearye]

Let’s wait for the result....if we win then maybe they can print tickets and send them out for another £10 a go!

Only downside then would be that the seat number for my virtual ticket is nowhere near my actual seat, so a physical ticket would be slightly odd - though I guess that adds more to the novelty factor.

Maybe I would try and seek out whoever had my actual seat and try and swap!

stalker alert

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Let’s wait for the result....if we win then maybe they can print tickets and send them out for another £10 a go!

Only downside then would be that the seat number for my virtual ticket is nowhere near my actual seat, so a physical ticket would be slightly odd - though I guess that adds more to the novelty factor.

Maybe I would try and seek out whoever had my actual seat and try and swap!

stalker alert

It would likely take a Sherlock Holmes effort to track down!

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

Wow, I see on the 1887 Crowdunder both the £1000 ‘virtual match sponsor’ and £500 ‘virtual match ball sponsor’ have been taken.

[1887RedArmy]

Evening all,

Just a quick update regarding the 1887 Red Army Crowdfunder.

At the time of writing we have raised a massive £20,400 for the club which is phenomenal and will go a massive way to helping out during these difficult times and hopefully give us a good push in the second half of the season.

As expected it is quietening down a bit now but we will continue to push it abs hopefully it will pick back up again in the days before the match.

Thank you to all that have donated and supported!

[little mo]

Evening all,

Just a quick update regarding the 1887 Red Army Crowdfunder.

At the time of writing we have raised a massive £20,400 for the club which is phenomenal and will go a massive way to helping out during these difficult times and hopefully give us a good push in the second half of the season.

As expected it is quietening down a bit now but we will continue to push it abs hopefully it will pick back up again in the days before the match.

Thank you to all that have donated and supported!

Well done young man.

[andgarod]

just needs bumping
almost 23K well done
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[little mo]

Bump again. 25.5k at the mo,well done lads and lasses.

[Nesty]

Why not just join forces with the existing one? It just seems silly to have two and could lead to some confusion.

It also seems silly that someone might have donated £1,000, £500 or £250 (or any amount £10 or over for that matter) but won't get a programme or whatever because they didn't go through the clunky website virtual ticket option even though the money ends up in the same place?

As I said, there is huge momentum and publicity behind the 1887 one and there was no need to piggyback.

I didnt donate silly money but did donate to both due to confusion

[Nesty]

any idea how much has been taken on the official ticket sales ?

[Ihearye]

irrespective of the final amount raised. The generosity and support given by the Man City fans is nothing short of amazing. Special people and hopefully a bond that lasts

[Fuller]

Well done to everybody involved with the organisation of the fundraising and to all those who contributed.
A magnificent effort.
But what’s happened to the Robins Trust “Protect the Robins” scheme? All gone quiet?

[RegencyCheltenhamSpa]

any idea how much has been taken on the official ticket sales ?

Last I saw this morning the club said that the Colin Farmer was sold out and the Hazlewoods nearly was. So if we got 3,000 that’s £30k.

[Dave Beesley]

Well done to everybody involved with the organisation of the fundraising and to all those who contributed.
A magnificent effort.
But what’s happened to the Robins Trust “Protect the Robins” scheme? All gone quiet?

Hey Fuller and all,
We are still on the case, and looking to launch very soon. We did investigate bringing the launch forward when we drew Man City, but when we saw that our friends at the 1887 Red Army had launched a specific fund raising effort for that game, we pulled back and threw our support behind that.
We are going to give you all a couple of weeks break/rest, before we announce anything more.

Stay safe everyone, and in the current circumstances, stay warm too

Dave

[little mo]

I think that's a wise decision Dave.

[little mo]

Wow,3 big pledges this morning worth over 1k.

[Shade]

Amazing that it's basically got another 9 or 10k pretty much because of the performance. And those last 3 pledges, wow. Maybe it will hit £35k before it ends.

[little mo]

Looks like it has finished now. £34,780,wow. Well done to all who organised this,brilliant effort. I also noticed that at the end there was a £400 donation from the Swedish Man City supporters club.