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I think it is but surely its better to be represented elsewhere? If you go to any split town in the north east, there are Newcastle kits available to buy and in shop windows with no representation of Sunderland at all.

I see what you mean but the club may feel they don't want to give the likes of Sports Direct JD Sports etc etc a slice of the profits?
 
Its hard to see how this is going to lead to much of a saving.
I wouldn't be surprised if producing the programme actually costs a small fortune to produce, and he's forever telling us all on the radio how he's up all night trying to get it finished in time. And god knows how many we actually sell nowadays but I kna we haven't bought it for over ten years and it's rare I see anyone sitting near us reading one. Perhaps outsourcing is just the most viable option.

they seem determined to make walking away from the season ticket easier every day

I'm not sure what sort of fan they're after but replacing a daft twat who's barely missed a home game in 40 years will take some doing
What the programme has to do with having a season ticket I do not know.
 
What the programme has to do with having a season ticket I do not know.

nowt at all granted, I don't buy it, I meant more the general redundancies of folk that earn fuck all while taking Stephen Pienaar to New York for a jolly etc etc it sticks in the craw somewhat and if that what being in the greatest league in the world is all about then it's time for me to get off
 
I wouldn't be surprised if producing the programme actually costs a small fortune to produce, and he's forever telling us all on the radio how he's up all night trying to get it finished in time. And god knows how many we actually sell nowadays but I kna we haven't bought it for over ten years and it's rare I see anyone sitting near us reading one. Perhaps outsourcing is just the most viable option.


What the programme has to do with having a season ticket I do not know.
I have no idea what the total costs of producing it are. It's won quite a few awards but again no idea on sales.
I would assume sales will be lower if it becomes a generic product, i wonder if this is going to mean outsourcing the legion of light as well. Or maybe that will be scrapped.
 
I have no idea what the total costs of producing it are. It's won quite a few awards but again no idea on sales.
I would assume sales will be lower if it becomes a generic product, i wonder if this is going to mean outsourcing the legion of light as well. Or maybe that will be scrapped.
It has, but what's a programme award in the grand scheme of things? It is a bit of a shame if we're gonna be putting out a lesser product but if nee bugger's buying it then... what can ya dee?
 
It has, but what's a programme award in the grand scheme of things? It is a bit of a shame if we're gonna be putting out a lesser product but if nee bugger's buying it then... what can ya dee?
Who says no-one is buying it? I buy mine on the tablet & read it over breakfast on a Saturday morning so I'm hardly gonna be seen reading it at the match.
 
Who says no-one is buying it? I buy mine on the tablet & read it over breakfast on a Saturday morning so I'm hardly gonna be seen reading it at the match.
I said if. But I'd be amazed if sales were up on say five years ago.

I didn't realise these were still doing the digital edition like - I was going to ask. How much is that?
 
It has, but what's a programme award in the grand scheme of things? It is a bit of a shame if we're gonna be putting out a lesser product but if nee bugger's buying it then... what can ya dee?
There's a fair few things you could do. Look at the price, how is it marketed, maybe do an offer like buy a programme and a pint for x amount.
Seems a shame to just scrap it without looking at any alternatives, or maybe they have who knows.
 
There's a fair few things you could do. Look at the price, how is it marketed, maybe do an offer like buy a programme and a pint for x amount.
Seems a shame to just scrap it without looking at any alternatives, or maybe they have who knows.
The reality is they probably have.
 
I said if. But I'd be amazed if sales were up on say five years ago.

I didn't realise these were still doing the digital edition like - I was going to ask. How much is that?
Sorry mate I misread your quote. It's £2.99 so just about the same price. It's available on the Pocketmags app.
 
I get mine from the supporters club shop. Never get one at the ground before the match as i cant be bothered to carry it round.
 
Nah don't agree

Going too far

It just hard to take when good people are leaving we let Moyes waste millions on players

Is he asking why moyes spent 8 million on a centre back who is now 4th choice. Serious question.

They seem to be ruthless in the smaller departments but just as reckless in the area that matters. Selling an asset for up to 14 mill then spending a large chunk of it on two of his mates at Everton.

I just don't get it.
I actually agree in the main. He's a hatchet man there to do a dirty and unpopular job. I'm amazed however a few people I know who have met him are impressed!
 
I get mine from the supporters club shop. Never get one at the ground before the match as i cant be bothered to carry it round.

I can't get it here so for six season (the first being 03/04) the club posted the issues to me. Rob helped me sort that out. He also sorted me out with a private tour of the ground and home dressing room only about two hours before kick-off many years ago on my first ever visit to the SoL. That was the first time I met him, too. I was shown the stadium by a groundsman who was very kind. Took some pictures in the dressing room where all the players' kits were laid out with a match programme nicely placed on top of each (I touched the shorts of a certain player who then sadly got injured in the game later. That and the fact that it took me four visits to the SoL before I got to see a home win made me think I might be bad luck). I remember being surprised by how the showers looked. Later the groundsman asked me if I wanted to try my seat out and I always get a bit teary thinking back on that. I sat in my seat looking around the big stadium with only the groundsman further down there with me. Apart from us the entire stadium was completely empty. And I still remember thinking how big it was and that my entire hometown of Varde could fit in there four times and there would still be empty seats.

I think that was the time he asked me to take photos of my journey from here to the SoL of every stop I had on my way. I did and he put them together into a piece about me coming over for a game for one of the early Legion of Light magazines. And since then I have been in touch with him over the years and still am. Everytime there has been a Danish (I include Prica in that as he came from AaB at the time) player playing for the club I have up-dated him with what the Danish papers and media are reporting on the players and the club throughout the season. One of the most colourful memories I have of those is when Bendtner played for us and there was a period where the Danish papers had about a full week of frontpages with his stupidities. I posted the lot to Rob and he spinned it around in the most clever way and only used the photos from the many clippings in a montage for the match programme without mentioning the player's troubles at all. I loved that. In recent seasons it has mostly been about how Colin Todd is getting on, especially after he took over as manager of Esbjerg, which is only about eighteen kilometres from where I live. He also has a keen interest in former players and connections and what they get up to now; Carsten Fredgaard springs to mind. And Lars Høgh.

I have very fond memories of Rob and it really annoys me about the news. Him and his lovely wife once took me to a pub somewhere slightly outside Sunderland for a pubquiz. I knew he knows lots about the club but his knowledge on British punk is pretty good as well.

He is a very busy lad especially in the last couple of days leading up to match programme deadline but always finds time for a quick chat or when am in town a meet-up. Met him as recently as last September when I was over and went to the Everton match with a dear, old friend of mine. We couldn't find a place to park so was running late and I was convinced Rob had left by the time we got to the ground as he had his radio slot to do as well. But lo and behold he was still there and happily chatting to a lad who was selling the match programmes. It was so good seeing him again and he was as jolly as he has always been with me.

I hope a solution will be sorted and that he will continue with the match programmes. His shoes will be massive to fill if not.

I used to play football with a Rob Mason, from Washington, on the Chester Boys team about 1975..he was a big lads fan..wonder if it is the same lad.

Years and years ago he invited me to watch his five-a-side team play an indoor match at a centre near the library. Every player in the team worked at the club and it was a good day.
 
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