They do every prem club ? lost the contract maybe ?
Daytripper
Player Valuation: £40m
Don’t they produce the other Premier League clubs programs too?
Unfortunately I could see printed programmes becoming a thing of the past.
If they can switch from printed match tickets to digital only, they can easily switch to digital only programmes.
If they can switch from printed match tickets to digital only, they can easily switch to digital only programmes.
I think that’s a way off.Unfortunately I could see printed programmes becoming a thing of the past.
If they can switch from printed match tickets to digital only, they can easily switch to digital only programmes.
Programmes are money spinners for clubs, whereas physical tickets are a cost.
No one is going to pay a fiver plus for a digital programme. If clubs want to keep making money from them - which of course they do - then they’ll keep printing them.
Agreed. My son gets one every game, so that's £4 from me at least nineteen times a season, with more for cup games - £76 (at a minimum)!
There's many other people who do it, so while there's the cost of producing and printing, they will still be making a nice profit from it.
alan ball
Player Valuation: £70m
They don’t do every PL club. They did Everton, Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Chelsea, Man United & Man City
Maybe there’s some background economics that justifies it (to the owners)
Maybe they can make more selling ½ as many digitally as physically, whilst proclaiming some green credentials at the same time.
No condoning it, but these type of decisions come with the hard nosed business type we thought we wanted.
Hopefully it is a way off.
I'm not sure you're right about programmes being such a money-spinner for clubs though.
I just did a quick Google search and found this article from 2022.
talkSPORT study highlights demise of the matchday programme in football
A pie, a pint and programme was always traditional fare for any fan attending a football match, but some clubs have ditched the match programme altogether. Rising print costs and a lack of demand a…
talksport.com
Wonder if they do go digital only some enterprising individuals will print them to seek outside regardless (no doubt trying to avoid having their collar felt for copyright infringement)
That said I’d have thought the club could do some sort of print on demand for anyone who really wants a physical copy so they could be sent to a home address after publication.
Might not be quite the same glossy quality but easily enough to do if they could be bothered I’d expect.
That said I’d have thought the club could do some sort of print on demand for anyone who really wants a physical copy so they could be sent to a home address after publication.
Might not be quite the same glossy quality but easily enough to do if they could be bothered I’d expect.
I guess my main point was that they are net profitable as long as the demand is there.Hopefully it is a way off.
I'm not sure you're right about programmes being such a money-spinner for clubs though.
I just did a quick Google search and found this article from 2022.
talkSPORT study highlights demise of the matchday programme in football
A pie, a pint and programme was always traditional fare for any fan attending a football match, but some clubs have ditched the match programme altogether. Rising print costs and a lack of demand a…
Printed match tickets are different because they aren't the product. They are more costly the more you make, as you don't charge for them per se.
James Patrick
Player Valuation: £10m
I just wish they'd go back to being smaller and cheaper. Stopped buying them when they became like Argos catalogues.
Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
I’ve been to a couple of big overseas non football events and was disappointed not to be able to buy a programme . The likes of rugby league in this county is digital apart from big games certainly is at my club .Unfortunately I could see printed programmes becoming a thing of the past.
If they can switch from printed match tickets to digital only, they can easily switch to digital only programmes.
Disappointing but feels like it’s not far away , if the new stadium has decent wifi or signal it might make it a bit more palatable I suppose .
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Given a free programme is one of the 'perks' of club view that is absolutely not going to happen soonUnfortunately I could see printed programmes becoming a thing of the past.
If they can switch from printed match tickets to digital only, they can easily switch to digital only programmes.
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