Looking for some suggestions, so feel free to throw your thoughts in to the fire!
My sunday league team is currently looking for a sponsor, which will help towards the costs of a pitch, training and some new equipment for the new season.
A pub has offered to sponsor us on the agreement that we get bodies to the pub after the games on Sundays. They have agreed to an up front payment and then the rest when they can see the lads are there week in, week out after the games. They previously gave out £600 to a team up front, who then only turned up for 2 weeks and never to be seen again!
If we get a decent thing going, then we could look to better the deal next season hopefully!
Obviously everyone has their own personal commitments etc, but whilst the same 4 or 5 will go after a game and spend all afternoon there, we ideally need to get 11/12 there every week or so.
Can anyone think of a way for us to increase numbers to the pub after the game, even if for only half an hour?
Does anyone here play for a team where all the lads get together after the game? What do you do?
So far we have an idea of doing a man of the match vote which will go towards an end of season award, with only those who attend the pub being able to vote, however unsure if this is an incentive to get people to the pub after a game.
Another idea, as the team is a bunch of gamblers, we hold some sort of weekly gamble, where we take 10% of the daily subs, with someone in attendance at the pub winning or it rolling over to the following week.
Happy to hear any suggestions lads.
How To Get My Sunday Team To The Pub
posted on 28/7/16
You could make attendance compulsary, and anyone who doesn't attend the post match pub meeting gets dropped the next week. But that needs a pretty decent squad.
posted on 28/7/16
If you don't go to the pub, you're in the hat for running the line the following week
posted on 28/7/16
comment by D'Jeezus Mackaroni (U1137)
posted 3 minutes ago
Wow, needing an incentive to go to the pub?
In my day we needed an incentive to play football instead of being in the pub.
We did use to have a little bit of food laid out for us, did the MotM vote, a card to win a little bit of money and that was about it.
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I know what the fack is wrong with this generation
Half the team were steaming from the night before and needed a hair of the dog after slogging it out for 90 mins.
posted on 28/7/16
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posted on 28/7/16
Recruit alcoholics
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posted on 28/7/16
Tell them that pubs have beer, girls and music.
If that fails, get a new team who aren't all homosexuals.
posted on 28/7/16
Help run local amateur league team in Belfast and have a similar sponsorship deal with the local bowling club situated right beside our own pitch.
Our games are on a Saturday afternoon and afterwards its back for Burgers and chips for everyone, which the club and local Chippy (our other main sponsor) provide. Usually have 30-40 back after every game buying Pints etc, so winners all round.
Try running Last Man standing. Run 3-4 times each season brings us in over £4,500 per season which we pay out approx. 50% to the winners. Easy money if you can get 100-150 to enter.
posted on 28/7/16
Yup, we used to do the same. The pub laid on grub after the game- doesn't cost them much, basic stuff like chips, sausages, chicken wings etc and almost all of the players (2 teams, plus subs) used to go for at least an hour or so. As far as the pub is concerned, they can even probably write it off for tax but I'm not 100% on that.
posted on 28/7/16
Just tell them to stop being a bunch of dickheads and come to the pub.
When you're playing Sunday league you're not playing for a competitive game, you're playing for a bit of a laugh with your mates surely?!