Chester City have noticed the success we have had with the ( Operation Promotion ) Crowdfunder and joined the bandwagon, who next !
Apparently our Crowdfunder was last year.

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/sport/football/chester-fc-launch-crowd-funding-9765638?

I mean fair play to them but;

It's not a novel original idea anymore and I guarantee no side will get near to what we achieved from it and how superbly it was orchestrated.

Good luck to them though, the rich clubs in the PL should be embarrassed that supporters of lower league sides have to try fund budgets themselves as their sides struggle to stay afloat each year whilst they urine millions away on foreign imports.

Quoted from pontoonlew

I mean fair play to them but;

It's not a novel original idea anymore and I guarantee no side will get near to what we achieved from it and how superbly it was orchestrated.

Good luck to them though, the rich clubs in the PL should be embarrassed that supporters of lower league sides have to try fund budgets themselves as their sides struggle to stay afloat each year whilst they urine millions away on foreign imports.

I don't agree with the good luck to them, as they are our rivals in our league, but i agree with the Premier League statement wholehearted.

I can see this really catching on and becoming almost the norm down here in the doldrums. As forerunners we have stolen a march on our rivals but need to make it count as the playing field may level out a bit as a result.

Of course most teams down here don't have as many fanatical fans as us to raise quite as much but anything they do takes the edge off our advantage.

But our squad is built and ready with the fans ready to back. Now let's just do this!!

For something that started out as a tongue in cheek comment by one poster, picked up by another poster and then officially adopted its done pretty well.
I dont begrudge anyone else taking the same route, its not about a financial advantage to me, what is more important is the siege mentality that has been created  as part of the effort.....roll on Kiddy

Trendsetters. Every football fan in the country wishes they were from NE Lincs. ;)

The original was properly organised and superbly run at the right time. The imitations will be quickly cobbled together and will raise naff all.

It was a complete master stroke by THE MARINERS TRUST to set up operation promotion the timing was all important. The trust tapped into the feeling that we all felt players especially, We did not deserve to lose at Wembley. Our magnificent fans they were up for it, the team were up for it. We were in most peoples eyes robbed by a referee that admitted he bottled it, an injustice had been done.

Not just that though, we became stronger as the season went on, a couple of very shrewd signings by Hurst produced the goods and for the first time since been down here and before that, I and many others saw what a good team Hurst had built. TEAM being the key word he has got those players heads right and got rid of the doubters and laziness.

Good luck to who ever copies us but they may not have this type of success but WE ARE THE PIONEERS OTHERS WILL ONLY FOLLOW,

Two other important points not to be under estimated, this as has brought the club and fans closer together like no other and made the fans feel wanted again not isolated.

The Trust as shown GTFC what PR is all about bringing them on board as already proved it's worth.  Secondly the positive global publicity as been great all this good publicity as ultimately  brought more season tickets in and no doubt the club shop as seen a rise in sales ultimately much more money.

No wonder John Fenty is buzzing like the rest of us, must be the best and easiest (financially) close season he as ever had.

The final and most important thing now is can we achieve our gold and complete this dream? I really do hope so it would be one hell of a story to tell in later years.  

                                                            UTM..............NOW IS OUR TIME, THIS TOWN KNOWS.

Michael Owen is bound to put a few thousand in,

BUT

Can not see any non league team getting near our total,

We have the best fans in the country.

If it becomes the norm then so be it. There are 120+ football professional clubs in this country (including Scotland). The way most of them have been run is not sustainable, and I think everyone would prefer to see clubs run and financed at least partly by supporters rather than just rich individuals. There are limited opportunties for normal fans to give money beyond watching games and buying the standard merchandise, so it makes sense to have additional ways to contribute for those who can afford it. Some of the most fanastic things online have been achieved by colloboration like Wikpedia and some Open Source projects. Together online we can achieve huge things unimaginable as even small groups.

If it become the norm I am proud that the revolution started at GTFC and the Fishy played a part in it, as well as the magnificent efforts of the trust of course.

One of the best things about Operation Promotion is the way that John Fenty has stayed out of it.

He's taken a back seat, refrained from publishing one of his statements and let the campaign run its course naturally, as it should. The fans came up with it; the fans ran it; the fans have made it a success.

And they rightly take the glory, without any distractions.

With more teams jumping on I bet the guys at crowdfunder are laughing all the way to the bank!

As great as it is I also think it shows the sorry state of the game, especially when you think how many times some teams have flouted the rules regarding Financial Fair Play and have been in and out of administration.

Don't forget as well, next season teams like Crystal Palace and potentially teams like Bournemouth will have bigger budgets than almost all of Serie A, the Bundesliga and La Liga...quite frightening really, and here are clubs/fans setting up crowd funding for transfer kitties...

Quoted from pizzzza

With more teams jumping on I bet the guys at crowdfunder are laughing all the way to the bank!

I bet they are fees are not good.

Quoted from pizzzza

With more teams jumping on I bet the guys at crowdfunder are laughing all the way to the bank!

Why not set up a generic club funder site? Should be able to make money with half the crowd funder fees I would have thought and the site can be geared to sport. Anyone feeling entrepreneurial?

Quoted from GrimRob

Why not set up a generic club funder site? Should be able to make money with half the crowd funder fees I would have thought and the site can be geared to sport. Anyone feeling entrepreneurial?

What was it they took from yourselves 6% £6000?

Quoted from Helgy

What was it they took from yourselves 6% £6000?

It was 6% yes but not all the money raised was through the Crowdfunder site. About £30,000 was outside Crowdfunder.

I've mentioned it on here before, but my Scottish club Auchinleck Talbot, have been doing something similar for about 8 or 9 years now.

Fans pledge £10 per month over 10 months of the year, so each gives £100 per annum. All the players and management do the same, as do a good number of the committee. We've raised over £130,000 since we started, which given our avergae home gate is around the 400-450 mark is a huge amonut of money for our grade. Other clubs up here have tried to do something similar, but none have matched the level of success we've had.

On a similar note, we play in the Scottish Junior Cup every year, and the Scottish Cup on a fairly regular basis dependent on our being successful. Four years ago we played away at Lossiemouth in the 1st round of the Scottish Cup, and two coaches heaaded north of Aberdeen on the Friday night for the game the next day. We ere booked into a hotel by one of the Supporters Clubs, and the weekend cost about £100 per person, which also included an element of £20 per head to go directly back to the club so that it cost nothing to transport the club up there for the game, and the overnight hotel costs. This is a fairly regular occurence and goes to show the bond between club and fans.

We play at Hermes in Aberdeen on September 5th in this year's Scottish Cup and I assume something similar will be happening this time around as well.

Quoted from GrimRob

Why not set up a generic club funder site? Should be able to make money with half the crowd funder fees I would have thought and the site can be geared to sport. Anyone feeling entrepreneurial?

Trifosy has already contacted us.. They are a company set up to do exactly that. And they are far more hands on than crowdfunder were.

I'd say that Darlo have used Crowdfunder-type organisations with some great success over the past few years. Granted their circumstances are different (and something I hope we never experience at GTFC), but I'd say they've been out well out ahead of us on this.

Quoted from ginnywings

It was 6% yes but not all the money raised was through the Crowdfunder site. About £30,000 was outside Crowdfunder.

Same here not all the monies came through the crowd funder.