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LFC as a Business Model
« on: June 8, 2010, 02:45:13 pm »
We may be a sports anomaly.  One of the world's biggest Clubs from one of the world's smallest cities.

As such, we don't have some of the resources that big market Clubs have for drawing more fans to the match, but we do have a huge overseas following.

We're tucked away in a corner of England sometimes more accessible to Dublin than to London.

We've also got an unusual history.  The town and the team are inextricably linked and used to share much the same social philosophies.  Not an easy road for an owner in a capitalist society.  (I tip my hat Mr. Moores)

I have always had my doubts about the feasibility of the Club's ability to stuff the seats with the corporates necessary to fund the proposed vision of a new stadium, but there must be sound business model optimally suited to our peculiar demographics that we can explore and present to the Club as a considered opinion.  After all, we have the finest and most dedicated think tank money could buy willing to work free right here in this room.

Imo, we need to put on the thinking caps, crunch some numbers, establish the givens and try to get our Club back and make it successful. 

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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #1 on: June 8, 2010, 02:54:17 pm »
Mate, forget being tucked away in a corner of England. Put it this way, whenever I manage to get tickets I never have to worry about finding people to go with me, quite the oposite, its more a case of deciding who i dont want to take with me. And thats for a 9 hour round trip.

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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #2 on: June 8, 2010, 03:07:40 pm »
Anfield as it is simply does not deliver.

Exec seats, at less than half that of the Mancs/ Arse could be sold twice over.
We are barely scratching the surface of our potential OOT support.

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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #3 on: June 8, 2010, 03:14:19 pm »
And if we do taste success again, expect to see demand increase further.

We have a legacy to be proud of and, with the right owners, investment and the right manager, we could rival any club in the world in financial terms.
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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #4 on: June 8, 2010, 03:14:19 pm »
Yeah I dont think its a case of wondering how to attract more people, but more a case of how can we fit more people that we have waiting in.

IIRC we have a huge waiting list for both normal season tickets and corps - so not an issue of trying to attract them. Although it may become one if we fall in to a mid-table side.

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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #5 on: June 8, 2010, 03:26:13 pm »
Imo, we'll be lucky to get a buyer for the Club as is.  I think a new ground is unfeasible in the current economic climate.  We need new revenue streams without killing our already turned-off matchgoers and our OOT fanbase seems the obvious answer.
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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #6 on: June 8, 2010, 03:34:34 pm »
Imo, we'll be lucky to get a buyer for the Club as is.  I think a new ground is unfeasible in the current economic climate.  We need new revenue streams without killing our already turned-off matchgoers and our OOT fanbase seems the obvious answer.

We sell out 99% of games, both corp and standard tickets. With waiting lists for both for those games. Without a bigger ground its not possible to attract them anymore than we do.

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Re: LFC as a Business Model
« Reply #7 on: June 8, 2010, 11:05:23 pm »
We sell out 99% of games, both corp and standard tickets. With waiting lists for both for those games. Without a bigger ground its not possible to attract them anymore than we do.
You mean we USED to!! Been a lot easier getting tickets for games this year than it has in the past!!
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