Is it all about pricing? Or is saying thank you very important too.
But what about beyond that, how can Boro make you feel that you are a part of a Boro community again?
Or is this sense of community built from fans and not club in any case?
Am just thinking about this because for me there is no us and them. I was a fan in the 70s and 80s and through the Ayresome years and I remember very little bond with the actual club. We loved the players, we supported their testimonials, or some of us did. But there were very few club events for the Boro masses. Even after 86 there were frequent arguments from fans that the club was too distant and secretive etc. It always seemed to be the case.
What do fans think we can do to make this more of a community feel club? Or is it all down to pricing?
Seriously, how can the football club reach you?
There could be ideas next season - of extending the FanZone for instance or encouraging more indoor bars to open after the game. We could try and ask for more events with players and staff at the Riverside. Affordable not dinner suit dinners.
Or maybe we could build a Boro museum at the Riverside - if the Boro Shirt Museum exhibition is a big success at the Dorman (starting April) - then this might perhaps give us some leverage.
The MFC Foundation (which legally cannot be part of the football club for charity status reasons, but is really) works with all manner of projects and demographics from people with dementia (award winning and heartwarming) to providing a youth service for kids to take them off the streets. And working in schools on mental and physical health and helping with getting fans fit in general.
MFC Women is also seen as a commitment to the community - looking to the future to involve and inspire girls and women but also all school kids in general in the area.
These are examples of community reach. Pretty significant in many ways. But in what other ways, wherever we are in the world, could we feel more connected with our club and community?
Please have a think about this because I think there are significant opportunities for us all to have some say, remove some barriers and be stronger and more united for it. To make it feel like your/our Riverside.
But what about beyond that, how can Boro make you feel that you are a part of a Boro community again?
Or is this sense of community built from fans and not club in any case?
Am just thinking about this because for me there is no us and them. I was a fan in the 70s and 80s and through the Ayresome years and I remember very little bond with the actual club. We loved the players, we supported their testimonials, or some of us did. But there were very few club events for the Boro masses. Even after 86 there were frequent arguments from fans that the club was too distant and secretive etc. It always seemed to be the case.
What do fans think we can do to make this more of a community feel club? Or is it all down to pricing?
Seriously, how can the football club reach you?
There could be ideas next season - of extending the FanZone for instance or encouraging more indoor bars to open after the game. We could try and ask for more events with players and staff at the Riverside. Affordable not dinner suit dinners.
Or maybe we could build a Boro museum at the Riverside - if the Boro Shirt Museum exhibition is a big success at the Dorman (starting April) - then this might perhaps give us some leverage.
The MFC Foundation (which legally cannot be part of the football club for charity status reasons, but is really) works with all manner of projects and demographics from people with dementia (award winning and heartwarming) to providing a youth service for kids to take them off the streets. And working in schools on mental and physical health and helping with getting fans fit in general.
MFC Women is also seen as a commitment to the community - looking to the future to involve and inspire girls and women but also all school kids in general in the area.
These are examples of community reach. Pretty significant in many ways. But in what other ways, wherever we are in the world, could we feel more connected with our club and community?
Please have a think about this because I think there are significant opportunities for us all to have some say, remove some barriers and be stronger and more united for it. To make it feel like your/our Riverside.