Deen1903 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 AFC make a lot of money through corporate - there are boxes all along the RDS and the original ones at back of Main Stand, . Then outdoor corporate areas in both too. I'm not a huge fan of it, as I prefer to go to games with my mates - but when I have taken an invite, it's a good day out and they make a good job of it. There are some folk in ABZ, if you are to prise them away from their EPL obsession to go to Pittodrie - then it would take a corporate freebie to do so. At the last game of the season, I looked around Easter Road, and there wasn't much evidence of the scale of operation we run in that respect.Agreed - AFC seem to have more corporate hospitality and funcy seats etc than anyone outside the cheeks and it makes a big difference to the club’s budget.Aberdeen only has one professional sports team whereas Edinburgh has four (if you include Edinburgh Rugby and the Scottish Rugby team being based at Murrayfield) so a lot of the corporate hospitality in Edinburgh is hoovered up by the SRU but Aberdeen (and Glasgow) don’t have this and the Edinburgh middle classes and business types tend to be more into rugby and golf in any case. The Aberdeen equivalent prefer football and golf - the Aberdeen big-wigs are members of Royal Aberdeen Golf Club and the 50 club at Pittodrie and the Edinburgh big-wigs will be Muirfield and a Murrayfield debenture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deen1903 Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 Also, easier for Aberdeen to attract corporate sponsorship as zero local competition from other professional teams and being a one club city means that there’s no risk of a corporate annoying clients who might support a rival local team. Instead, it’s seen as helping civic pride - see Abtrust, latterly Aberdeen Asset Management, effectively helping bail out the Dons in the 1990s as a sort of civic responsibility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 In my few (delightful) years living between Banchory and Aboyne and having met/dined with a fair few 'landed gentry' this is mostly true. One anomaly is that the current scion of an old Deeside estate (no, not that kind of estate) of more than 20,000 acres are both Sellick fans. I don't know why either.Don’t tell me you took that name because you lived in Kinker?Jesus we’d almost be neighbours - I’m just about coming to terms with the fact the bloke from the newly moved-in family just down the burn is a Sevconian season ticket holder and I’m under instructions to remain nice to him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illgresi Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 There's a number of different ways we are maximising our turnover compared to other similarly sized clubs. Most have been mentioned. One main difference has been that we've tapped in to the North American market. However we've managed to do this without selling our club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Yeah but hibs have a better style of turnover 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strichener Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) Looks like "the famous" have a worldwide fan base. Driving in Tatabanya, Hungary earlier this week and I came across this. I won't believe anyone who denies that this is the membership badge you get when you join the fan club. Edited July 20, 2019 by strichener 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Dons_1988 said: Yeah but hibs have a better style of turnover 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 22 hours ago, Deen1903 said: Also, easier for Aberdeen to attract corporate sponsorship as zero local competition from other professional teams and being a one club city means that there’s no risk of a corporate annoying clients who might support a rival local team. Instead, it’s seen as helping civic pride - see Abtrust, latterly Aberdeen Asset Management, effectively helping bail out the Dons in the 1990s as a sort of civic responsibility. It's also easier, because for years and years now, Hibs have been fucking garbage. It's as simple as that. There's no rocket surgery about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afc_blockhead Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 23 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: It's also easier, because for years and years now, Hibs have been fucking garbage. It's as simple as that. There's no rocket surgery about it. Nail on the head. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobles Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 You are the very definition of a twat.The non attending arsehole type that gives Aberdeen fans a bad name.Please get banned again It's also easier, because for years and years now, Hibs have been fucking garbage. It's as simple as that. There's no rocket surgery about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 (edited) 22 minutes ago, scoobles said: You are the very definition of a twat. The non attending arsehole type that gives Aberdeen fans a bad name. Please get banned again 3 bizarre statements. All 3 of them, incorrect. Who the f*ck are you, by the way ? I'm gonna presume that it's Saturday night, you're pished, and that you got me mixed up with somebody else. You can apologise when you're sober. Edited July 20, 2019 by Bob Mahelp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitburn Vale Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 19/07/2019 at 20:42, Deen1903 said: Also, easier for Aberdeen to attract corporate sponsorship as zero local competition from other professional teams and being a one club city means that there’s no risk of a corporate annoying clients who might support a rival local team. Instead, it’s seen as helping civic pride - see Abtrust, latterly Aberdeen Asset Management, effectively helping bail out the Dons in the 1990s as a sort of civic responsibility. *One club city........,Aberdeen,Cove 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 How would you lot react if you had to pay off May to get rid of him? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: How would you lot react if you had to pay off May to get rid of him? With a hint of <alanpartridgeshrug.gif> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 How would you lot react if you had to pay off May to get rid of him?I’d write a strongly worded post on a football forum. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 19/07/2019 at 15:57, The_Kincardine said: In my few (delightful) years living between Banchory and Aboyne and having met/dined with a fair few 'landed gentry' this is mostly true. One anomaly is that the current scion of an old Deeside estate (no, not that kind of estate) of more than 20,000 acres are both Sellick fans. I don't know why either. Please, please don’t tell me that your name was taken from Kinker. My first home was in Kinker and that’s where my wonderful childhood memories are from. This could do me irreparable mental damage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 19/07/2019 at 22:47, tarapoa said: Don’t tell me you took that name because you lived in Kinker? 14 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Please, please don’t tell me that your name was taken from Kinker. You're both off the hook. We were staying in the erstwhile Kincardineshire (was then called Aberdeenshire but I'm all for the continuing of historic names) and did often pass through 'Kinker' to either buy petrol or tobacco as there's little else going on... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherchance Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 There’s a cracking Chinese there now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eberdeen Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 And a cracking wee shoppy that does good bacon rolls and burgers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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