Rab B Nesbit Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 Picked this up at the Strollers on Saturday afternoon. Would have been overpriced at £2 but got it for free . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owsley Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Some of these programmes by the smaller clubs, many of them non-league, put Accies' efforts to shame, and that's just the covers. Many years ago, Accies were up there with the best in the land. Now they must surely be the very worst. The same cover design now for three season, page after page of adverts (seven pages in a row in the one I have in front of me), very little on the excellent youth teams that they are usually not shy to brag about. An On This Day in Scottish Football feature that has wasted space for what seems like decades now. A recent banal example " 1956 Berwick Rangers signed full back Harry Airlie from Seaton Delaval". This one has four full pages of this guff, although it was a double issue at £2.50. They also waste half a page on an Unacceptable Conduct warning, which used to be a full page. Does any other programme do this? And what sort of effort is it where the final four pages are all adverts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Owsley said: Some of these programmes by the smaller clubs, many of them non-league, put Accies' efforts to shame, and that's just the covers. Many years ago, Accies were up there with the best in the land. Now they must surely be the very worst. The same cover design now for three season, page after page of adverts (seven pages in a row in the one I have in front of me), very little on the excellent youth teams that they are usually not shy to brag about. An On This Day in Scottish Football feature that has wasted space for what seems like decades now. A recent banal example " 1956 Berwick Rangers signed full back Harry Airlie from Seaton Delaval". This one has four full pages of this guff, although it was a double issue at £2.50. They also waste half a page on an Unacceptable Conduct warning, which used to be a full page. Does any other programme do this? And what sort of effort is it where the final four pages are all adverts? I’ve not been to Accies for a few seasons but remember the programme there being one of the worst I’ve seen. Don’t like to criticise any ones efforts because it may well even be a volunteer / s doing it even at that level but it was poor for the price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Tonight’s 32 page Bonnyrigg Rose v LTHV programme ... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owsley Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Rab B Nesbit said: I’ve not been to Accies for a few seasons but remember the programme there being one of the worst I’ve seen. Don’t like to criticise any ones efforts because it may well even be a volunteer / s doing it even at that level but it was poor for the price. Back in 2012, a few of us contributed some new features to the programme. We kept waiting for them to be used; finally they were included for the last match of the season. It made it so much better but the sales would have been poor as usual as nobody knew it was going to be any better than the usual dross. I've given up on it and tend to only buy one a season as a record of how appalling it is! It seems to be basically two people producing it and one of them has many other tasks to do. I dont know why they can't get some more professional help with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 5 hours ago, Owsley said: Some of these programmes by the smaller clubs, many of them non-league, put Accies' efforts to shame, and that's just the covers. Many years ago, Accies were up there with the best in the land. Now they must surely be the very worst. The same cover design now for three season, page after page of adverts (seven pages in a row in the one I have in front of me), very little on the excellent youth teams that they are usually not shy to brag about. An On This Day in Scottish Football feature that has wasted space for what seems like decades now. A recent banal example " 1956 Berwick Rangers signed full back Harry Airlie from Seaton Delaval". This one has four full pages of this guff, although it was a double issue at £2.50. They also waste half a page on an Unacceptable Conduct warning, which used to be a full page. Does any other programme do this? And what sort of effort is it where the final four pages are all adverts? Everyone is meant to put it in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owsley Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 1 hour ago, cowdenbeath said: Everyone is meant to put it in. Cheers, I'll let them off with that one. Maybe I don't notice it so much in programmes that have plenty of content. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just now, Owsley said: Cheers, I'll let them off with that one. Maybe I don't notice it so much in programmes that have plenty of content. Funny enough the Accies programme is done by the same company who does ours, Stirling Albion, Arbroath and Montrose as well as a host of lower league non league sides in England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) Beezer of a programme picked up at Anfield on Tuesday night £5 + free team sheet from the Broadcasting area ... Edited April 13, 2019 by Rab B Nesbit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Edinburgh United v Heriot-Watt programme on Saturday ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Wigan Athletic v Norwich City programme on Sunday ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) 88 pager picked up at Anfield on Sunday £3.50 ... Liverpool v Chelsea. Edited April 18, 2019 by Rab B Nesbit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Good wee programme at Newtongrange Star on Tuesday night as always. Good value at £1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Usual excellent programme at Hearts on Saturday £3.50 ... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Cracking programme at Cardiff on Sunday only £3 ... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 Bonnyrigg Rose v Edinburgh United programme from Wednesday night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 Nice tribute to Tommy Smith on Friday night ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jute Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) Programmes from the last few weeks. Cup semi final one was a bit steep at £4. Sunderland programme an excellent read. Edited April 28, 2019 by Jute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Good programme at East Kilbride v Cove Rangers on Saturday ... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab B Nesbit Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Nice wee programme £3 at Palmerston yesterday and picked up a teamsheet for 20p ... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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