Opportunity Missed
Opportunity Missed
I went to the open day today. I t was a good experience and a
chance to meet current and former heroes.
But two things stood glaring out of place - which were in fact
missing completely.
1] There should have been a kiosk there for the Yellow Fever
to recruit new members and make them aware of this website and the
involvement with the club.
2] There should have been a Merchandise shop open for fans to
buy jerseys, tee shirts, hats, flags banners, coffee mugs etc as
per most professional clubs.
These two items missing were I believe an opportunity left
going begging. Now is the time to rally the troops before the
season kicks off.
The players and staff present were a very BIG credit to the
club. Their attitudes, friendliness and willingness to have a chat
with fans young and old, left me with the impression that things
are very much looking up. 
I hope to attend as many games as my shift work allows. This
club deserves us to get behind it. You'll see me wearing my Hoops,
no glory hunting fan here. NZ born and Bred but a Hoop for
life!
If thats you, then u look like Phil Mitchel off Eastenders.
Welcome to the YF site Lonegunman. The points that you make
are very valid ones. Those two things have been a worry to
me, as all professional football clubs provide this kind of service
to their fans and it brings in revenue. I'm not sure how
much of this is being controlled by the Aussie A-League
authorities rather than the club themselves. Great first
posting.
Thanks, I'm currently appearing in ultimate force!
I thought it was Grant appearing in Ultimate Force not
Phil!!!
Not that I'm an avid fan or anything!
Not that I'm an avid fan or anything!
I don't believe the Phoenix have any merchandise to sell at the
moment either, all strips, t-shirts, polos etc are manufactured by
Reebok, earliest date for strips is early Sept.
I think the other stuff (towels, mugs, key rings, pins etc) is organised by the A-League so it may be a while until the manufacturer gets some Phoenix stuff off the production line
I think the other stuff (towels, mugs, key rings, pins etc) is organised by the A-League so it may be a while until the manufacturer gets some Phoenix stuff off the production line
Thanks Kiwi hatter (Good luck this season, furs WILL score for your
team). I went to the open day to grab a collection of autographs
for myself and my nephew and everyone came to the party. I wanted
to buy some items and was very disappointed that neither party had
come to the party.
Can you tell me where I might get such items as coffee mugs,
jersies etc. There has to be a place somewhere. And where can you
see the home and away kits? What i have seen is a majority black
kit - too much like the all blacks and predecessors, the kings
& the knights. Verticle black & gold Stripes would have
been nice but I reckon the 1986/87 Watford kit would have bee
perfect and their away kit of red would too have been good.
Cheers Ginger, just as I was responding to an earlier post. What
about 'yellow Fever', what merchandising is there available?
Lonegunmen2007-07-29 18:39:30
f**k me. The A-League merchandise store sells some right crazy sh*t.
The vastly overpriced jewellery is ridiculous - AU$341 for a belt
buckle - wtf!
Phoenix dont have any merchandise.
YF didnt ask if we could crash their big day by setting up our
own kiosk.
Feel free to head to Champs sports for a t-shirt though.
Cheers for the note Phil 
Feverish2007-07-29 18:50:07
Cheers Ginger, just as I was responding to an earlier post. What
about 'yellow Fever', what merchandising is there available?
So far the only YF merchandise is the Retro Ricki T-Shirt - available from Champs sports in the Left Bank of Cuba St.
It may be a wee while until there's a Cove like catalogue of supporter gear (scarves, caps, polos, t-shirts) but seeing YF is still fairly new - I'm sure that'll come in time
we are currently developing the YF belt buckle..
we are currently developing the YF Sam buckle..
Fixed.
Hard News2007-07-29 18:57:58
So overall how was it? Did u guyes get to tlk to the players?
Seemed to be a lot of people running around in Pheonix jackets,
whats wrong with those for starters.
So overall how was it? Did u guyes get to tlk to the players?
the players were all freely available to talk to. We did an
interview with Mossy (stupidly near little kids who were screaming
in the background).
He said if this weeks match is in Chch, and if Da Selecta
can't make it, then he will sit in goal with a laptop and do our
online game updates.
He said if this weeks match is in Chch, and if Da Selecta can't
make it, then he will sit in goal with a laptop and do our online
game updates.
Someone should point out to him that it's not Zdrillic he'll be facing.
Rest assured guys there will be a great range of merchandise
available in due course.
As explained before the issue that the club has had is
the short turn around time form the announcement of the franchise
happening. As far as merchandise goes to give you an idea of
the normal turn around of a line that we carry in RYOS is the
Adidas All Blacks range.
This gear is viewed and ordered by retailers
generally 6-8 months before it arrives instore..this is
a fairly normal length of time to allow for manufacture
and shipping, the same applies to the super 14 gear.
I suspect that this is the same with the manufacture of
the Phoenix range they willl be doing well to get it in the short
space of time that they will.
As far as revenue goes yeah it probably does seem a shame that
there isnt anything available at open days etc to purchase, I think
you will find that the club will have its hands tied with official
licences therefore not allowing them to sell or produce other stuff
outside the a league official agreements.. so it will be a matter
of just waiting..Im sure it will be worth it
So overall how was it? Did u guyes get to tlk to the players?
the players were all freely available to talk to. We did an
interview with Mossy (stupidly near little kids who were screaming
in the background).
He said if this weeks match is in Chch, and if Da Selecta
can't make it, then he will sit in goal with a laptop and do our
online game updates.
haha it would be awesome if our defense held up well enough for him to do that
Thanks lonegunmen, yes hoping that we'll bounce back to the
Championship but all of Blackwell's signing seem to be in their
thirties! The Hatters can claim the title of Dad's Army! Not
too impressive form in pre season, and injuries picked up
too! Nothing wrong with the merchandise from their club shop
though! Brought a stack back from the UK when I was over there on
holiday.
I do find the merchandise question a real pain. there
are fans just waiting to spend their hard earned dosh to support
their club and there's none available til September! Imagine
telling Millwall fans that!!!! I would have preferred yellow and
black verticle stripes too, but Reebok's templates can't cope with
that it would seem!
I can't believe the A League mechandising? Does the word "Rip-Off"
sound familiar?
Hows this for an example?
Caps should be $20, Coffee mugs $8, posters (Individual A3
& Team A3) $5, Playing Tops $80.00 (Strong currency is ours)
with Numbers $2.50 each and Lettering $2.00 per letter, Scarves
$20, Flags $10 etc etc
Get the jist? Fair pricing too. Keep things cheapish and a lot
of people will buy the stuff. Keep it at the current type A League
prices and few will buy anything. Who wants a belt buckle FFS We're
not Cowboys. But we would like to show or loyalty to our
club!
maybe I should have gone into marketing?? LOL
Lonegunmen2007-07-29 23:23:05
Phil, maybe you still should, You must of made a fair bit on
eastenders =/
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FFS Celtic. It's "Tartan" and "be coming" not tarten and becoming. How Scottish are you ?
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FFS Celtic. It's "Tartan" and "be coming" not tarten and becoming. How Scottish are you ?
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Mate tartan was always spelt like that.. i dont see where your comning from...
Interesting to see that the official belt buckles vary in
price - with the Bling one naturally being the most expensive
at A$407. It doesn't even include a belt! Do they actually sell any
of these oddities? 
must be some pimps that support football...
Time for the A-League to ditch Reebok I say! I wonder who the
marketing "genius" was that thought about the belt buckles! For god
sake we're not in Texas!!! I wonder if any fans were actually
asked what they would like to see in the way of merchandise?????
Somehow doesn't seem likely does it?
belt buckles for the greeks? to go with their bling earings? and
bling ring and pimp leather shoes?
It wont be a "reebok genius" that brought in the belt buckles and the like they deal in apparell!!! You will find that this type of club merchandise is made and sold to a particular market i.e australian team supporters it tends to appeal to the greek,croatians, and italian supporters
Im pretty sure you wont see to many phoenix belt buckles
Celtic FC..
Love the passion and the comments.
Could you reduce the poster to a signature.
Thanks
Celtic FC..
Love the passion and the comments.
Could you reduce the poster to a signature.
Thanks
I deleted it - get a normal sized one pls Celtic
I'm not so sure Ryos4phoenix! After all Welly does have a
Greek and Italian community. Heaven forbid buckles! The
jewellery was pretty gaudy when I last looked too!!!! And
affordability was nowhere in sight! lonegunmen has a valid point
about affordable merchandise. Big thumbs up to YF for the
Retro Ricki T shirts. Done better than the club has, and good
price too!
Oh and I forgot the Scarves and beanies at Ryos! Well done to our
collective football community!
Cheers Hatter
hope you entered the draw on the total football show last
night for the phoenix jersey giveaways FREE'S AN EVEN BETTER
PRICE!!
Celtic FC..
Love the passion and the comments.
Could you reduce the poster to a signature.
Thanks
I deleted it - get a normal sized one pls Celtic
I feel you mods have somethign against scottish people.
CelticFC2007-07-30 20:40:15
i got a scarf, they're good
Cosimo2007-07-30 20:42:53
No Celtic,
Mean't to be working...
Anyway hows Killen been going in the pre season games?
Not alot. Got 15mins in one of them. i wouldnt go into preseason in
depth tho. If we strike a crisis then he maybe our man.