Oldham are offering a ticket against exeter this weekend for only £2. I was wondering if pools should do something like this granted not £2 thats mad, but say £10 adults and £5 kids?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... icket.html

Probably should have done this a million times over the years, incentives to bring in new fans / bring back old fans.

But they wont.

the few times we have reduced our prices hasn't increased the crowd, so they are probably thinking.....whats the point?

However i reckon they should pick 2 or 3 games a season and let kids in for a quid

They have reduced, but for cup games, when the crowd would always pretty much be low anyway.

Nothing like what exeter are doing here.

Funny how this subject comes up every now and then and Pools are cast in the role of some tight fisted uncle. When the same people apply the same logic to pubs, I'll take it seriously.

Are you trying to imply here snowy that pubs dont put offers on?

or have i lost the point?

Pubs do indeed put offers on ... and you may have also noticed that they're closing at a record rate. Connections eh.

or maybe that they have to put the offers on or they dont get people in connections eh

I work in a pub and its doing better than last year due to the fact there are constant offers on food and drink.

... or maybe the pub you're working in is desperate to stay afloat and trying everything. Pubs are still closing at record levels.

No disagreeing with you but was wondering why thats the case the other day. I still go out as much as I always have and everytime i do go out there are loads of people, be it in Cambridge, Huntingdon, Hartlepool or Newcastle.

Name me a good pub, a solid regular pub, in this town that has closed recently?

I can't think of many.

The good pubs, like compo has said, put offers on and entice people in.

It's not 1979 snowy, social clubs dont rule the world still.

The more stinky old man infested committee run bingo fuelled social clubs that close the bloody better!

Years ago people my and your age Yubep would have been going down the working mans club to see "the turns" and have a pint with the old man. To be honest that would be hell on earth. Look at the pubs in the town that have been going since i was 17-18 Yates, corner house, bar paris and king johns, thats if you want to go down the town. But if youwant a quiet drink with your mate there are pubs that have been around since I was a nipper the warrior, schooner, the fens.

Simple, despite the fact we're in a recession, most people are still working as normal. But as we live ina climate of fear about jobs and wondering where the next blows gonna fall, people are cautious with their money. So while they aren't spending on the big things, like cars and houses, they still have the readies but they're hanging onto it. they may splash out on things they need, but things they consider a luxury like eating out will be bought at a favouable price.

I kave never been in a 'club' since I was 19, detest the places, but you seem to be VERY well informed on the subject.

I love how people speak on behalf of other people.

These 'theys' that you have made yourself spokesperson for, who are they?

Older people? Younger? upper middle class?

How do you know these figures?

Have you carried out door to door research to find out how people are spending the money they earn.

The figures are there too see for houses n cars not being bought, i dont dispute that, but how do you know how people are spending there 'readies'?

Ner it's a load of bollocks.

The only pubs that are closing are shit ones... FACT!

Yeah but they have horse-brasses on the wall and women arnt allowed in so they must be class

and everyone has a seat, dont you dare sit in it!

when did that close I was in it about 3 month ago watching the band the reverse

On no, it hasn't has it??
There's my youth gone, then, disappearing into piles of rubble. First the Catcote and now this. I feel as if I don't exist any more.

It's OK, according to Bodger and Badger, they were shit pubs, someone in 'the club' told him.

First I've heard about the 'Cutter too.

Used to always be there for Alex's quiz on Monday ninghts and the sports one on a Sunday lunchtime.

How can you class a pub that is loosing money good, obviously eveyone doesnt think so or it would stay a float, if my company or I wasnt selling enough products and loosing money I and the company would be classed as shit.

I hate vodka redbulls, gin and giner now there is a drink.

see thats the point used to, why didnt you go in the last couple of months?

redbulls...or bull.

Clearly it's not that good or it would still be open

There's a recession on. we haven't got money for the likes of that. Doh!

im a club man since the age of 18 omsc first club now steelys im also on committee hate the bingo but love billiards n snooker our club is doing well we got money in bank and holding our own in this recession

well i am off to the pub tonight, got a 50% off voucher on booze and food as I work there, I am sticking up to fingers to the recession take that Mr Brown

Well that was about 20 years ago when I was a single lad. Since then I got married had kids and moved to a different part of town. Priorities change.

popular meaning people going in and spending enough money to keep it afloat.

i go out evey night to the club got to keep doing it or it will close i stopped in once and didnt like it

He goes to meet like minded people.

twist it whatever way you like, but it's closed cos not enough people went in and put money in the tills.

FACT!

I love how you speak for everyone, how do you know all the circumstances surrounding its closure, Was it lack of customers, the management, rates, rent, it could be one of a thousand things so how can you possibly say FACT when you don't know....oops I had an attack of the Yubeps,...

Pubs are closing in record numbers all over the country - maybe Hartlepool is not representative (like it isn't for many things).

I'm sure Mr Parmo could tell you the reasons why it is difficult to keep a decent pub open.

Just because a pubs profitable, doesn't mean it's a good pub.

In response to the original topic on the thread, didn't we reduce the price for the Kettering game and no bugger turned up?

I'll tell you 3 good reasons why good pubs are closing.

1. The smoking ban. People would rather sit at home with a drink where they can have a tab.

2. Chains, e.g. Wetherspoons, Yates, Tesco, Asda, all selling booze at prices that pubs can't compete with.

3. Pricks. You know, the old gimmers who think that they should still be going "down town" on a weekend. Going round town is for teenagers and people in their early 20s, mostly single folk going out on the pull. It isn't for people in their late 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s +, most of those who are in those age groups are married or the like too but still feel the need to tart themself up and go off slagging around town to see if they can get a shag behind 42 or wherever is popular nowadays. Especially baffling are the married ones who don't even go out together as a couple but instead take it in turns to go out with their mates. Brainless. Surely it's much more appealing for people to get a little bit more civilised as they get older, go to restaurants, music venues, local pubs, places where you don't have to shout or lip-read to have a conversation? But no, unfortunately there are too many brainless pricks about who are incapable of having a conversation so they go down town to wine bars and nightclubs instead meaning that places such as local pubs are closing down.

Too true, it's people stuck in a time warp even Dr Who would be scared to enter. Twenty years from now it'll be be like Ben Hurs fooking chariot race with electric buggies whizzing about all over the place and ram raidng kebab shops.

agree im 45 and hate the town was great when i was young n free our lass works in the helena went to meet her one night
never again pub full of rarfs

Different class of people that elvisc, they are the little finger in the air wine drinkers, live round west park n think they own the town, stand outside so anyone going past can see them in there.

went the white house once with the lads fooking looks we got of the snooty people in there all stuck up fookers we took the piss out of them all night one dick head sat on his BMW posing so i told him i had 2 of them the look he gave me was priceless knobheads

How long's the Whie House been open? Remember going there when it first opened and even then it was a case of.... oh dear.

You see, that's where you're very wrong.

Most of the doyles who drink in the White House DON'T live around West Park, they drive or get taxis there so that they can stand outside to be seen and have people THINK that they live around there.

It opened about 1990 or '91. We used to go in on the way into town when I was a kid, the first time that they ID'd me was on my 18th birthday and we'd been going in a while then.

a bit like your wrong as 42 closed donkeys ago

Did it?!

I sometimes go to the White House because I quite fancy a pint.

Outrageous I know.