Good PR by club

[prescotblade]

Seemingly Leicester fans were all given a freepint and mince pie from the club, who attended tonight’s match. Would you like to see SUFC do this for the fans, or what alternative could it offer, bar promotion.

 

[Bearlie]

Seemingly Leicester fans were all given a freepint and mince pie from the club, who attended tonight’s match. Would you like to see SUFC do this for the fans, or what alternative could it offer, bar promotion.

A free Easter egg at the next home game

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

You can/could get a reduced price on beer and food if you went in the ground early so as to avoid conjestion at entry to the game.

Think its for the home games while you have to show your vaccination status.

 

[raimond]

Seemingly Leicester fans were all given a freepint and mince pie from the club, who attended tonight’s match. Would you like to see SUFC do this for the fans, or what alternative could it offer, bar promotion.

Don't get too excited pal it was Foster's!

 

[TJB.]

I can barely get a beer when I'm trying to give the club some fucking money for it. I can't see it being any faster when they're giving them away to every chuff in the ground.

 

[Bell4]

I can barely get a beer when I'm trying to give the club some fucking money for it. I can't see it being any faster when they're giving them away to every chuff in the ground.

Last home match (whenever the hell that was ) I asked for chips pie / peas and gravy - as did my two mates - I (and they) got presented with a tray of chips , a pie in a box and peas and gravy in a box

Got charged £8.00 instead of £6.50 and tried to explain to the four young people serving us that the food should come all together - they looked at us gone out and even the manager couldn’t get through to them

Anyway rant over

 

[bongleblade]

Seemingly Leicester fans were all given a freepint and mince pie from the club, who attended tonight’s match. Would you like to see SUFC do this for the fans, or what alternative could it offer, bar promotion.

we could do this if we only wanted 5000 in their seats for 2nd half kick off

 

[HighfieldBlade]

I can barely get a beer when I'm trying to give the club some fucking money for it. I can't see it being any faster when they're giving them away to every chuff in the ground.

LCFC were handing out canned drinks so no pouring needed.

 

[SwissBlade]

The club could just announce that Covid passes are a complete waste of time and won’t request these at the Boro game

 

[AdamSufc1997]

We might get 10 bob off a hot dog next game

 

[Keen Blade]

I can barely get a beer when I'm trying to give the club some fucking money for it. I can't see it being any faster when they're giving them away to every chuff in the ground.

Leicester is one of those nondescript Meccano stadia , well-suited to mass-catering ..
Unlike our beloved old Kop with its poles , knee-crushing seats & utterly inadequate catering facilities.
Whilst those mental feckers were banging on about new stands & 40k capacities at the Lane in 2019 , I was quietly thinking that a bit of steelwork running the entire length of the back of the Kop could provide a 100 yards of accessible bar for 10,000 thirsty customers like me - for a fraction of the cost + more income for the club.

 

[Panini]

I have a feeling the good PR might be offset by the chants those same fans were singing once the mince pies had gone down.

 

[Keen Blade]

Last home match (whenever the hell that was ) I asked for chips pie / peas and gravy - as did my two mates - I (and they) got presented with a tray of chips , a pie in a box and peas and gravy in a box

Got charged £8.00 instead of £6.50 and tried to explain to the four young people serving us that the food should come all together - they looked at us gone out and even the manager couldn’t get through to them

Anyway rant over

Catering at the Lane has gone downhill since I stopped working there in 1980.
Although I ended up as de facto 2nd in command , the best time was from joining as a 14 yr old "tray-lad", going around the old white perimeter fence with my cinema-style tray - us tray-lads worked on commission so it was in our interests to stock our trays up with the fastest moving lines.
Crisps were a big seller but bulky + you couldn't fit many on.
I'd noticed that the catering onions arrived in big "netted" onion bags , so hit on the idea of tying one to each side of my tray + stuffing them full of crisps - I was well-laden down but in the money come cashing-up time !
There's just no initiative or enterprise in those faces behind the counter these days , whether it's theatre , rock arenas , wherever.
Stadia Catering , who had the contract at the Lane in the 70s , also did Finningley Air Display + some of us got bussed there.
One day I did 1,100 hotdogs - 22 of those big Westlers tins of 50 Frankfurters each.
I've always been a grafter - I don't think many of our young folks know what grafting is.

 

[Keen Blade]

LCFC were handing out canned drinks so no pouring needed.

Full cans ? Elf n Safety ? Will no one think of the children ?

 

[Mike325]

Seemingly Leicester fans were all given a freepint and mince pie from the club, who attended tonight’s match. Would you like to see SUFC do this for the fans, or what alternative could it offer, bar promotion.

LAGER LAGER AND MORE LAGER as soon as you get through the turnstile until the minute you leave

 

[Mike325]

A free Easter egg at the next home game

Cheeseburger,vodka just to name a cupul lad

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Full cans ? Elf n Safety ? Will no one think of the children ?

There were bottles of mineral water for them.

 

[Mike325]

Catering at the Lane has gone downhill since I stopped working there in 1980.
Although I ended up as de facto 2nd in command , the best time was from joining as a 14 yr old "tray-lad", going around the old white perimeter fence with my cinema-style tray - us tray-lads worked on commission so it was in our interests to stock our trays up with the fastest moving lines.
Crisps were a big seller but bulky + you couldn't fit many on.
I'd noticed that the catering onions arrived in big "netted" onion bags , so hit on the idea of tying one to each side of my tray + stuffing them full of crisps - I was well-laden down but in the money come cashing-up time !
There's just no initiative or enterprise in those faces behind the counter these days , whether it's theatre , rock arenas , wherever.
Stadia Catering , who had the contract at the Lane in the 70s , also did Finningley Air Display + some of us got bussed there.
One day I did 1,100 hotdogs - 22 of those big Westlers tins of 50 Frankfurters each.
I've always been a grafter - I don't think many of our young folks know what grafting is.

Agree sir next thing your be saying there used to be a gourmet menu with you showcasing your french classical cooking skills on the kop

 

[Mike325]

Last home match (whenever the hell that was ) I asked for chips pie / peas and gravy - as did my two mates - I (and they) got presented with a tray of chips , a pie in a box and peas and gravy in a box

Got charged £8.00 instead of £6.50 and tried to explain to the four young people serving us that the food should come all together - they looked at us gone out and even the manager couldn’t get through to them

Anyway rant over

Just get a pint next time pal your see the benefits

 

[Boxer Blade]

I'd be happy if the bovril was hot, even warm would be a bonus

 

[Inter_blade83]

Catering at the Lane has gone downhill since I stopped working there in 1980.
Although I ended up as de facto 2nd in command , the best time was from joining as a 14 yr old "tray-lad", going around the old white perimeter fence with my cinema-style tray - us tray-lads worked on commission so it was in our interests to stock our trays up with the fastest moving lines.
Crisps were a big seller but bulky + you couldn't fit many on.
I'd noticed that the catering onions arrived in big "netted" onion bags , so hit on the idea of tying one to each side of my tray + stuffing them full of crisps - I was well-laden down but in the money come cashing-up time !
There's just no initiative or enterprise in those faces behind the counter these days , whether it's theatre , rock arenas , wherever.
Stadia Catering , who had the contract at the Lane in the 70s , also did Finningley Air Display + some of us got bussed there.
One day I did 1,100 hotdogs - 22 of those big Westlers tins of 50 Frankfurters each.
I've always been a grafter - I don't think many of our young folks know what grafting is.

It used to be First Contact early 2000s, catering agency that ran out of the blades business centre on John Street.

Used to do Bramall Lane, Hillsborough, various events around the city, Sculpture Park, Magna, Bolton Wanderers and the Ashes at Trent Bridge.

Most staff were under 18 so did kiosk stuff but as an 18 year old I was always on the bar instead. Did a few nightclubs too as part of it. Fun work, shit pay.

 

[Kenilworth]

Leicester also dish out those clacker things, don’t they?

If it’s a slippery slope to that then they can do one.

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Leicester also dish out those clacker things, don’t they?

If it’s a slippery slope to that then they can do one.

Don't forget the free blue Santa hats they gave out as well.
It's the future of football

 

[dn5 shaun]

Leicester is one of those nondescript Meccano stadia , well-suited to mass-catering ..
Unlike our beloved old Kop with its poles , knee-crushing seats & utterly inadequate catering facilities.
Whilst those mental feckers were banging on about new stands & 40k capacities at the Lane in 2019 , I was quietly thinking that a bit of steelwork running the entire length of the back of the Kop could provide a 100 yards of accessible bar for 10,000 thirsty customers like me - for a fraction of the cost + more income for the club.

And what about my old knees

 

[Bell4]

Just get a pint next time pal your see the benefits

I did

It dripped straight through the pie box

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

I think we shouldn't rule out promotion, and there is no way to know at this stage

Seemingly Leicester fans were all given a freepint and mince pie from the club, who attended tonight’s match. Would you like to see SUFC do this for the fans, or what alternative could it offer, bar promotion.

 

[Keen Blade]

Agree sir next thing your be saying there used to be a gourmet menu with you showcasing your french classical cooking skills on the kop

No , just stack em high + serve em fast

 

[Keen Blade]

It used to be First Contact early 2000s, catering agency that ran out of the blades business centre on John Street.

Used to do Bramall Lane, Hillsborough, various events around the city, Sculpture Park, Magna, Bolton Wanderers and the Ashes at Trent Bridge.

Most staff were under 18 so did kiosk stuff but as an 18 year old I was always on the bar instead. Did a few nightclubs too as part of it. Fun work, shit pay.

I hope you donned a HazMat suit when you worked at the pigsty

 

[blade67]

I have a feeling the good PR might be offset by the chants those same fans were singing once the mince pies had gone down.

Missed that. Do tell

 

[Keen Blade]

And what about my old knees

Well , if it were up to me , you wouldn't have to climb up to the back of the Kop to get served , coz I'd re-introduce an army of fast-fingered tray-lads who'd roam the Kop + serve you from the end of your row ... Or if you're near the front , from the perimeter fence.
My knees are also wearing-out , so I like the idea of the product coming to me as opposed to the other way round