Well done Rotherham United

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  1. Gegenpresser

    Gegenpresser Well-Known Member

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    80 year old RUFC season ticket holder tells me he's just had a call from his club asking him if he was OK, and offering to sort him out for anything he might need bringing.

    Are BFC doing anything along these lines? Anyone had a call?
     
    Gegenpresser, Apr 3, 2020
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    On yer tyke Well-Known Member

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    Ermm not to my knowledge, my grandad is in his 80s, season ticket for aslong as I can remember and on the governments dreaded list of 1.5 million people, but not had nothing from the club.
    Not that anyone would expect anything from the football club they support just their family and government which he is fortunately.

    What Rotherham have done is an amazing gesture and rightfully deserves publicity.

    Hope your friend stays indoors and healthy throughout all this and gets the chance to see Rotherham again soon.
     
    On yer tyke, Apr 3, 2020
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    havana red1 Well-Known Member

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    What 'list' you referring to?
     
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    About time they were sending out the reminders for season tickets.
    Now that would be a sensitive touch.
     
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    If Barnsley ever went under Rotherham would be my team .

    Work with loads of Rotherham fans and they are great .

    Too little club just like Barnsley
     
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    Early bird before May 2021
     
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    A very very early bird. Almost pre-menstrual.
     
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    On yer tyke Well-Known Member

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    Of vulnerable people.
     
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    A lot of clubs are doing this but I agree with the positive comments about Rotherham as a club.
     
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    It's the sort of thing that would have been done at our club when Mansford or Ganaye were here.
     
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    Loko the Tyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Genuinely interested, and I've asked this question before, but why do people think that any community/fan friendly initiatives came straight from the CEO? They came from the people who are still at the club working now on similar ideas, but with the CEO's 'signature' just like in other companies, football or non football.

    I asked Whitey about this particular example when I spoke to him earlier and he's made a dozen or so calls to fans himself, so we are doing it along with lots of other clubs.
     
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    We have a CEO who doesn't like to communicate with the fans. We haven't had any positive publicity since he was appointed.
     
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    But you can't always force positive PR as if it doesn't feel like it comes naturally then it can be seen as fake. We were being creative and thoughtful before, at a time where it was fairly uncommon for football teams do be doing the kind of gestures we launched, as in now (thankfully) it's become more of the norm.

    It isn't like we haven't read about some really positive gestures in the last 12 months. He drove the fan with the broken leg up to the game and put him the exec box, sent the couple that got married in Australia a shirt for his wedding day and a personalised message, and the shirt for the sky diving guy. Other stuff as well.

    I'm not defending him. My original question was why do people think it's the CEO that's created the positive PR stories when I'm sure we all realise it's the people behind the scenes who come up with the ideas. Just like the examples I've given above, the CEO is just the signature so to speak.
     
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    First I've heard of any of those.
     
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    Because the more mainstream media doesn't cover things like they did when it was original, which was my other point. Not unless it's a letter sent by Jurgen Klopp anyway.
     
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