Do your bit - entice a friend!

[TrueBlue]

On the coach home Tuesday night I was talking to a young lad who was 16 and he was saying he would love to go Saturday but had nobody to go with, so I told him book the coach for Saturday and I will stick with him for the day and give him a lift home to his nans after the game when the coach drops us off.

Nothing to shout about really but that's an extra supporter now for Saturday that's another voice to get behind the team, I guess the point of my post is if you can help or entice a fellow shrimper to go you should! even if it just means another 50 people show up or just 1 its worth it and the good feeling and sense of well being that you have helped one of our own out!

UTB

 

[Blue_Shrimper1959]

On the coach home Tuesday night I was talking to a young lad who was 16 and he was saying he would love to go Saturday but had nobody to go with, so I told him book the coach for Saturday and I will stick with him for the day and give him a lift home to his nans after the game when the coach drops us off.

Nothing to shout about really but that's an extra supporter now for Saturday that's another voice to get behind the team, I guess the point of my post is if you can help or entice a fellow shrimper to go you should! even if it just means another 50 people show up or just 1 its worth it and the good feeling and sense of well being that you have helped one of our own out!

UTB

Tried this a few times past two years, it is more effort to get someone to come over from Surrey, but the likes of Alder**** away last season and the football on display, seemed to put them off rather than entice them in.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Tried this a few times past two years, it is more effort to get someone to come over from Surrey, but the likes of Alder**** away last season and the football on display, seemed to put them off rather than entice them in.

Aldersh*t away last season was enough to put anyone off the game for life! Bloody cheats!

 

[Blue_Shrimper1959]

Aldersh*t away last season was enough to put anyone off the game for life! Bloody cheats!

Unfortunately I took them to the re-arranged match which was shockingly bad, and considering we were top of the league at the time I think I put them off league 2 football for life.

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Due to the fact that I'm hugely popular and kind of a big deal, I've persuaded 3 non Shrimpers to come along and buy season tickets this year.

 

[TrueBlue]

Due to the fact that I'm hugely popular and kind of a big deal, I've persuaded 3 non Shrimpers to come along and buy season tickets this year.

When your from the Royal Borough of Rochford my friend we are all Celebs!

 

[The Eternal Optimist]

This reminds me of the conservation adverts of the 1970s

http://www.reducereuserecycle.co.uk/greenprintables/bath_with_a_friend.htm

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

When your from the Royal Borough of Rochford my friend we are all Celebs!

The Only Way Is Rochford.

 

[CocklesShrimps&Whiteweed]

More likely to put them off ever coming again at the moment. I've done this in the past but chose to invite 'newbies' when the football was worth watching.

 

[jack the shrimper]

On the coach home Tuesday night I was talking to a young lad who was 16 and he was saying he would love to go Saturday but had nobody to go with, so I told him book the coach for Saturday and I will stick with him for the day and give him a lift home to his nans after the game when the coach drops us off.

Nothing to shout about really but that's an extra supporter now for Saturday that's another voice to get behind the team, I guess the point of my post is if you can help or entice a fellow shrimper to go you should! even if it just means another 50 people show up or just 1 its worth it and the good feeling and sense of well being that you have helped one of our own out!

UTB

Last season I started bringing a friend to home (and a couple of away) games... within a couple of months he was hooked. This year he's got a season ticket with me in the North Bank, it's good to know that bringing someone along to a few games can make a Shrimper out of them.

I'm in a similar situation as the lad you mentioned, would love to be an away game regular but it's rare that I'm able to go. Loved it today at Northampton and loved every away game I've been to, maybe the next step is to convince my mates to let me drag them up and down the country more often!

 

[dan_mays]

I took a fair few mates to a number of games last season,

The Aldershot fixture both the abandoned and defeat - they wont go there again
Afc Wombles away werent a bad day out and a nice win
Crawley at home great crack in the north bank the lads loved it

 

[Ricey]

I converted two of my best mates into Southend fans. One was an arsenal fan and the other a man united fan. I took them to games. Now while I'm in afghan they have been taking their brothers and mates to games without me going with them.

We should pick a couple of games a year that we know are low attendance and try and increase it by bringing friends, family, wives, kids to the game.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Its hard enough to entice myself to RH these days and i've only missed one home game in the last 16 years :blush: