I have some promotional product mag in front of me www4imprint.co.uk

They have promotional golf umbrellas 2 panel with 1 printed

£6.49 each with a minimum of 24 per order. (+£40 for the screen print)

The club could sell them for £10+ easily.

Messanger bags 2.59 for minimum 50 (plus £40 for screen print)

Cool bags 2.09 (minimum 50) (£40 screen print)

No idea if the screen print would be payable on each category or not.

Using social media they could ask fans to vote or pre order items.

Anything has to be better than what we have.

it is when we do it ..ie don't get your design / order into place to overseas source and ' sweat your assets' :- bring in in time for xmas pre season , buy cheaper sell high to the hardcore , mid way through the season then be discounting the stock strip to get cash out of the stock whilst there is still enough interest .

they had to pay through the nose to a UK supplier , probably can't afford to discount strip as easily and still return a reasonable margin , and that spells trouble .

I'm guessing there deal with Kooga clothing means they can't just bring in supplementary tee's or polo shirts ,

they need to be sitting down with potential new Shirt suppliers and agreeing designs for 2013 NOW, orders need to be placed in July/Aug to allow for extended lead time and/or rejections of initial samples.


Liked the Forever reds Tee's , when they were done , also the calenders .

Merchandising is so important Man City have a shop at The Arndale Centre and in Abu Dhabi !
For people who cannot afford player sponsorship it makes them feel as though they are not only contributing to assist the club,but also to be part of the club.
Should the players reach Wembley would the club still have the same attitude to merchandise in the club shop ?

Getting the clubs name and image out there is hugely important.

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Maybe we should put 3 gold stars on our club badge?

Yeah and just like their stadium there always empty! We might as well have Gary Cook as our chief exec as well dunno who'd be worse, him or Tarry!

Sorry, but I don't agree with you there.

Our devil is something to be heralded. We are the original red devils, our devil ( if they use the old style stick devil, not the McRae one) is our heritage. It's nothing like the unied one and the stuff that the club shop has in with it looks uber cool IMO. The city reds logo is ok to use, but we should be using a combination of the 2 with mabe the devil to appeal to the older demographic who the heritage part of the club appeals to.


Now if they sold items like those on red willows post I'd buy much more bits from the club shop such as car accessories etc.....

Yeah, which is seemingly always empty.

You comments on the red devil are also a bit silly. The badge is ours and should be something we're proud of, rather than hiding it away just because United have been using a devil for years.

Simple and effective merchandising is not hard to pull off. Salford could manage it easily.

I don't really have an issue with the devil - but why didn't the club go with that instead of the 'City Reds' for the branding.It should have been one or the other;or both,as you suggest.
Leeds went from Loiners to Rhinos.Warrrington from Wire to Wolves.Widnes from Chemics to Vikings.
Presumably to capture the interest/imagination of children,and thereafter the family market.It must have worked as they draw larger attendances and their club badges/logos/crests are easily recognised.
There is not a red devil on the shirts.I cannot be a walking advertising board when wearing a track suit with a small red devil on it.
Perhaps the club should make the decision now as to how it wants to go - with or without the red devil or with or without the 'Salford City Reds' logo.No other club seems to be holding onto it's history but have moved forward under one umbrella/all rowing in the same direction.
When that happens we may get some items in the shop we would all like to purchase at a price which will make the shop have more custom than the expensive Man City shops.
( I should point out that FCUM,Man City,and Lancs.Cricket Club all have one crest that supporters can relate to.)

The club missed the perfect oppertunity to rebrand before we moved to Barton. Had a new mascot in place, maybe a revamped badge all to coincide with a new stadium to play in. Easily could have made a big thing about new image and new stadium going hand in hand.

Lancs have two crests, the traditional red rose and the 'Lightning' logo for one day games. city sell a retro range with their old club crest on, and FC Utd have alternative merchandise with the more discreet 'FCUM' lettering for those who prefer that to the club crest. No harm in Salford giving people a choice between the devil and club crest.

Valid point - well presented.I have checked and,of course,you are correct.
Now if the new track suits had some lettering around the devil...