Thanks Trojan

The truth is that in the days of the internet there is probably no real need for the TT, but that's not really what it is.

With that in mind the first thing we had to do was make it cheap, and £1 is cheap even in these days of austerity. Almost anyone going to the game can afford an extra quid in my opinion on something that is actually quite good for the price.

Also it will get better, like all start up publications it takes few issues to bed in. I promise you that in time there will be info and comment on there that won't be available in the public domain. Think of it as the back page of the WE when it was worth a read in the 70's and 80's, your Trinity fix. Also what kid doesn't like a poster.

Meant to add it will also be on sale at the club shop when in full production and on-line. The former in itself gives us a visual presence, lots of older people still prefer a read whilst having a coffee. Also the avid male collector has not disappeared, old or young, some people just love to collect, and it's just about good enough quality wise for that.

I'm hoping once it gets going we might sell 500 an issue, possibly more for bigger matches. Won't make the club rich, but it all helps.

The Reece brochure clearly wasn’t the issue, although TBF I’d not taken that on board. You’re bound to be selling a testimonial brochure at such a game so can’t complain on that one. In retrospect possibly the wrong friendly.

More the Mighty Trin, far more similar publication.

Three similar items on sale on sale at one go is a lot.

As I say it wasn’t deliberate and no point sulking just unfortunate when your aim is to try and work out a suitable print run.

Yeah, the size unfortunately is crucial from a cost perspective. To get the same info in a more traditional A5 format would take it to 16 pages and that would require stapling and at the quantities we are selling at that would make it well over a pound to get a return. It would effectively become the old programme that became uneconomical a few years back.

Also you'd lose the poster, or at least a poster of any worthwhile size, a major selling point imo.

It's a compromise but we are hoping at the price it is it will sell in reasonable quantity and thus make a decent return.

However things are fluid and I see no reason why at the end of the season we couldn't do a collectors special digest version at A5 size on higher grade paper to sell online. All 14 editions for say £14.99. Be a great stocking filler that you could definitely keep pristine and I'm sure we could throw in some extra end of season extras, especially if its a good season.

Hope that explains.

I have posted something on the RWBA Group but I'll post an update here as well as it's part of the conversation.

We sold 125 copies (out of the print run of 150) which isn't bad considering the other things that were on sale yesterday and we only sold within the ground. The ideal plan would be to have volunteers outside the turnstiles but the volunteers that helped yesterday (including myself) were all in a Hospitality Box and that was open from 12:30pm. The Western Terrace also seemed quite empty at around 1:15pm (when I planned on sending people out) and everyone seemed to arrive really late on and close to kick off.

The remaining 25 copies are in the club shop today so if anyone is in and didn't get one then that's where you can pick one up from. This will give us an indication of how shop sales can be with this production as Daz seemed confident they would fly out at £1 a copy.