Real Madrid Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 I wonder of fans of Saints and St Mirren could have some fun with this? As part of our commitment to social media, Southampton has today become the first British football club to permanently display its official hashtag within its stadium seating. Starting with this weekend's home game against Sunderland, fans visiting St Mary's on a matchday will see the #SaintsFC hashtag embedded into the Chapel Stand. The move is designed to increase engagement between Southampton supporters who use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Google+, and is the latest in a series of social media initiatives launched by the Club. Last season, Saints became the first British side to display supporters' Tweets on pitchside LED perimeter boards during matches, beaming our fans' messages in front of not only the sold-out crowds at St Mary's but also to the millions watching on television around the world. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/come-on-you-saintsfc-1008448.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerthSeany Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) How is that going to get them more supporters through gates and more money in the bank? I dont really get the point in them doing that Edited August 23, 2013 by PerthSeany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 I just wish saints had money to spend on blue seats, never mind pissing it away on shite like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin James Is On Stilts Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 I just wish saints had money to spend on blue seats, never mind pissing it away on shite like this What's so shite about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Whats the point? If saints were to do something like this, I'd hope they go for blue seats instead of #COYS or something like that. I appreciate keeping in touch with fans on twitter etc. is important, but why on the seats? Just use the boards round the pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Think it's just to prove that they have dragged themselves in to the 21st century...and try to connect with the younger generation! To be seen to be moving with the times etcetera!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejksjfc Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 surely this will only work if that stand is empty....is that what they want or expect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin James Is On Stilts Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Whats the point? If saints were to do something like this, I'd hope they go for blue seats instead of #COYS or something like that. I appreciate keeping in touch with fans on twitter etc. is important, but why on the seats? Just use the boards round the pitch. If we're going by that train of thought, then what's the point in us having St Johnstone FC written on the East Stand? Or why do sponsors pay large sums to have their name/logo put on the stands at other stadiums (Motorola at Almondvale, Nike at Old Trafford etc)? Why do we even bother having coloured seats at all? After all, people are only going to sit on them. It's about raising awareness of a brand that the club are promoting, and encouraging fans to discuss on Twitter using the hashtag. The stands will only have fans in them once a week, and the boards around the pitch will only be used when there's a match on, but throughout all of the other days St Mary's will be a big empty stadium with visitors and fans walking round taking photos on stadium tours, corporate events taking place, TV interviews being filmed, photographers in for press photo shoots, and other things that will all have a view of the pitch and the stands. They already had SAINTS written on the seats in that stand, so the only expense will have been to add '#' and 'FC' in there, which for a Premier League team will have been a drop in the ocean. I haven't looked, but I'd imagine that the #SAINTSFC thing will be getting promoted across everything that Southampton produce now, posters/programmes/pitchside screens etc - the writing on the stand will be running alongside these, something to compliment the campaign, not the be-all-and-end-all of it. They seem to be thinking out the box a bit in terms of their approach to using social media as a way of connecting with the fans, and letting fans connect with them, which is good to see. I also like the idea of having tweets displayed on the ad screens during the match, a pretty good way of encouraging people to Tweet about the club. uphallsaint and Teamwork 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamwork Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 cant see what the negativity towards this is about, they are promoting their brand in a different way, simple really. Kevin James Is On Stilts, uphallsaint and Saintdunc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 This is going to look terrible in a couple of years once everyone moves on from Twitter to the next big fad. I believe Dundee are currently planning on decorating the Dens Park benches with their Bebo, Myspace and FriendsReunited details. South Saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abernethy Saint Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 The first proper footy game I ever went to was in that stadium (assuming they haven't moved). Mid-sixties, beat West Ham 2 - 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 cant see what the negativity towards this is about, they are promoting their brand in a different way, simple really. exactly.we don't want associated with the scummers. and while we are on about promoting our own brand its time to sell the yellow and red seats on ebay and make the stadium seats all blue. Kevin James Is On Stilts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin James Is On Stilts Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 exactly.we don't want associated with the scummers. and while we are on about promoting our own brand its time to sell the yellow and red seats on ebay and make the stadium seats all blue. Why even did we get red and yellow seats? I've never understood this. Has it every been addressed by Geoff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik2304 Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Why even did we get red and yellow seats? I've never understood this. Has it every been addressed by Geoff? They were probably the cheapest ones at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slf Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Why even did we get red and yellow seats? I've never understood this. Has it every been addressed by Geoff? they copied iboax at the time which had a similar colour scheme. it was supposed to be an aid for fans to know what section of the stand they were in at ticket games. if ye were colour blind however ye were goosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueheaven Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Quite a strange comment to read, especially from somebody who is a fairly regular Tweeter like yourself BH. I should point out that my post was largely tongue-in-cheek. But I do think people will move on from hashtagging and, when that happens, having it on a stadium will look dated. In the main I agree with you, but equally the internet moves on, people's ways of using it move on, and sites like Facebook and Twitter (and more specifically the use of hashtags) will eventually be overtaken by new sites that take advantage of evolving technology in original ways and capture people's imagination in new ways. It's happened before with myspace, Friends Reunited etc, and it'll happen again. I do think Twitter is a brilliant concept though. Equally, I have a massive distrust of Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deej Posted September 2, 2013 Report Share Posted September 2, 2013 they copied iboax at the time which had a similar colour scheme. it was supposed to be an aid for fans to know what section of the stand they were in at ticket games. if ye were colour blind however ye were goosed. Supposed to help stewards as well eg. 'Trouble maker attempting to sing songs in the yellow section at the scoreboard end' or 'look out for mindless thugs standing up in the red section' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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