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[sageyefc]

Room for improvement, Yes. Targeted the wrong markets?? Markets don't exist without fans. Been to Old Trafford, The Emirates, The Bernabeu, Nou Camp lately? Spotting the tourist ain't hard.

Tours of the Thailand are pointless we don't stand a chance with the glory hunters. Places like USA Australia we do stand a chance, we've had these countries superstars and haven't took any advantage. And it would help for a start if our merchandise was easier to purchase



Alas all this was discussed at length in the other board thread.

 

[RomanReigns]

suprised we've had no chinese billionaires in the prem

weve had thai's at man city and leicester

malaysian's at qpr

seems strange given that the teams in china are spending 40 mil on players

 

[mmmmsnouts]

Please don't take this personally as it certainly is not, but there is little or no chance of a part publicly subsidised/funded stadium within the City of Liverpool.

I always thought if an American-style civic shakedown were possible for a stadium in Liverpool, the club would have been bought long ago, or the current regime would have done it themselves.

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

Tours of the Thailand are pointless we don't stand a chance with the glory hunters. Places like USA Australia we do stand a chance, we've had these countries superstars and haven't took any advantage. And it would help for a start if our merchandise was easier to purchase



Alas all this was discussed at length in the other board thread.

The glory hunters are world wide. I had one friend who supported city before the takeover because of Claudio Reyna and then started supporting Fulham after it but for the general population that is coming into the game in the last say half a decade or a little more they are EXCLUSIVELY interested in the top half if not the top 4-6 let at most except for a few hipsters that support crap clubs to be different. Unfortunately even in my own family I couldn't convince my cousin to support Everton but he chose Spurs and he even said he had to pick someone who was very competitive.

*research done on street and in bars*

 

[b4sunryze]

except for a few hipsters that support crap clubs to be different. Unfortunately even in my own family I couldn't convince my cousin to support Everton but he chose Spurs and he even said he had to pick someone who was very competitive.

*research done on street and in bars*

https://www.facebook.com/Everton-San-Diego-Toffees-1547301818834694 I guess that means there's 81 hipsters supporting Everton in San Diego then. I spoke to a lot of them and they are fans for different reasons. Many due to Howard, McBride, Donovan and Joe Max Moore. But others because they've done their research and like the club's history. Don't sell some American Blues short.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ted-us-fans-on-the-their-passion-for-the-club

I've converted my girlfriend and her parents to EFC. I run into Evertonians at Shakespeare's pub on matchday, and only about a third of them usually are expats from the UK.

Go to reddit.com/soccer and you'll see that Everton's gained a lot of admirers and "casuals" who enjoy watching Everton's style. One of the most popular posts on that subreddit in the last two weeks was this rumor one: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/42vsdn/my_boss_just_bought_everton/ that had 92% upvotes on an online group that has over 400,000 members.

I wear my Jersey every Friday for casual fridays to Work and on trips - I've been stopped countless times by people who just want to talk "soccer" and ask about my affiliation with the club.

The fact is we don't choose EFC, the club chooses us. Now ownership just needs to do a better job of choosing more fans in big markets like the US who are just waiting to be tapped. Awareness in the US is growing about Everton, now imagine if ownership can throw gasoline on the spark and curiosity with some effective marketing and distribution.

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

https://www.facebook.com/Everton-San-Diego-Toffees-1547301818834694 I guess that means there's 81 hipsters supporting Everton in San Diego then. I spoke to a lot of them and they are fans for different reasons. Many due to Howard, McBride, Donovan and Joe Max Moore. But others because they've done their research and like the club's history. Don't sell some American Blues short.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ted-us-fans-on-the-their-passion-for-the-club

I've converted my girlfriend and her parents to EFC. I run into Evertonians at Shakespeare's pub on matchday, and only about a third of them usually are expats from the UK.

Go to reddit.com/soccer and you'll see that Everton's gained a lot of admirers and "casuals" who enjoy watching Everton's style. One of the most popular posts on that subreddit in the last two weeks was this rumor one: https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/42vsdn/my_boss_just_bought_everton/ that had 92% upvotes on an online group that has over 400,000 members.

I wear my Jersey every Friday for casual fridays to Work and on trips - I've been stopped countless times by people who just want to talk "soccer" and ask about my affiliation with the club.

The fact is we don't choose EFC, the club chooses us. Now ownership just needs to do a better job of choosing more fans in big markets like the US who are just waiting to be tapped. Awareness in the US is growing about Everton, now imagine if ownership can throw gasoline on the spark and curiosity with some effective marketing and distribution.

Errrrrr .... Did you think that I was putting Everton in the "crap club" bracket? During the time I was discussing we were in the group I was saying was the most popular (except last year) along with Donovan/Howard.

 

[b4sunryze]

Errrrrr .... Did you think that I was putting Everton in the "crap club" bracket? During the time I was discussing we were in the group I was saying was the most popular (except last year) Donovan/Howard.

Haha, sorry I got defensive there. Everton are not crap, I just know there are a group of fans who hate "Bandwagon fans" or "glory hunters" as you call them. I know I can't stand fans of the Red Sox, Cowboys, Lakers, Yankees, etc who pick teams because they always win and have unlimited resources. It's the same reason I gag at the thought of being a United or City fan when I was learning about the EPL. There are more like us out there.

Also, I know a lot of US soccer fans learned about Everton through Rog Bennett on Men in Blazers podcast.

 

[chicoazul]

Haha, sorry I got defensive there. Everton are not crap, I just know there are a group of fans who hate "Bandwagon fans" or "glory hunters" as you call them. I know I can't stand fans of the Red Sox, Cowboys, Lakers, Yankees, etc who pick teams because they always win and have unlimited resources. It's the same reason I gag at the thought of being a United or City fan when I was learning about the EPL. There are more like us out there.

Also, I know a lot of US soccer fans learned about Everton through Rog Bennett on Men in Blazers podcast.

Who's your MVP of the Evertons man?

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

Haha, sorry I got defensive there. Everton are not crap, I just know there are a group of fans who hate "Bandwagon fans" or "glory hunters" as you call them. I know I can't stand fans of the Red Sox, Cowboys, Lakers, Yankees, etc who pick teams because they always win and have unlimited resources. It's the same reason I gag at the thought of being a United or City fan when I was learning about the EPL. There are more like us out there.

Also, I know a lot of US soccer fans learned about Everton through Rog Bennett on Men in Blazers podcast.

There are definitely more out there like us (I was a regular at A.J. Hudsons in Chicago and a part of a healthy Chicago Toffee group) but if you went there on say final day or a big match day the relative numbers favored the Sky 4+ which is really what I was getting at which is relative to the total fandom.

I agree I don't really follow many other sports but I suffered through some terrible years from my Packer fandom until we got good again about 8 years ago and some terrible years as a Bulls fan until around the same time (although the 90's were amazing for them both).

 

[VentureBrosEFC]

Who's your MVP of the Evertons man?

Der toffee lady larrrrrr

 

[b4sunryze]

Who's your MVP of the Evertons man?

Hibbo, all day erryday.

 

[chicoazul]

Our American fans on here have been raised by wolves. Their game is tight.

 

[nikom court]

Tours of the Thailand are pointless we don't stand a chance with the glory hunters. Places like USA Australia we do stand a chance, we've had these countries superstars and haven't took any advantage. And it would help for a start if our merchandise was easier to purchase



Alas all this was discussed at length in the other board thread.

everton play where the money is,and if the thais pay the most its far from pointless,
we play in Thailand on average once every 10 years incidently!

 

[bullensboy]

Could it be that as part of negotiations, the club and the Americans are waiting to find out the final details of the TV deal which is announced today or tomorrow (I stand to be corrected) ? Surely that could have a dramatic impact on sale price

 

[BiggyRat]

Places like USA Australia we do stand a chance, we've had these countries superstars and haven't took any advantage.

Very true. The EPL barely rates a mention here, unless it's the Sky 4 on a slow news day, or an Aussie did something. Even then, you'd hear "Tim Cahill's Everton..." and, whilst it annoyed me somewhat that we only got mentioned because of him, it was great to see Everton locally.

You're spot on with the merchandise too. The only Cahill tops you could get were Socceroos ones. I buy direct but the casual/fringe supporter had no chance to get our kit.