Forever Forward Forum

[Paul Waine]

A new initiative announced on Club website today.

Sounds like there's lots to suit several on here.

www.burnleyfootballclub.com/content/joi ... ward-forum

Club to launch brand-new fans forum, to expand dialogue between Club and supporters

Burnley Football Club are on the lookout for supporters to join our new Forever Forward Forum.

The forum aims to bring together a diverse range of Clarets supporters who will form voluntary representatives and meet with the Club to share ideas and discuss topics that are important to fans.

Discussion topics will include areas such as both ticket and season ticket pricing, the overall matchday experience, marketing campaigns and improvements to Turf Moor.

[RVclaret]

More excellent communication initiatives by the club.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Lets hope you don't need over 6000 points to discuss ticketing

[wilks_bfc]

"All applicants will be updated on the outcome of their application and the Club will interview candidates ahead of the new season to establish a shortlist of ten representatives to form the forum."

Its a great idea and helps engagement, but is 1 member from each category going to be a very representative?

[fidelcastro]

If only there was already a fans' forum where we could discuss things.

[Bosscat]

If only there was already a fans' forum where we could discuss things.

I wonder if there will be arguments and "my dads bigger than your dad" conversations

[claret2018]

Will custard be doing match day threads on it?

[Whitgord]

What about us 30-65 year olds?

[jedi_master]

The last attempt at this (The Supporters Board) was not a success for a myriad of reasons, but the intention and desire was there. We were hamstrung for two very obvious reasons after a decent start of meetings at Turf Moor with Dave Baldwin etc. The first was obviously Covid, which stopped the face to face meetings and led to us taking things to Zoom/Teams which just didn't work as well. The second was that it became very clear that the club was losing interest due to the fact the takeover was nearing and clearly they had much bigger fish to fry (and couldn't really comment on what was happening, or commit to many improvement activities due to the fact they/we didn't know what the lay of the land would be shortly).

The idea is a really good one, and I wish anyone who applies the best of luck with it.

[Bosscat]

What about us 30-65 year olds?

Not included Gord ... I will be able to join next year though

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Good idea on the face of it.

[Dinks]

Great idea if it's run right.

[bfcjg]

I wonder if there will be arguments and "my dads bigger than your dad" conversations

No he isn't

[Barlickclaret]

Lets hope you don't need over 6000 points to discuss ticketing

Let's hope you do, then the prem bandwagon jumpers might not be on.

[Bosscat]

No he isn't

He probably wasn't @ only 5'6

[The Enclosure]

Price of Twix and quality of pies to be on the agenda please

[BuryClaret]

Thanks for flagging this up - going to apply for the 18-30 range as think it's a really great initiative if it can be done right.

[Whitgord]

2 years more for me BC.

[Spijed]

Lets hope you don't need over 6000 points to discuss ticketing

What about those who were at the Orient game?

[DCWat]

Let’s hope it proves to be successful and doesn’t fall by the wayside.

Does supporters groups and other groups associated with the club include this site? There’s a core captive audience with some good and sensible ideas, which it would be a shame not to tap in to.

Strange to miss off 30 to 65 year olds from the list requiring representation. I suspect it’s an oversight.

[chekhov]

Let's hope you do, then the prem bandwagon jumpers might not be on.

Being, as we are, in the Championship, I doubt that will be an issue.

[claretonthecoast1882]

What about those who were at the Orient game?

They will be too busy having a dance over which badge we should have on the shirt

[gandhisflipflop]

Price of Twix and quality of pies to be on the agenda please

That wasn’t funny 5 years ago

[MDWat]

Sounds like quite a good idea from the club to get a wide range of views from many demographics.

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/con ... ward-forum

[ClaretDiver]

See other thread!

[bobinho]

Have I missed something here?

How about engaging those aged between 30 and 65?

[DCWat]

Sounds like quite a good idea from the club to get a wide range of views from many demographics.

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/con ... ward-forum

Come on numb nuts, keep up!

https://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboa ... =2&t=63098

[Top Claret]

Good to see that the club are trying to engage with the fans, more than the last lot did

[burnmark]

Good to see the club engagement here and this together with the surveys that have gone out on different topics definitely suggest they are taking on board and are interested in the paying customer.

I was going to apply for this but don’t seem to fit into any of the categories. I do have a family but none of them attend regularly.

[Leisure]

Happy to hear of any new initiative to involve fans more but not sure just how representative 1 person in each category can be, they're if expected to be the voice of every other fan in the category?

[TheFamilyCat]

I guess they feel thst the 'family' representative would be 30-65. Although it is a wide age range and the priorities of a parent may not be the same as those of others of those ages.

[TheFamilyCat]

Happy to hear of any new initiative to involve fans more but not sure just how representative 1 person in each category can be, they're if expected to be the voice of every other fan in the category?

Will they be expected to be a point of contact for other fans and represent their views? Could become a full time job if that is the expectation though.

[Leisure]

Will they be expected to be a point of contact for other fans and represent their views? Could become a full time job if that is the expectation though.

Big ask that though, unless you know lots of other people! And, as can be seen on the messageboard, there will be lots of differing views on every issue.

[KRBFC]

Happy to hear of any new initiative to involve fans more but not sure just how representative 1 person in each category can be, they're if expected to be the voice of every other fan in the category?

I'll take that role, KRBFC the voice of the people.

[Leisure]

I'll take that role, KRBFC the voice of the people.

[KRBFC]

You sit back and rest your tonsils, let the resident expert extraordinaire handle this one.

[ClaretTony]

Good to see that the club are trying to engage with the fans, more than the last lot did

The last lot did, was scrapped after the takeover. It’s a requirement to have something like this.

[Vegas Claret]

You sit back and rest your tonsils, let the resident expert extraordinaire handle this one.

as much as we have our disagreements you do make me chuckle sometimes

[Darnhill Claret]

If I was on the forum I would put forward my own personal views on all subjects where I held a strong opinion. As for representing others in my category, yes I could do that, provided the majority view coincided with a view of my own. I would certainly not put forward a view which was the polar opposite of my own. I would not consider myself to be a fans representative. However I could see a Supporters Group Rep doing exactly that if they were elected by that group. Sounds a good thing but is not something that hasn’t been tried before.

[IanMcL]

Will custard be doing match day threads on it?

That would be HolyCustard to you. Or HolyOne!

[Top Claret]

The last lot did, was scrapped after the takeover. It’s a requirement to have something like this.

They might have engaged with you personally but they certainly had little contact with the vast majority of the fan base.

[jedi_master]

They might have engaged with you personally but they certainly had little contact with the vast majority of the fan base.

No, they LITERALLY did this exact thing - as I referenced above, it was called ‘The Supporters Board’. You had to apply (just like this) and it included a diverse array of people from minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ backgrounds, disability backgrounds along with the other categories listed here. It was quite literally the exact same as this, albeit hamstrung due to (first) Covid and then the takeover.

[ClaretTony]

They might have engaged with you personally but they certainly had little contact with the vast majority of the fan base.

Nothing to do with me personally. There was something similar that was scrapped early in 2021 by Neil Hart after discussion with Alan Pace. It is, as I have said, a requirement.

[FCBurnley]

FFF FFS