Match the ticket price for Eastbourne

SeasideKurt said:
I’d be happy to donate my would have been ticket cost to Eastbourne, Bradford City have done a similar thing, thoughts? I don’t think iFollow will show will it?
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Likelihood of it being live on BBC/BT. 16 games being covered.

Good idea re ticket price. Seem to recall BST organised something previously in the Cup to compensate for the boycott.
 
Friends, that would be a fantastic gesture. (I'm Eastbourne Borough's media officer.) This game is literally the biggest in our 55-year history - we did host Oxford Utd in the FA Cup 15 years ago but they were a mere Div Two! We were thrilled when the pairing came out of the hat - ha, probably a bit more thrilled than you are! To us, you are giants, especially with your FA Cup history, and but for this Bloody Virus we would now have been preparing a warm welcome, in the best sense. We have a saying in non-league, "rivals not enemies" and we live and breathe it at Borough.

Hold off on that suggestion at this stage. We're praying for TV coverage but still waiting to hear. Of course, if so, it's a payday. If not, it's literally touch-and-go whether the game even breaks even without spectators. If the TV boys overlook us, we will set up a live stream but with our facilities, that's really only a second best.

Best wishes and I'll keep you posted.
 
SeasideKurt said:
I’d be happy to donate my would have been ticket cost to Eastbourne, Bradford City have done a similar thing, thoughts? I don’t think iFollow will show will it?
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Good idea Kurt, would you be suggesting BST be best placed to co-ordinate, if possible and they wanted to? Or do you feel it a club initiative?

Either way happy to contribute.
 
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Hi All

I cannot tell you how much it means to us as a club that you as fans are considering this. I have attached what the original post described from Twitter.
This is a huge game for us as a club and we are so sad that we will not have a chance to show you some South Seasiders hospitality. 😜
Your generosity will never be forgotten and will live in the folklore of our club. Not sure we will ever be in a position to reciprocate but you will certainly be earning yourselves a new army of non league fans that will follow and support you whenever and wherever we can. 😃⚽️💞
David Blackmore
EBFC.
 
Good to see the reaction on this and it does you all credit.

Didnt some of you do this the first time you played MKD away? (smiley)
 
I'm up for donating too. Would have been a great day out and I'm all for supporting clubs like Eastbourne Borough. Like others, fingers crossed for the telly as well.
 
kevinanderson said:
Friends, that would be a fantastic gesture. (I'm Eastbourne Borough's media officer.) This game is literally the biggest in our 55-year history - we did host Oxford Utd in the FA Cup 15 years ago but they were a mere Div Two! We were thrilled when the pairing came out of the hat - ha, probably a bit more thrilled than you are! To us, you are giants, especially with your FA Cup history, and but for this Bloody Virus we would now have been preparing a warm welcome, in the best sense. We have a saying in non-league, "rivals not enemies" and we live and breathe it at Borough.

Hold off on that suggestion at this stage. We're praying for TV coverage but still waiting to hear. Of course, if so, it's a payday. If not, it's literally touch-and-go whether the game even breaks even without spectators. If the TV boys overlook us, we will set up a live stream but with our facilities, that's really only a second best.

Best wishes and I'll keep you posted.
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