Club Mgmt. Board of Directors as led by President Dave Barham

[BrunoV]

Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Just another idiot doubling down on delusion.

 

[CBombers17]

Just waiting for Biden and Xi Jingping to weigh in on Thorburn

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

The piles of cash at headquarters would be an bit of an environmental issue if they went up in flames I think.

$9,500 annual membership fee for the Essendonians, plus other fundraising.

I looked around at other coterie groups for a giggle and what the Essendonians charge for a membership is far above what any of the other clubs are asking for. Found that interesting

 

[faible]

I looked around at other coterie groups for a giggle and what the Essendonians charge for a membership is far above what any of the other clubs are asking for. Found that interesting

Most clubs would have an ultra-high tier of membership, from memory that's a small coterie above the Essendonians called The Coleman Club that's not advertised anywhere.

 

[Lore]

I looked around at other coterie groups for a giggle and what the Essendonians charge for a membership is far above what any of the other clubs are asking for. Found that interesting

Their core mission is supposedly about fundraising for the club so they’re deliberately very expensive and get a good amount of access to players and club staff as a result.

Pretty sure that’s where the money comes from to buy TVSC out of the naming rights on the Hangar, for example (which Andrew Muir takes credit for). Also the line item in the annual report for donations, which miraculously offsets most of the debts each year.

The other two are more affordable but the Collins Street mob is invitation only, so it’s still exclusive in its own way. Women’s Network is the third one.

 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

I looked around at other coterie groups for a giggle and what the Essendonians charge for a membership is far above what any of the other clubs are asking for. Found that interesting

Most clubs would have an ultra-high tier of membership, from memory that's a small coterie above the Essendonians called The Coleman Club that's not advertised anywhere.

Their core mission is supposedly about fundraising for the club so they’re deliberately very expensive and get a good amount of access to players and club staff as a result.

Pretty sure that’s where the money comes from to buy TVSC out of the naming rights on the Hangar, for example (which Andrew Muir takes credit for). Also the line item in the annual report for donations, which miraculously offsets most of the debts each year.

The other two are more affordable but the Collins Street mob is invitation only, so it’s still exclusive in its own way. Women’s Network is the third one.

People really do go to great lengths to try and make themselves feel special don't they...

I bleed red and black harder than you!

 

[Zach Package]

People really do go to great lengths to try and make themselves feel special don't they...

I bleed red and black harder than you!

‘And to demonstrate I’m now going to put my head through this plate glass window’

 

[DonsRule]

Most clubs would have an ultra-high tier of membership, from memory that's a small coterie above the Essendonians called The Coleman Club that's not advertised anywhere.

$12,500 for 2 (Or $13,500 with GF tickets)


We did have a coaches club which was $19,500

 

[DERO]

$12,500 for 2 (Or $13,500 with GF tickets)


We did have a coaches club which was $19,500

We still have a coaches club. From memory it is about $14/ 15k.

 

[DonsRule]

We still have a coaches club. From memory it is about $14/ 15k.

Gone up to $19,500 from the 2022 brochure with the CLub 1872 memberships.

 

[DERO]

Gone up to $19,500 from the 2022 brochure with the CLub 1872 memberships.

That is some serious coin.

The 1872 membership is not cheap either.

 

[Lore]

Chuck in the price of player sponsorships Beerfish and I think we know why the club is fairly resilient financially.

 

[Beerfish]

Chuck in the price of player sponsorships Beerfish and I think we know why the club is fairly resilient financially.

Also why they can afford to treat supporters like dirt when they're not treating them like open cheque books.

 

[DERO]

The $200 or $250 to secure a grand final ticket irks me. You don’t get it back if the club does not make the GF and you have to pay it before a certain date. It really is just a donation.

 

[Lore]

Also why they can afford to treat supporters like dirt when they're not treating them like open cheque books.

They know which side the bread is buttered.

 

[Beerfish]

The $200 or $250 to secure a grand final ticket irks me. You don’t get it back if the club does not make the GF and you have to pay it before a certain date. It really is just a donation.

It'd irk me more when/if we're thereabouts again.. easy decision these days at least.

 

[DERO]

It'd irk me more when/if we're thereabouts again.. easy decision these days at least.

I reckon I paid for it the year we got rubbed out for doping. I think it was presented as an increasing amount that increased the longer you left it and had to be paid by a certain cut-off date well before the end of the year.

It is actually included in the 1872 membership as one of the benefits.

 

[Beerfish]

I reckon I paid for it the year we got rubbed out for doping

Club should've refunded everyone who paid it.

 

[Lore]

Couple more coteries not advertised anywhere...

 

[DERO]

Couple more coteries not advertised anywhere...

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Purple Bombers?

 

[Lore]

Club 1872 info. Handy 1500 bucks.

Club 1872

The best way to show your passion and pride for the red and black is with a 2024 Essendon Football Club membership, so Don the Sash today!

membership.essendonfc.com.au

 

[Lore]

Purple Bombers?

It's from the 2009 annual report, I think they were formed after?

 

[DonsRule]

That is some serious coin.

The 1872 membership is not cheap either.

And just how much of it is for a status symbol, My seats at the G are a bay away from the presidents lunch seats (so much so security once came and said I wasn't supposed to be sitting there, showed my membership they moved on quickly, its a High Mark membership but just shows the markup for wel.

 

[frodos gardener]

I would rather just buy an overpriced GF lunch + ticket package than hoping based on an “if we make it” premise. Probably cheaper in the long run based on the last two decades lol

 

[Squeaky]

The $200 or $250 to secure a grand final ticket irks me. You don’t get it back if the club does not make the GF and you have to pay it before a certain date. It really is just a donation.

Donation for the last 20 years!

 

[LB#16]

The $200 or $250 to secure a grand final ticket irks me. You don’t get it back if the club does not make the GF and you have to pay it before a certain date. It really is just a donation.

It was $50 only four seasons ago and jumped to $80-something to $120 to $150 and now $200. Disgraceful.