Prizes keep coming in Super Fan competition
The countdown to Super Fan Saturday continues. Apologies for sounding like a Sky TV advert there, but we've got more details on the Super Fan initiative.
Hopefully you've read the first two pieces in this story. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. They detailed the basics of the Super Fan competition, and are well worth having a read if you have the time.
There's twelve parts to the prize, so today we go with prizes five and six:
5) Be Wined and Dined
The days of a visit to Spotland
starting at five to three are long gone. For many supporters, it’s a case of a
trip to the pub followed by joining the queue for a pie and hoping to take your
place in the stands before the referee blows his whistle.
But for many supporters, the day
has developed into much more than that. The pre-match Spotland build up has
certainly headed into the 21st Century, and the corporate facilities
in the Horners Lounge before the game have received much praise. We’re not
talking your Man Utd prawn sandwich brigade. We’re talking top class food, with
a few drinks, but done in such a way that it remains unmistakeably Rochdale.
As part of the prize, our Super
Fan will be invited to the Rochdale matchday restaurant and will be dining free
of charge with a guest of his or her choice all at the club’s expense. After
all, shouldn’t a club look after their number one fan?
6) The Crowning Ceremony
Listen, if you’re being named as
Super Fan, it’s only right and proper that we have a crowning ceremony, and as
Super Fan, you will be given the opportunity to bask in the glory of your
victory.
If you’ve won the prize, then
you’ve done the club a big favour in attracting more people down to Spotland
and it’s only right that you are properly rewarded for your efforts.
And the supporters will get the
chance to hail their Super Fan. For the next part of the twelve part prize will
see the Super Fan presented to the Spotland crowd just before kick off on the
day of the Accrington fixture to receive
applause for their efforts.
Pearl Street will become
Coronation Street, as the Super Fan will be invited on to the pitch just before
kick off, have his or her achievements read out to the crowd and be given a
very much deserved round of applause for his or her efforts. And there’s always
the possibility that you’ll have brought more fans to Spotland than Accrington
will that day.
All supporters will be given a book
of vouchers on the day of the Wycombe game. Each voucher will entitle any
supporter to get into the promotion clash with Chesterfield for a bargain price of £10. The
idea is that Dale supporters will distribute these vouchers to as many people
as possible, and the supporter who attracts the most supporters to the Chesterfield game, will
be crowned our very first Super Fan.
To make yourself eligible for the
prize, you need to ensure that you put your name and address on the back of
every voucher that you distribute. Following the game, officials at Spotland
will count up all the vouchers and determine which Dale supporter will become
the Super Fan.
Extra copies of the book of
vouchers are available from the club should you distribute all the vouchers in
your book. Given that this is the first initiative of its kind, no one is
entirely sure how many used vouchers will win the competition. It could be
five, it could be fifty, we’ll never know until the competition is over.
Can you imagine your disappointment
if it turns out the winner attracted ten fans to the Chesterfield game when you could have beaten
that yourself with very little effort indeed?
Have a look through the contact
list on your phone, and see who you think you might be able to persuade to come
down to Spotland. Send them a text now and see if they fancy it. They might
even treat you to a pint before hand as reward for you getting them in on the
cheap.
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