Ulster Rugby fans have spoken for the first time since the announcement of Mike Reid’s departure as CEO of the cash strapped club.
The message from tens of thousands of supporters is loud and clear and it’s a unified call for an increase in the admission price for Ulster matches at Ravers!
With previous fears of additional funds being spent on administrative assistants, pies, sausage rolls and other savoury treats now gone it seems that the Ulster Rugby public, renowned as being the most fiscally challenged in Great Britain and Ireland, are now prepared to stump up their hard earned cash in an attempt to rebuild the once proud Provence.
One supporter, Raging Raven, spoke out on this extraordinary swing in public opinion stating,
“In previous seasons I would have been raging if we had to pay more for our ticket. I would not have been prepared to squander my heard earned pension on flights home for Swiss Matt or on administrative assistants for big Mike. I don’t care how well the girl can file, that’s not the reason why I go to watch rugby matches. No sir, I didn’t spend 32 years in the back of a van eating chips to throw away my money on those sort of fripperies!
But now with a new man in charge I’m sure any increase will be ring fenced for team development I’ll be more than happy to cough up. It may mean that some of my daughters may have to go to hairdresser school instead of university but it never did me any harm!”
With the new regime targeting a price increase of £3.50 per person in an attempt to raise £500,000 per year to bring back Tommy Bowe other fans have been quick to voice their support. A Mr Youngman from Bangor contacted the FRU to get across his opinion,
“I’m already paying thousands of pounds for my seats in the new stand but that’s cool as it lets me sit near to Darren Cave’s dad and he’s a good laugh, plus it means I don’t have to rub shoulders with the riff raff from the terrace, though with a westerly wind I still reckon you’ll be able to smell them no matter what that nice young lady from Ulster marketing says! That’s smell the riff raff from the terrace not Darren Cave’s dad who I’m sure smells lovely anyway!
I’ll gladly throw in another £500 per season to help bring back Bowe as we really can’t have enough grammar school boys in the team.”
Chairman Kimble of the URSC was quick to jump on the band wagon and throw the huge weight of the official supporters club behind the new initiative.
“I am prepared to state categorically, here and now, and without further delay that the Ulster Rugby Supporters Club will match pound for pound any money raised by this initiative. We may have to raise our joining fee slightly but such are our numbers that we will only have to ask our members to fork out £510 each to match the £500,000. This represents a meagre 5100% rise on last years prices, and remember you do get a free pin badge.
With this sort of money we could bring back two Tommy Bowe’s and we could play one on each wing or maybe have one in the centre and one at full back! Cripes! Maybe we should try and get four!”
We at The FRU are also happy to support the “Hike the Price, Bring back Bowe” initiative and true to form we’ve rushed out a commemorative tee-shirt to back the campaign.
The tee-shirts are competitively priced at £39.95, off which a massive £0.95 will be donated to the fighting fund!
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