Ĥibs First night

Great evening at the Hibs First end of season event. Sir David had the room in the palm of his hand. He genuinely is just the most honest decent man we could want to lead our club. Good fun from Lewis Miller and Joe. Nectar and Levitt also.

Subscription kept at £50 for next season. Current members have till first week in June to renew then it goes to folk on the waiting list if there are any spaces not renewed.

One question from the floor caused the guy doing the presentation to be uncomfortable- about how many B7 folk are Hibs First Members. Apparently 25.

Which might explain why we get the issues discussed here time and again - not all those wanting to be in their group/area are Hibs First/in this 25.

Joe updated everyone re his operation- expects to be good to go in preseason 👏

Waiting list? How do you get on that?

That’s interesting, when I emailed about joining the waiting list to re-join I was told there was no waiting list in place.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LewysGot2

Great evening at the Hibs First end of season event. Sir David had the room in the palm of his hand. He genuinely is just the most honest decent man we could want to lead our club. Good fun from Lewis Miller and Joe. Nectar and Levitt also.

Subscription kept at £50 for next season. Current members have till first week in June to renew then it goes to folk on the waiting list if there are any spaces not renewed.

One question from the floor caused the guy doing the presentation to be uncomfortable- about how many B7 folk are Hibs First Members. Apparently 25.

Which might explain why we get the issues discussed here time and again - not all those wanting to be in their group/area are Hibs First/in this 25.

Joe updated everyone re his operation- expects to be good to go in preseason 👏

---

Question a bit lost on me tbh, I thought they always just said where b7 will.be seated incase younwanted to be close or sit away from

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hibsforeurope

That’s interesting, when I emailed about joining the waiting list to re-join I was told there was no waiting list in place.

---

I was told the exact same thing.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by hibsforeurope

That’s interesting, when I emailed about joining the waiting list to re-join I was told there was no waiting list in place.

---

They definitely said it would be offered to those on the waiting list 🤔

I'd email again in light of that 👍

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LewysGot2

Great evening at the Hibs First end of season event. Sir David had the room in the palm of his hand. He genuinely is just the most honest decent man we could want to lead our club. Good fun from Lewis Miller and Joe. Nectar and Levitt also.

Subscription kept at £50 for next season. Current members have till first week in June to renew then it goes to folk on the waiting list if there are any spaces not renewed.

One question from the floor caused the guy doing the presentation to be uncomfortable- about how many B7 folk are Hibs First Members. Apparently 25.

Which might explain why we get the issues discussed here time and again - not all those wanting to be in their group/area are Hibs First/in this 25.

Joe updated everyone re his operation- expects to be good to go in preseason 👏

---

Is the window open yet?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Libby Hibby

I was told the exact same thing.

---

Likewise.

Meeting SDG tonight was better than meeting my girlfriend 9 years ago.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LewysGot2

They definitely said it would be offered to those on the waiting list 🤔

I'd email again in light of that 👍

---

I think he got that wrong. It’ll be opened up on a first come, first served basis. There is no way to run a fair waiting list now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by percy veer

Question a bit lost on me tbh, I thought they always just said where b7 will.be seated incase younwanted to be close or sit away from

---

Bit of confusion as initially said "they're all members of HF"...which was then pushed back again by the guy asking the question

Then a comment from someone else asking are there two Block 7s when he answered 25 of them.

Still at least it was less awkward than last years shocking questions to Rocky 🫣

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by 3pm

Is the window open yet?

---

Email coming out tomorrow morning apparently

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by LewysGot2

Bit of confusion as initially said "they're all members of HF"...which was then pushed back again by the guy asking the question

Then a comment from someone else asking are there two Block 7s when he answered 25 of them.

Still at least it was less awkward than last years shocking questions to Rocky 🫣

---

May have been good if rocky came and answered those questions tonight

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by percy veer

May have been good if rocky came and answered those questions tonight

---

I actually thought the same thing, tonight!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Frazerbob

Waiting list? How do you get on that?

---

Ask your office jambo

A terrible system that shuts out those fans who didn’t pay £50 a few years back and bought season tickets when sales were as low as 8k in the championship

Was a decent enough night.

Felt it was really awkward when the guy asked about block 7. Think it was one of those that he could have asked the Hibs employee on the side. They had offered to take any questions throughout the night and the tone of the question was almost coming across as accusing them of sorting block 7 out rather than actually asking what the script is with their tickets.

Player interviews on the stage were short and sweet but all in decent form.

David Gray spoke really well and just gets Hibs.

What is glaringly obvious is that there is a significant number of people that are on Hibs First that don’t go to games. With the potential of European football I highly doubt there will be much availability for new joiners. I’m fortunate enough to benefit, but it’s really not fair imo.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by S4uzee

A terrible system that shuts out those fans who didn’t pay £50 a few years back and bought season tickets when sales were as low as 8k in the championship

---

Why didn't you pay £50 a few years back? You had the same opportunity as everyone else.

Also...I'm willing to bet a pound to a penny if a loyalty scheme was introduced it would be the same people in the top bracket who are in HibsFirst.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Brooster

Why didn't you pay £50 a few years back? You had the same opportunity as everyone else.

Also...I'm willing to bet a pound to a penny if a loyalty scheme was introduced it would be the same people in the top bracket who are in HibsFirst.

---

I definitely agree that most Hibs Frist members would be in the highest loyalty point bracket however a loyalty points system would at least give everyone the opportunity to break into the elite group. At the moment, it's a closed shop. I doubt there's many (if any) folk who give up their membership come the end of the season. Circumstances change, maybe folk couldn't commit to the old away season ticket or the first release of Hibs First but would love to now, given the opportunity. I know Hibs First members who attend far less away games than I do but, and I may be wrong here, there seems to be no policing of their ticket uptake.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SteveHFC

Meeting SDG tonight was better than meeting my girlfriend 9 years ago.

---

you should have heard what’s she said about you :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Frazerbob

I definitely agree that most Hibs Frist members would be in the highest loyalty point bracket however a loyalty points system would at least give everyone the opportunity to break into the elite group. At the moment, it's a closed shop. I doubt there's many (if any) folk who give up their membership come the end of the season. Circumstances change, maybe folk couldn't commit to the old away season ticket or the first release of Hibs First but would love to now, given the opportunity. I know Hibs First members who attend far less away games than I do but, and I may be wrong here, there seems to be no policing of their ticket uptake.

---

Definitely not a closed shop as I only became a member this season as someone dropped out.
And previous years Hibs first had to purchase a ticket for an away game irrespective if they were going or not .
As for ticket scramble in Europe I know a few last night that were talking about Europe and potentially a minimum of 5 away games if we get in to Europa league and said they will make one or two as they can't afford it or get time from work.

You don’t even have to go to all the games - £50 to have guaranteed derby tickets is reasonable. They could’ve doubled it to cash in.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs

You don’t even have to go to all the games - £50 to have guaranteed derby tickets is reasonable. They could’ve doubled it to cash in.

---

In no way can £50 to guarantee derby tickets, when you don’t have to go to all the games at the expense of many who do, can be described as “reasonable”.

Away attendees are rising. Not just Hibs, but across the board away crowds look to be rising.

If this trend continues we will need a more satisfactory system than Hibs First.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by gorgie greens

Definitely not a closed shop as I only became a member this season as someone dropped out.
And previous years Hibs first had to purchase a ticket for an away game irrespective if they were going or not .
As for ticket scramble in Europe I know a few last night that were talking about Europe and potentially a minimum of 5 away games if we get in to Europa league and said they will make one or two as they can't afford it or get time from work.

---

That was probably our group who missed the deadline and never managed to renew this season :doh:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Green-Hibee-7

What is glaringly obvious is that there is a significant number of people that are on Hibs First that don’t go to games. With the potential of European football I highly doubt there will be much availability for new joiners. I’m fortunate enough to benefit, but it’s really not fair imo.

---

As a member, I really don't think this is true. It's always the same faces I see, albeit not 500 of them at once.

Every single person had the opportunity to buy a Hibs First membership when they were made available, with a clear view on what you were either purchasing or you weren’t.

Appreciate it will be frustrating now Hibs are doing well more people will want one / knowing there is a group of our support which will have a completely stress-free ticket purchasing experience for any European game they want, but they’ve earned that if they’ve given the club £150 over the past 3 seasons for the privilege.

Was a good evening. Especially when they brought out all the leftover pies at the end [emoji23]

Could listen to David Gray talk all day. So balanced and gets the job. Never gets drawn in to any nonsense. I like when he said he understood why hibs appointed all of the last 3/4 managers and their back room staff and has tried to take all the good stuff from them. And that he tries to think about what he liked as a player when it came to training etc and blend that with what he’s trying to get across as a manager.

He talks about having the right characters at the club and I think the 4 players that were there last night were a good example of that. All come across as down to earth, likeable lads and all seem to get on really well.

As for Hibs First, even as someone that has it, I’ve always been an advocate of a loyalty scheme. It absolutely has its place, and works for plenty other teams - but you only have to look around at other clubs to see that they still all have their issues, so maybe that’s why Hibs choose to stick with the current model.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Carheenlea

In no way can £50 to guarantee derby tickets, when you don’t have to go to all the games at the expense of many who do, can be described as “reasonable”.

Away attendees are rising. Not just Hibs, but across the board away crowds look to be rising.

If this trend continues we will need a more satisfactory system than Hibs First.

---

Folk would pay £60 for a derby ticket and that’s what some of the hibs first are effectively doing as they don’t take up the tickets for any other game.

There’s no 3 strikes and you’re out rule anymore - just sign up and pick and choose. Everyone should get on the waiting list to show the club what the interest levels are and it might make them think differently.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Danderhall Hibs

You don’t even have to go to all the games - £50 to have guaranteed derby tickets is reasonable. They could’ve doubled it to cash in.

---

Get a good night out included in that £50 as well by sounds of it.

[QUOTE=Danderhall Hibs;7954202]Folk would pay £60 for a derby ticket and that’s what some of the hibs first are effectively doing as they don’t take up the tickets for any other game.

There’s no 3 strikes and you’re out rule anymore - just sign up and pick and choose. Everyone should get on the waiting list to show the club what the interest levels are and it might make them think differently.[/QUOTE

The club has no control over how much the allocation of any away game will be so 500 membership is about right once the players and staff get their allocation so little point in everyone applying.