Thetownend.com

https://x.com/STFCcouk/status/1812960220592939166?t=xlNAYt5zuIJlERJ0GrugFw&s=08

Didn't know where to put this but feels important.

Sad news

It's coming back in a new format. Watch this space (well watch a space, not mine!)

Thats really sad its a fantastic web site, I hope it does come back in a similar format, a trult great source of information about the club and players and its history.

Glad to hear that. Absolutely can not let that data go away. We're blessed to have a site like that.

This :clap:

Already discussed here...maybe merge it with this?

https://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=39090.msg1806679;topicseen#new

Yeah. Keep it in here

Epic site.

Why is it going?

Hope it remains in some format.

Loathed Strangers seem well aware of something happening. Is it anything to do with The Trust and the museum?

Website only has a year left on its contract.
We’ve sold it to Chesterfield for 60k.

Sam Morshead's new thing seems to be launching start of August too. Could all be wrapped up, could be a coincidence.

Yeah i suspect its related

Nah!

Doof Doof

Thinking of that thing I assume its at best a side hustle, can't see anyone being able to make a full time living reporting to the fanbase of a L2 club? as for the STFC.co.uk thing its an absolute gold mine (of information).

I don't know, Barry Scott drives a Bentley off the back of all the money this site makes...

He's a chauffeur?  :sherlock:

I heard he had 50 Bentley’s in the West Indies…

It doesn’t matter.

Glad to hear it’s not being put to bed. However, if it is, or help is required, I’d happily sell a Bentley to help keep it alive where possible (hosting/rebuild - time permitting). I also own stfc.uk if it’s wanted foc.

And that's the problem, isn't it - not just at L2 level but in regional reporting in general. People don't want to pay for or do not see the value in journalism - or that's what we've been led to think.

Fwiw, I can't go full-time unless there's appetite because what kind of idiot would stop the job that pays the bills without a job to go to... but we're going to offer a platform that has no obtrusive advertising, no invasive popups or unnecessary data gathering, that tackles our club from different angles, that reports news and that functions off an editorial agenda focused solely around the community it serves. And priced as low as is reasonably possible given overheads and external pressures.

If it doesn't work, we'll suck it up and deal.

Hopefully we can get the relatively small number of subscribers necessary to ensure it runs to the medium term (for transparency, we've put the window between 300 and 800 potential subs for Town - the two ends of that scale generate wildly different outcomes in terms of the product that can be produced).

If any of you TEFers would like to support The Moonraker, it'd obviously be appreciated massively. Hopefully when we launch on August 1 you'll see that we're trying to provide something that takes news delivery back to the people who read it. End of lesson.

Does this suggest its being taken on (in some form) by the club as if you remove the hyphens from the web address it becomes the official web address of the club (doesn't it??)
https://x.com/STFCcouk/status/1813277480150569190

Nah,

People....don't worry.

and we wonder why the younger lot on here are mid 30s with references like this  :D

It doesn’t matter!

Hang on! Early to mid 30s thank-you very much.

I don't think I can live without it

I'd gladly pay around 5quid per month to read decent journalism, with a fairly balanced angle, dedicated to the club. So long as it is independent of the club {I'm pretty sure it is/will be}.

I'm sure you can attract around 8-10% of the matchday fanbase, and as a starter for 10 or maybe nearer to 100, it's likely a good chunk here will be happy to help get the ball rolling.

Where can we find any more details, prior to launch Sam?

Im well up for chipping in with you Bamboo if you copy and paste it all here ;D

@babootothefuture https://www.themoonraker.news/

No real news yet but that's the place to go. Launching very soon


Also follow the The Moonraker channel on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Vaebl8UBadmY25hhXh1r

I will be signing up

I'm looking forward to it. Always enjoyed Sam's writing when he was with the Adver and he clearly cares deeply about journalism.

Cheeky  :naughty:


Nice one Si, that's appreciated fella

Introducing... https://townenders.com/

Site has been rebuilt entirely from scratch, updated photos, improved career histories, the Loathed Strangers back catalogue is embedded across the site, added profiles for as many reserves, youths and trialists as possible, and STWFC data is now completely incorporated with player profiles, manager information, stats etc etc.

Have fun - hope no-one minds the similar naming...

Great stuff going on now to have a look, your site is my favourite web site, not just for STFC but in general, great work.

Mass class action lawsuit incoming, we MUST defend our 80% :D

Link doesn't work, don't know if it's just me?

Yeah, just you

Edit: oh it's broken

"u792717751_te_admin' has exceeded the 'max_connections_per_hour' resource"

Worked fine for 5 mins then broke :) just like me!

:)

Crashed our own nerdy fan site. We are massive, as the kids say.

I've put a few more pennies in the meter, so we're back for the moment :)

Amateur coder!  Might need a bit of a rethink longer term!!

Looks good. What is the m to f button, male to female?

Just a blank white screen for me…

That's the Milan Misun zone.

 :D

Great work Rich, you are the online version of Dick Mattick and every town fan should be appreciative of the time and effort that you put into this every week.  I doff my cap to you sir..

Excellent work and to all of those involved your efforts are much appreciated :clap:

Superb!