Payments for ANNUAL membership of the Shropshire Blues Official Supporters Club for Season 2024/2025 is now URGENTLY required.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEES

For the 2024/25 season the annual membership fees are as follows:

• Adults: £10
• Under 16: FREE

In order to have continued membership as a Founder Member your payment is required by no later than:

• 10th September 2024

Your current FREE membership will expire past this date and you will lose out on entries to prize draws, FREE and discounted tickets and special events, activities and promotions. These benefits are exclusive to OSC members only.

After 10th September 2024, all new members will be required to pay the membership fee within 7 days of application.

More information on membership benefits and frequently asked questions such as how is your membership fee used is shown lower down in this email. Alternatively you can download the BCFCOSC MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS GUIDE from our website.

PLEASE NOTE: As the OSC was not launched until February 2024, membership for the 2023/24 season was FREE.

PAYMENT DETAILS

Please make payment by BACS using your FULL NAME as reference by 10th September 2024.

• Account Name: Shropshire Blues Official Supporters Club
• Account Number: 39676462
• Sort Code: 30-99-50

CLIENT REFERENCE NUMBERS (CRN)

We notice that a lot of you have still not let us know your CRN. All members must send us your Client Reference Number (CRN). This is a requirement by BCFC in order to connect your OSC Membership to your BCFC Membership. The CRN will be used as a unique identifier for prize draws and competitions.

If you haven’t already, please email your Client Reference Number to shropshire@bcfcosc.com, or simply reply to this email stating your full name.

If you don’t know your Client Reference Number, it will be on the reverse of your season ticket, or you can login to the BCFC Ticketing Website, click on the profile icon on the top-right hand of the screen. You will see “HELLO <name>”. Your Client Reference Number is shown next to your name.

If you do not have a Client Reference Number you can create one here

BENEFITS

Below is a list of benefits of the Shropshire Blues Official Supporters Club £10 annual membership.

ACCESS TO EXCLUSIVE EVENTS & COMPETITIONS

• Matchday access to Members Only bar ‘The Globe and Ball’ at St. Andrew’s @Knighthead Park
• Invitation to an open training session at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park prior to the clubs opening home game
• Ballot entry to watch training at the clubs EPIC training Centre
• An ‘Evening with’ hosted by the OSC
• Entry into signed merchandise prize draws
• Opportunity to represent Shropshire Blues OSC in annual Alliance Cup football tournament at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park
• Priority access to the player awards
• Entry into supporters’ club of the year
• A chance to award a player with Shropshire Blues OSC Player of the Season award
• Free Stadium Tour for each member
• Priority access to tickets for End-Of-Season Awards Dinner

SOCIALISE & TRAVEL TOGETHER

• Be part of your local Birmingham City supporters club, mixing and socialising with other like-minded Bluenoses
• Participate in any Shropshire Blues OSC organised travel schemes, reducing travel costs on matchdays
• Access to the OSC bar at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park
• Access to regular events and meetings organised by Shropshire Blues OSC
• Participate in any charity events organised by Shropshire Blues OSC

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

HOW IS MY MEMBERSHIP FEE USED?

Below is a breakdown of where your £10 per season goes:

• £5 sent to OSC HQ
  • £3 sent by OSC HQ to BCFC Foundation charity
  • £2 retained by OSC HQ to cover administration costs (e.g. event organisation, competition prize etc)
• £5 retained by Shropshire Blues OSC to cover administration costs (e.g. function room bookings for events, travel bookings, website and email administration costs)

WHAT IF I DO NOT PAY MEMBERSHIP?

Any existing members who do not wish to pay will be removed from our database, email subscription and WhatsApp group (if applicable).

After 10th September 2024 any non-paying existing members who do wish to join will need to re-apply.

WHO ARE THE OSC?

The Official Supporters Club (OSC) has been set up by BCFC to help like minded supporters from all over the world come together. Chairman of the OSC Sukh Singh and Vice Chair Paul Delves are both Platinum Away members with a strong social media presence. They have been selected by the club as liaisons between the wider fanbase and club to build an understanding of supporters wants, needs and desires. Their rapport with supporters and the club gives much needed opportunity for supporters’ voices to be heard in an official capacity within Birmingham City Football Club.

Each OSC branch is run by volunteers who give their time for the love of the football  club and its’ fanbase. Besides the satisfaction of meeting supporters from all over the world, no member of the team is paid or given any additional benefits. For every social media post, email and text message to this very document you’re  reading; one of our volunteers has juggled work and home life to go the extra mile for Birmingham as a city and a football club.