Welcoming New Fans
Welcome to San Jose’s 9th Man, the official fan club of the San Jose SaberCats.  I’d like to thank you for checking out our site.  If you are already a fan of the SaberCats, I’d like to invite you to come and attend any of our events.  If you’ve never been to an arena football game, then grab yourself some inexpensive tickets and go.  I’ve always said that once someone goes to an arena football game, they’re a fan for life!

This site is not only intended to provide you with all the information you will need to enjoy all aspects of the club, but also to provide entertainment and serve as a voice for us fans.  It will be updated regularly throughout the year, with more frequent updates taking place during the season.

The “Home Page” will contain the latest news including last game summary notes and the next game match-up.  Also included on the home page will be news from club activities.  Once the regular season comes to a conclusion, nominees for the Player of the Year and Kitten of the Year will be posted for you, the fans to vote on.  To qualify for the nominations, a player and a dancer must have already participated for at least one season.

The "Visiting Fans" page will contain detailed information for the visiting team's fans on how to select the best ways to get around San Jose.  The page contains three interior links for travel accommodations, seating and ticket information, and information on what happens around town.  Each of these interior pages contain all the necessary information on how to book your travel and make your way around San Jose.  There is also a listing of popular hot spots, restaurants and lounges.  Traveling to the arena can also be found with access to common mass transit, taxi cabs and rental car companies.  We want to make your stay in San Jose pleasant and and as easy as possible.  Also to accommodate the visitor or any AFL fan, San Jose's 9th Man also has a wireless access web site for PDAs and PDA cell phones.  Just log onto your mobile web provider and type in sj9thmanmobile.net for the complete access to the fan club on your mobile device.

The “Multimedia" page provides you with pictures from home games, fan club events, and the road trip game(s) which are planned at a future date.  Also included in this page will be links to the video high lights from the Arena Football League, FSN Bay Area, and NBC 11 KNTV.  We are also about to launch 9th Man TV.  This will be the fan club's way of showing their support to the SaberCats and display to the rest of the league on what goes down during fan club activities, both during the season and off-season.  Just click on any picture to view an enlarged version in a new window.  For the video, the requirements to view these links are Windows Media Player 9 and Flash Player 9.  Once again, I’d like to not only invite you, but encourage you, to attend any of our events that interest you.  The SaberCats have given us the best team in the league, and the most exciting team to watch.  They deserve to have the best fan support in the league in return.

The "Schedule" page will contain the full schedule for the San Jose SaberCats with information on dates, time and location of the games.  Also there will information on any broadcasting taking place at the games.  This schedule is also downloadable in Adobe Reader 8.1 format.

The "Standings" page will contain updated standings of both the American and National Conference teams.  This page will be update on a regular basis and the home team SaberCats will be highlighted in yellow and bold font type.

The "Shop Online" page provides a link to the official San Jose's 9th Man store.  This store is hosted courtesy of CafePress.com and all purchases made through this store goes to support San Jose's 9th Man.  So visit our shop to help support the fan club and to wear the San Jose's 9th Man logo with pride.

I’d like to thank the staff of Amp Home Theater in creating and hosting this website, Frantz Mercier of FM Grafx for creating the San Jose's 9th Man logo, as well as the entire SaberCats front office for their incredible support.

Here’s to a great forthcoming 2008 season.  I look forward to seeing you at the Cats Lair.

Eric Thurow,
President