Costessey Posse 22 Posted June 10, 2021 Personally I'd prefer no sponsor and three sweet-looking shirts with great designs. Remember when 700 fans and the board raised £5m for the academy? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43555702 Why not apply the same principles and get 100,000+ fans to chip in? £50 each raises £5m at these numbers, and fans would be more willing if they got a shirt with their 'share' purchase... How many fans do we have? The Twitter account has 750,000 followers (yes, I know they're not all fans). Where there's a will there's a way... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,306 Posted June 10, 2021 Because it is worth around £5m in revenue and as a self-funding club after Covid I'm sure every penny is valuable to us! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costessey Posse 22 Posted June 10, 2021 18 minutes ago, AJ said: Because it is worth around £5m in revenue and as a self-funding club after Covid I'm sure every penny is valuable to us! but I just said how we can fill the hole... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coneys Knee 1,036 Posted June 10, 2021 I genuinely think something along these lines would be a great idea. If we truly believe in the whole self funding thing as a club this would be a great next step 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,306 Posted June 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, Costessey Posse said: but I just said how we can fill the hole... It's a nice idea but not sure it would work. A lot of fans area already forking out a tidy sum to attend the games in the first place, some of those might also buy a shirt which would be around this cost, to then pay another £50 I'm not convinced you'd get 100,000 people do it. Only way it would work for me is if you get the shirt for free if you pay your £50 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KeiranShikari 1,524 Posted June 10, 2021 The 5m for the academy wouldn't have raised anywhere near as much if it was a gift. They got their money back with interest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DraytonBoy 220 Posted June 10, 2021 I think there's a big difference between raising funds for a specific purpose (ie the Academy) and just donating £50 to the club which ultimately could just be used to give already obscenely well paid players a bigger pay rise. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Costessey Posse 22 Posted June 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, DraytonBoy said: I think there's a big difference between raising funds for a specific purpose (ie the Academy) and just donating £50 to the club which ultimately could just be used to give already obscenely well paid players a bigger pay rise. good point, the players should be encouraged to chip in too. Maybe a percentage of monthly earnings across the board could be suggested... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TESCO 70 Posted June 10, 2021 Think money is the big problem. We will likely try pretty hard to find a new sponsor but checking their past will be a must due to the whole BK8 sh1te. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,328 Posted June 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, TESCO said: Think money is the big problem. We will likely try pretty hard to find a new sponsor but checking their past will be a must due to the whole BK8 sh1te. Hi Tesco, I feel that Asda or Aldi would better suit our colour scheme. Try the blue lot down the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,328 Posted June 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Costessey Posse said: good point, the players should be encouraged to chip in too. Maybe a percentage of monthly earnings across the board could be suggested... Lol, you want our players to wash their own kit as well? Getting silly now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,461 Posted June 10, 2021 One from yesteryear .....Digital P0rn Company.....Err I meant Phone..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DraytonBoy 220 Posted June 10, 2021 Barcelona had no shirt sponsor for several years but are now completely skint with debts of £1 billion so even the mighty need the money that a logo brings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 7,462 Posted June 10, 2021 41 minutes ago, TESCO said: Think money is the big problem. We will likely try pretty hard to find a new sponsor but checking their past will be a must due to the whole BK8 sh1te. You the new sponser? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,609 Posted June 10, 2021 5 hours ago, Costessey Posse said: Personally I'd prefer no sponsor and three sweet-looking shirts with great designs. Remember when 700 fans and the board raised £5m for the academy? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43555702 Why not apply the same principles and get 100,000+ fans to chip in? £50 each raises £5m at these numbers, and fans would be more willing if they got a shirt with their 'share' purchase... How many fans do we have? The Twitter account has 750,000 followers (yes, I know they're not all fans). Where there's a will there's a way... I can think of 5 million reasons ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paint Me Yellow 200 Posted June 10, 2021 If I don't see "Nael's Big Paynus Ltd" or something similar on the front of the shirt by the first game of the season, I'll be booing louder than I've ever booed before. That'll learn 'em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christoph Stiepermann 1,229 Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Anyone who thinks we should go without a sponsor has just completely lost the plot. We clearly need every damned penny we can scrounge together and even then we'll still be the poorest club in the league by a huge margin. 5M to us is enormous, we've only ever bought 6 or 7 players for more than that in our entire history Edited June 10, 2021 by Christoph Stiepermann Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kenny Foggo 1,169 Posted June 10, 2021 If it's a self funding club the owners should sell it or give it to the fans. Then I would chip in to fund the sponsorship black hole. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,710 Posted June 10, 2021 £5m would have gone a long way to either loaning or buying Ollie Skipp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Son Ova Gunn 165 Posted June 10, 2021 43 minutes ago, Capt. Pants said: £5m would have gone a long way to either loaning or buying Ollie Skipp. Or topped up Emi’s wages to £80k for the remainder of his contract Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. Pants 4,710 Posted June 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Son Ova Gunn said: Or topped up Emi’s wages to £80k for the remainder of his contract Don't even think it. But yep is been a great piece of business this sponsorship. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naturalcynic 816 Posted June 10, 2021 7 hours ago, Costessey Posse said: Why not apply the same principles and get 100,000+ fans to chip in? £50 each raises £5m at these numbers, and fans would be more willing if they got a shirt with their 'share' purchase... 100,000 fans at £50 a head? Meanwhile, back in the real world… 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TESCO 70 Posted June 11, 2021 22 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said: You the new sponser? I’ll see what I can do 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
