Some of you may recall that I predicted the Dubai takeover a couple of years ago.
Whilst the names are diffrent, this is the same group which brought out P&O in 2006. One of the principal assets aquired in that takeover was the former Shell Haven site, now called ‘London Gateway’, as yet undeveloped but set to become Europes largest port. The new owners have always seen a synergy between ‘London Gateway’ and ‘Thames Gateway’, the Goverments corridor of new housing along the Thames. Richard Murry in turn has always seen the ‘Thames Gateway’ as a potential source of support and ticket sales.
To help overcome local opposition and push through the port development , the people from Dubai see some form of community involement as critical ( Goverments like it ), hence the Charlton involvement. Great you might think, but they see a home to ‘their’ football club a little nearer to their port as even more desirable, and with an Olympic stadium just down the road and becoming vacant just at the time when their port starts to come on stream, it seems that our future at the Valley may be limited.
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Who knows what is round the corner in 10, 20, 30 years time. There may well be a time for some reason or another, we may need to leave The Valley. It would be ridiculously blinkered to believe otherwise.
But it will not happen anytime soon, and certainly won't happen if we remain a club of this current stature.
"while the names are different it is the same group" Classic
Richard Murray says it stands.
The free season ticket will be documented and be part of the due diligence being spoken about elsewhere and therefore accounted for in the price. I am 100% confident it will be honoured.
Yes mate I guessed it would but I was simply saying it would not make us more attractive, oh and not trying to be a creep but i loved your response to the Foreign Money question on Sky
So am I
In the article in the UAE paper (likely to be closest to the truth, i imagine), it explicitly states that one of the attractions is the Olympics plus the potential to either further develop the stadium at The Valley, or to develop it as prime real estate - I'm astonished that no-one else has commented on this. And don't forget that Man City have the Commonwealth Games stadium, plus the London 2012 committee will be desperate for someone to take the stadium on. 2+2=5, maybe.
They are legitimate questions to ask but ask them don't make silly speculation backed with dubious facts ala Fatbastard.
Cheers CFGS, was hard when Sky threw that question at me. Sneaky journos!
Amazing. I think you are a genius : - )
The main issues as i see it are limited transport and capacity development. Assuming these investors want to hang around they will want to have a at least 60k stadium at some point. We aren't that well serviced to the level that Arsenal are or even Chelsea are for transport links. I think these are more serious issues than the geography itself.
However there is nothing to stop the developers buying up all the relatively cheap property in the vicinity. And don't forget the council will be creaming it to bend over backwards for this sort of investment in the area as may the powers that be in transport.
anyway they are just a small team in North London
'Charlton fans unhappy at proposed valley move....'
I think the headline should be Charlton Fans Unhappy at Pie increases - cos if we start having to pay what they do at the washing up bowl, I mean Emirates, I shall personally be manning the barricades.
anyone want to buy a one bed flat over looking the valley? great views of the West Stand from the kitchen
...For the time being
Incidentally, if I recall correctly the plans for the move to the dome site included potential to reach 60k (45k initially) or am I wrong? - and I don't think that level is about winning the premier league necessarily either.
I believe what we may be looking at here is the beginning of a smaller franchised premier league dominated by fewer larger clubs, OK hardly rocket science, but this is about us being in the southeast of the capital as much as anything.
great views of the West Stand from the kitchen[/quote]
...For the time being[/quote]
very true. once the east stand joins the South and that goes up - ill be looking at a brick wall.[/quote]
On recent performances, possibly an advantage.......
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