An Idea
With this season looking to be an historic one for Charlton, I wondered if there is anything that we could do to mark the occasion. What I thought of was producing a “Best of” compilation describing how the season panned out through the writings of Lifers. This could be produced in magazine format with any profits going to the club via Henry's fund for young and upcoming footballers.
Off the top of my head, the following might be the sort of thing that we could include (subject to the authors approval):
- AFKA's 2011 Charlton Reviews
- LL's Statbank
- Shirty's Records Broken
- Selected match previews & reviews
- Best posts on CL about the club/team
I did wonder about getting each lifer to suggest their own best post throughout the season, but I suspect that it may turn into too much of a tome if we included everyone's (though, there's no reason we shouldn't ask for suggestions).
Benefits
The potential benefits are that we'd have a good record of how the season went, we could potentially raise some money for the club and could use it to publicise the website.
Dangers
The potential downsides are that it'll be a lot of work and would require some commitment to achieve and there's no guarantee that we'd break even, let alone make a profit.
Unknowns
As I say, it's an idea. I don't know whether it's a good one or not. From my point of view there are too many unknowns at the moment to say, but I know there are people on here with experience of these matters. What level of support might there be for it? Would Charlton fans welcome something to read about this incredible season or wouldn't they be bothered? Or would they not care to by hard copies of stuff that's available on the net anyway? What might the club's reaction be and how likely is it that there'll be something official to commemorate the season? How much might it cost to produce? How would we price it? How many are we likely to sell? How many would we need to sell to break even?
So I wondered what you all think; could it work or is it a lame duck?
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Comments
That ends the debate then ;-)
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