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New Kit Sponsor(s) - University of Greenwich, Andrews Sykes, Mitsubushi Electric

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  • Seeing as we've got no players I'm getting myself down Floyd Road to get me a modelling job.
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,201
    Lately I have been seriously amazed by the amount of crap spouted by people who are amazed by the amount of crap being spouted on this forum lately.
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,131

    sasquatch said:

    Wasn't there a mock up done with the University logo on? Maybe we just posted the logo in another thread

    Courtesy of @Nug on the speculation thread:

    http://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/comment/1853711/#Comment_1853711

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    Very nice....but you've missed out all the other shirt sponsors. ;-)
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Had mates texting me all afternoon with things like "Uni mug", "ooh how much are your season fees", "brain", "we're guna do you 2:1". I'm inconsolable here. Thanks Charlton.
  • sasquatch
    sasquatch Posts: 809
    Even though I'm not English, and I only know the more well-known universities in England, I am proud to have University of Greenwich as a sponsor. I love the partnership with a local institution and the fact it's about education and development - personally, I think the partnership sounds great
  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    Better class than the League 2 style of the previous sponsors, methinks!
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    JT said:

    Had mates texting me all afternoon with things like "Uni mug", "ooh how much are your season fees", "brain", "we're guna do you 2:1". I'm inconsolable here. Thanks Charlton.

    Wow your mates must really hate education. Special ed spanners I assume.
  • rina
    rina Posts: 2,334
    JT said:

    Had mates texting me all afternoon with things like "Uni mug", "ooh how much are your season fees", "brain", "we're guna do you 2:1". I'm inconsolable here. Thanks Charlton.

    The one in bold is good to be fair
  • sholland
    sholland Posts: 485
    As we are considered a family club in the real sense rather than just having token gestures, I consider this a great deal for the club. The fact that we have turned down payday loan and betting companies reinforces this.

    A few years ago after Vodafone's shirt sponsorship finished with Manchester Utd they went on to turn down a £70 million 4 year deal offered by Mansion Casino Group, the board felt it was not comfortable with a betting company as the shirt sponsor of a family club so accepted a lesser deal with an insurance company.
    Mansion then went to Tottenham offering far less (as you would expect) and got their hands bitten off. Tottenham fans young and old were complaining shortly after that they were being bombarded with email & text messages constantly encouraging them to gamble on the Mansion site with special offers included as a hook.
    Its good to know that their are still clubs that understand value rather than just price. I would put Charlton in with these clubs.
  • tom_k
    tom_k Posts: 1,207
    I much prefer the look of this to Andrews, despite them being a local company and a good deal for the club.

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  • stilladdicted
    stilladdicted Posts: 4,307
    Rather like the whole concept.
  • THEMCA
    THEMCA Posts: 575
    Good match, I like it!
  • sirjohnhumphrey
    sirjohnhumphrey Posts: 1,862
    Pleased about this. Positive news.

    Did my four year teaching degree at Avery Hill and it did me no harm.



    Wibble.
  • BansteadAddick
    BansteadAddick Posts: 1,118
    Like the idea of this sponsor and think it is a good tie in. However I am a bit confused re the contra deal. I can see it is good for UoG in terms of publicity, using CAFC facilities, tickets etc but apart from it being good PR how does it benefit Charlton assuming there is little cash involved? Or is it re the Academy?
  • iainambler
    iainambler Posts: 963
    sholland said:

    As we are considered a family club in the real sense rather than just having token gestures, I consider this a great deal for the club. The fact that we have turned down payday loan and betting companies reinforces this.

    A few years ago after Vodafone's shirt sponsorship finished with Manchester Utd they went on to turn down a £70 million 4 year deal offered by Mansion Casino Group, the board felt it was not comfortable with a betting company as the shirt sponsor of a family club so accepted a lesser deal with an insurance company.
    Mansion then went to Tottenham offering far less (as you would expect) and got their hands bitten off. Tottenham fans young and old were complaining shortly after that they were being bombarded with email & text messages constantly encouraging them to gamble on the Mansion site with special offers included as a hook.
    Its good to know that their are still clubs that understand value rather than just price. I would put Charlton in with these clubs.

    In a similar vein, have to say I do get a bit hacked off with the emails/tweets/Facebook posts from Official Charlton accounts promoting Sky Bet - particularly when the odds on the opposition are the ones being suggested! All down to being in the Sky Bet Championship. I suspect their odds a probably better than the ones in the on-site Tote though.

    Makes me even more pleased to have UoG sponsoring us. If they offered a good deal on part-time degrees to mature students, I'd be more than interested...



  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 12,004

    As my scouse work colleague would say: 'Dat's dead good dat, in it?'
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,311

    Like the idea of this sponsor and think it is a good tie in. However I am a bit confused re the contra deal. I can see it is good for UoG in terms of publicity, using CAFC facilities, tickets etc but apart from it being good PR how does it benefit Charlton assuming there is little cash involved? Or is it re the Academy?

    Use of things like the student accommodation in the summer, (which happened a couple of years back and the uni complained about the complete mess the academy made) use of the campus' for events, advertising within the university and new fanbase potential from unattached students looking for cheap football to watch nearby
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,611
    What's not to like? As long as we are not sponsored by a payday loan company or a tobacco company then I'm not really bothered.
  • Paddy Powell
    Paddy Powell Posts: 2,844
    edited June 2014

    Like the idea of this sponsor and think it is a good tie in. However I am a bit confused re the contra deal. I can see it is good for UoG in terms of publicity, using CAFC facilities, tickets etc but apart from it being good PR how does it benefit Charlton assuming there is little cash involved? Or is it re the Academy?

    There is a decent amount of cash involved (if the News Shopper reporter is to be believed).

    The University of Greenwich has agreed a two-year shirt sponsorship deal with Charlton Athletic which News Shopper understands to be one of the most lucrative in the Football League.
  • grumpyaddick
    grumpyaddick Posts: 6,597

    No wonder tuition fees are £10k per year when second rate academic institutions are sponsoring football clubs.

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  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,176
    sholland said:


    A few years ago after Vodafone's shirt sponsorship finished with Manchester Utd they went on to turn down a £70 million 4 year deal offered by Mansion Casino Group, the board felt it was not comfortable with a betting company as the shirt sponsor of a family club so accepted a lesser deal with an insurance company.
    Mansion then went to Tottenham offering far less (as you would expect) and got their hands bitten off. Tottenham fans young and old were complaining shortly after that they were being bombarded with email & text messages constantly encouraging them to gamble on the Mansion site with special offers included as a hook.

    Is it just me or did others not have a clue who Mansion were , I remember them being the sponsors on the Spurs shirt and seeing the name around the ground but actually had no idea who/what they were and as someone who used to gamble and go to casinos I find that surprising
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,887

    sholland said:


    A few years ago after Vodafone's shirt sponsorship finished with Manchester Utd they went on to turn down a £70 million 4 year deal offered by Mansion Casino Group, the board felt it was not comfortable with a betting company as the shirt sponsor of a family club so accepted a lesser deal with an insurance company.
    Mansion then went to Tottenham offering far less (as you would expect) and got their hands bitten off. Tottenham fans young and old were complaining shortly after that they were being bombarded with email & text messages constantly encouraging them to gamble on the Mansion site with special offers included as a hook.

    Is it just me or did others not have a clue who Mansion were , I remember them being the sponsors on the Spurs shirt and seeing the name around the ground but actually had no idea who/what they were and as someone who used to gamble and go to casinos I find that surprising
    No mate it's not just you, I wasn't aware that was their line of business either however with regard to your past, you certainly drew the short straw supporting us :-)
  • Jarman
    Jarman Posts: 1,851
    Good local sponsor.
    Very pleased and will be purchasing the home and away shirts now.
  • TelMc32
    TelMc32 Posts: 9,058

    sholland said:


    A few years ago after Vodafone's shirt sponsorship finished with Manchester Utd they went on to turn down a £70 million 4 year deal offered by Mansion Casino Group, the board felt it was not comfortable with a betting company as the shirt sponsor of a family club so accepted a lesser deal with an insurance company.
    Mansion then went to Tottenham offering far less (as you would expect) and got their hands bitten off. Tottenham fans young and old were complaining shortly after that they were being bombarded with email & text messages constantly encouraging them to gamble on the Mansion site with special offers included as a hook.

    Is it just me or did others not have a clue who Mansion were , I remember them being the sponsors on the Spurs shirt and seeing the name around the ground but actually had no idea who/what they were and as someone who used to gamble and go to casinos I find that surprising

    But you do know who they are now! They were (relatively) new to the UK and wanted a big-name sponsorship to get them profile and get their name/website known in the UK. Shows the power of football, in particular the Barclays Premiership, in getting the publicity these businesses want.

    Still glad that we have never entertained this sort of sponsor, or pay-day loan, drink or tobacco companies.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,286
    I am a bit in the dark - what is the "contra deal" that is being mentioned here

  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,200

    Continental sponsorship model. Most of you cracked it already

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    Please don't post gross stuff like that when I'm eating breakfast.
  • markmc68
    markmc68 Posts: 1,593
    Bring back FADS
  • Superb. Made up. Greenwich on the shirt...excellent news
    All those ITK saying it was duff info....

    i could not think of a better sponsor right now
  • MummysLittleSoldier
    MummysLittleSoldier Posts: 358
    edited June 2014
    More to come
  • lancashire lad
    lancashire lad Posts: 15,632
    what is a "contra deal"?

    do we pay them money
    do they pay us money
    do we both pay money to someone else
    or is there no money involved

    someone please explain