It's a deal where both parties exchange services or benefits with minimal/no money being involved... which makes the NS tweet a bit confusing... I wonder if he meant to put that CAFC "hasn't" done a contra deal rather than "has"...
I wonder if he meant to put that CAFC "hasn't" done a contra deal rather than "has"...
Or maybe he meant 'Contrary to speculation *that* #cafc has done a contra deal with the University of Greenwich, in fact it is one of the most lucrative in the league'
I wonder what flavours there will be at the Valley, I'm hoping Bali.....mmmmmmmm.
With apologies to the movie "South Pacific"
Most people eat a bland pie, Lost in a sea of tasteless gravy. Most people long for another pie, One they know they will like to eat.
Balti Pie may call you, Any night, any day, In your heart, you'll hear it call you: "Come away...Come away."
Balti Pie will whisper On the winds of the Thames: "Here am I, your special pie! Come to me, come to me!"
Your own special hopes, Your own special dreams, Bloom in The Valley And shine in "A" block. If you try, you'll find me When you're at the front of the queue: "Here am I your special pie Come to me, Come to me."
Balti Pie Balti Pie, Balti Pie, Balti Pie!
Someday you'll see me floatin' in the grease, My pastry stickin' out from a low tin base, You'll hear me call you, Singin' through the grease, Sweet and clear as can be: "Come to me, here am I, come to me." If you try, you'll find me When you're at the front of the queue. "Here am I your special pie Come to me, Come to me."
As I said previously, we have sold out to the European (and palace) style of multiple sponsors. If you're unhappy now, wait until you see the kit designs.
I said yesterday that I would be delighted to see Andrews still involved and really pleased that this is the case. Are we now seeing signs of us "sweating the asset"?? ;-)
I'm surprised it has taken this long tbh. When we first came back down to the Championship in 2007 I was expecting more sponsors on the back of the shirts.
Very happy with the main sponsors and the additional income. As mentioned above, let's hope the logos can be tailored onto a decent kit without it looking too cluttered or makeshift.
Most teams in The Championship are doing this now. It brings more money in but looks bloody ugly. Fair play to the commercial team for getting these deals done. I wonder if there has been the opportunity to do this before but we've rejected it?
I just hope the sponsors aren't on the fan shirts. I won't be buying one if they're all on there no matter how nice our Nike template kit is.
University of Greenwich, Andrews Air Conditioning, Andrews Heat for Hire and Mitsubishi Electric. Was is not possible to find 4 companies with longer names?
So no different to virtually everyone in the Championship then, instead people are going for little digs at the ownership
Took the words out of my mouth. This will put more money in the coffers and yet people see it as a negative. Most of the FL72 clubs do this so why should we be any different. When we were relegated from the Premier league I thought it a bit bigheaded that we didn't try to get additional sponsors as they weren't permitted in the Premierleague at the time. It was as though we planned to bounce straight back.
I'm delighted to have UOG on board - not least because my father attended Thames Poly - but also it's a bit different from the mainstream. The money is a nice aside but it's great to have a link up with a local educational institution. Andrews are a local firm run by Charlton fans and some of the comments on here for the last couple of years have been fucking apalling. They have aided in keeping this company afloat and I am glad they are sticking around. Not too sure about the Mitsubishi link as not a lot is known at this stage however they are MASSIVE, and I mean proper massive, in the far east. Might be something for the future or might just be a little top up of funding. But again this is not a "noddy" sponsorship - it could be a bit of a coup.
All in all it's good news. Now all we need is a nice kit. I have to say I really like the Standard Liege kits......would be nice to have a grey kit again (not as nice as yellow mind!)
Mitsubishi Electric make, among other things, Air Conditioning equipment.
You'd be amazed where they get their hands! A colleague of mine went to Japan as a guest of Mitsubishi to look at some serious river extraction plant/equipment. Mitsubishi insisted on sorting the hotel, flights, food and drink. One night someone asked to try somewhere different but it was rejected because that hotel chain were tied in to another company. Same with the beers. Mitsubishi are affiliated with certain hotel chains & beers and drinking anything else was very poor form.
They may only be a small sponsor but they have some serious weight behind them
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'Contrary to speculation *that* #cafc has done a contra deal with the University of Greenwich, in fact it is one of the most lucrative in the league'
It means they get the name on a shirt in front of 14,000 people and we get free basket weaving classes.
Most people eat a bland pie,
Lost in a sea of tasteless gravy.
Most people long for another pie,
One they know they will like to eat.
Balti Pie may call you,
Any night, any day,
In your heart, you'll hear it call you:
"Come away...Come away."
Balti Pie will whisper
On the winds of the Thames:
"Here am I, your special pie!
Come to me, come to me!"
Your own special hopes,
Your own special dreams,
Bloom in The Valley
And shine in "A" block.
If you try, you'll find me
When you're at the front of the queue:
"Here am I your special pie
Come to me, Come to me."
Balti Pie
Balti Pie,
Balti Pie,
Balti Pie!
Someday you'll see me floatin' in the grease,
My pastry stickin' out from a low tin base,
You'll hear me call you,
Singin' through the grease,
Sweet and clear as can be:
"Come to me, here am I, come to me."
If you try, you'll find me
When you're at the front of the queue.
"Here am I your special pie
Come to me, Come to me."
Balti Pie,
Balti Pie,
Balti Pie!
Further news about next season's new kits will be published on http://www.cafc.co.uk at midday... #cafc
. @AndrewsSykes will appear on the back of the home and away kits in 2014/15 after renewing their partnership.
The partnership will also see the @MitsuComm logo appear on the back of next season's home and away shorts
Sorry, I couldn't help myself ;-)
I said yesterday that I would be delighted to see Andrews still involved and really pleased that this is the case. Are we now seeing signs of us "sweating the asset"?? ;-)
So where exactly is the bottom of the shorts? I presume they mean the lowest part (both legs?) or do they actually mean, er the bottom?
As long as it doesn't look like a complete pigs ear and the colours blend I am happy
I just hope the sponsors aren't on the fan shirts. I won't be buying one if they're all on there no matter how nice our Nike template kit is.
Took the words out of my mouth. This will put more money in the coffers and yet people see it as a negative. Most of the FL72 clubs do this so why should we be any different. When we were relegated from the Premier league I thought it a bit bigheaded that we didn't try to get additional sponsors as they weren't permitted in the Premierleague at the time. It was as though we planned to bounce straight back.
I'm delighted to have UOG on board - not least because my father attended Thames Poly - but also it's a bit different from the mainstream. The money is a nice aside but it's great to have a link up with a local educational institution.
Andrews are a local firm run by Charlton fans and some of the comments on here for the last couple of years have been fucking apalling. They have aided in keeping this company afloat and I am glad they are sticking around.
Not too sure about the Mitsubishi link as not a lot is known at this stage however they are MASSIVE, and I mean proper massive, in the far east. Might be something for the future or might just be a little top up of funding. But again this is not a "noddy" sponsorship - it could be a bit of a coup.
All in all it's good news. Now all we need is a nice kit. I have to say I really like the Standard Liege kits......would be nice to have a grey kit again (not as nice as yellow mind!)
They may only be a small sponsor but they have some serious weight behind them