This season’s Player of the Year dinner will take place in the Crossbars Lounge, located in the North Stand on Sunday May 1st. Doors will open at 6pm with a two course meal served from 7pm once the players and management team are seated. The bar will open from 6pm until late.
After the meal and raffle, the results of the voting will be announced and the relevant presentations made, followed by ample opportunities for photos with the players.
Tickets are now on sale priced at £37 pp and can be purchased through the Ticket Office, in person or by calling 03330 144444. One carer per disabled guest may pay £18. Tickets are limited to a maximum of 10 per person with dress code, smart casual.
This is a supporter’s event organised by the fans, for the fans. All proceeds will be deposited in the Fans’ Forum account from which donations have been made in the past to the Charlton Museum and related causes.
Questions
Aside from the lack of candidates I have two questions. Does " All proceeds will be deposited in the Fans’ Forum" mean all the ticket money or the profit on the night?
Second question would CARD qualify as a related cause?
One final question whatever the answer to question one is there anyone left on the staff to count the profit /proceeds and pay it out
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Comments
All seems odd. Why do the fans forum have a bank account ? Who decides what that money's spent on ? If it's the FF committee then I absolutely agree that money should immediately be handed over to CARD.
others will say it's only played one game but there will be others i'm sure.
had a very influential effect on Sunday's game and drew some of the biggest cheers from the customers i've heard at The Duchatelet Arena all season.
a lot more to come from the black & white legend.
I thought it was just a collection of people - a forum - and didn't realise there was money coming in and going out that necessitated a bank account. Also, I didnt think the fans forum was an entity as such, ie not legally constituted, etc, so if there is a bank account then who's name is on it?
Maybe ive just got it all wrong and maybe someone can put me right.
A/ Enable people to pay for tickets straight into the account or via paypal.
B/ Pay suppliers who are providing for the event.
I would be surprised if something like this could be put on based purely on cash coming in and cash going out?
"Player"of the year?
If they don't then I still don't understand what money they have coming in and going out to necessitate a bank account.
It is important to stress that the club does not have any say in the distribution of said monies and in the unlikely event that any profit is realised from this years POTY, the same situation will arise. With the current state of the club both on and off the field, numbers will be down this year and if a loss is recorded that too will be met from the Fans Forum account. In other words the football club do not run the POTY Dinner, we do.
As to whether £37 per head is good value for a Presentation Dinner with speeches and the opportunity to meet the players, that is for you each to decide. The ticket prices are determined by the expenses and the biggest is of course the food. No, I cannot claim it is a gourmet meal of the highest quality, but our friends at Delaware have the catering monopoly and it is hard for us to negotiate when there is only one game in town. I would however point out that last year the ticket price was £36 and the majority of those attending had a great evening and went home happy. If we were top of the league and not scraping along the bottom, I suspect that there would be more positive noises being made.
The club tried to snatch the POTY Dinner away from us and turn it into something else and we had to fight to keep it. Even in this most unhappy of seasons, I think we need to keep going and at least preserve it for future happier days. I intend to be there (Fanny and I pay for our own tickets ) and have a good night. I hope you will join us !!
Sorry if it sound like I'm spoiling your night
Really think people need to distinguish between fan events like this and club run events/promotions.
The former we should support because their success is sticking two fingers up to Meire and Cahones who think we're all idiots who can't organise anything when the reality is Ian and Jean do a better job and have proved that over the last five years, than KM and her half baked thinking could ever do.
Club events, yeah boycott and ignore but POTY isn't one of them.
Money raised doesn't go to the club but to fan causes.
It's an utter disgrace to anyone whose supported this club over the years...
I would guess (as I haven't been the valley much at all this season only the 1st few months) that cousins maybe the least dreadful of a bad bunch, but that doesn't warrant player of the year at all...and in-fact is probably an insult to the player in question. It's too depressing to even acknowledge.
I think the POTY should be relegated to who has been the best player in the under 21s. Only then, it is genuine and fair.
I do fully understand this is NOT a club event, and as i've always said, I respect anyone trying to arrange events like this or protests etc. even if I don't personally agree with them, so my comments are never personal (or at least I try not to make them personal).....
My issue with this event is this.....the vast majority of us all agree the club is in the wrong hands. Their utter incompetency has really ruined most of the fans enjoyment of this season and risks the very future of the club.
But the players have also got to take some responsibility. Week after week they have simply failed to perform and are in part, to blame for the position we find ourselves in now. I'm not just talking about ability either. Some just look like they cannot be bothered to be playing for the club.
To hold an event where these players are being considered for an award which is traditionally the fan's way of recognising their efforts and contribution to the season, simply sends out the wrong message; failure to perform is perfectly acceptable to the fans.
Perhaps it's the actual award that needs to be changed this year to reflect the season - recognised contribution award or fan's favourite award. Personally, I dont feel any player has done enough to earn the accolade of being named player of the year, either because they simple haven't been good enough, or haven't played enough games to warrant that title.
However, if fans want to recognise a player(s) for something they have done on or off the field then I understand that. Henderson, Jackson, Harriot etc. Some of which may not be for their football this seasons....
What I think would be a shame is to award it to someone who either no longer plays for the club or we know will leave the club. It will just make a make the whole process seem like a bit of a joke which I dont agree with.