I.E. The Red Bull Valley if it meant a huge investment injection?
But it likely wouldn’t be an injection rather a means to offset running costs for the owners.
Unless we get a fresh wave of enthusiasm from the ‘consortium’ to persuade them to throw cash at us it wouldn’t likely change much on the pitch I’d imagine.
Everyone would still call it the Valley anyway, and it would be better to be a competitive club than slide back down to league 1 eventually, which happens to all clubs who don't receive cash injections or receive serious investment
Everyone would still call it the Valley anyway, and it would be better to be a competitive club than slide back down to league 1 eventually, which happens to all clubs who don't receive cash injections or receive serious investment
My argument would always be a case of how gutted would we be if they then moved on to the scumbags in Bermondsey and turned them into a decent Premier League outfit while we're languishing below?
It'll always be the Valley to me... I pretty much still call, or think of all stadiums by their original name, which for Bolton > the Reebok Stadium for example is quite ironic given that was a sponsored one too.
No, absolutely not. I also realise this happens at many clubs and will more than likely happen to us at some point and we won't be able to do sod all about it.
Stadium naming rights are the not the nailed on money-spinner many of you assume it is.
For evidence of that just look across the river, to the London Stadium.
What's more "the Valley" is more closely associated with the club than most stadiium names thanks to recent history which is still regularly referred to on TV commentaries. Any potential sponsor would be mindful of that.
So I don't think the question should arise until we are an established FAPL club again. Then I could live with "Red Bull welcomes you to The Valley".
Everyone would still call it the Valley anyway, and it would be better to be a competitive club than slide back down to league 1 eventually, which happens to all clubs who don't receive cash injections or receive serious investment
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To me it would always be The Valley.
https://forum.charltonlife.com/discussion/99462/sponsors-wanted-for-25-26-season/p1
It hasn't happened.
its The Valley, Nothing else.
Thought our owners were rich?
Everyone would still call it the Valley anyway, and it would be better to be a competitive club than slide back down to league 1 eventually, which happens to all clubs who don't receive cash injections or receive serious investment
Same with Arsenal, that'll always be the Emirates
Tbh I wouldn't like it, but I'd get over it.
Take the money, spend it, and carry on calling it the Valley anyway.
For evidence of that just look across the river, to the London Stadium.
What's more "the Valley" is more closely associated with the club than most stadiium names thanks to recent history which is still regularly referred to on TV commentaries. Any potential sponsor would be mindful of that.
So I don't think the question should arise until we are an established FAPL club again. Then I could live with "Red Bull welcomes you to The Valley".
Unless it was big time and we needed to balance PSR - We would need to be in a division higher for that to become relevant