Between us all on this site I am sure we could come up with something.
I used to run a factory in France that made architectural details for the outside of buildings made from Aluminium sheets, we did lots of signs for the big companies in Europe that came in at only a few thousand.
As a measure for the short time we could i am sure come up with something.
maybe a silly idea , but how about we take the badge down , and fans can buy a set amount as part of a ' own a part of charltons history'ground ' kind of thing .. then all of the money could buy the new one ?
It's not as if it holds any sentimental value though, is it? about 10 yrs old.
Really can't see why they don't get someone to plod the gaps with cement and give it a coat of dulux masonary paint. It would look a damn site better than it currently does and it would be cheap, a couple of days hire of a cherry-picker and a builder = job done!
Alright £50k sounds like a lot now, but lets think about this. We're not the only Charlton fans on the planet (although it seems like it at times) and over the course of half a season with people volunteers buckets outside the Valley and somebody setting up a website where supported can donate through paypal (I've got a bit of expertise in that field and I'd be happy to set this up) then there is no reason why we couldn't have raised the money by Christmas. I'm sure the club would do everything they can to support this, mentioning it in the programme & on the website, doing tannoy annoucements, putting those little donation boxes outside the ticket office & the superstore outside of game day, we could get local pubs to do the same.
Not to mention the fact that there must be a handful of wealthy Charlton fans outside there with a bit of pride for their club.
As mentioned above, they tried to raise the money like that for the Sam Bartrams statue and failed to reach their target and that was back in the day when the ground was packed out.
And maybe our wealthy fans arent so wealthy these days.
Know it is a helluva lot of dough and times are hard for most of us but perhaps we could to a test fund raiser on here ie ask people how much they would be willing to contribute and gauge if there would be enough interest to get near the £50k.
1000 people at £50 or 500 at £100 would do it (check out those maths I should be working at NASA).
We have 8000+ season ticket holders so even if we got £6 of each of those we would have enough.
Im sure it would be doable. Or perhaps if one week the club advertised that all proceeds from programme sales would go towards it to encourage those of us who dont buy them to splash out for that week.
The club doesn't need our money. The mysterons are overflowing with coin and could repair/ replace this at a moments notice.
They choose not to, as it's all part of the cloak that's shrouding the club and keeping us under the radar until the time is right to rip off their masks and reveal their true identities.
Rumour has it that a solid gold replacement is being made as we speak.
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Mick, Henry.
Made me laugh!
i can understand the bit at the bottom cant be replaced, but the rest just needs a good scrub. jet wash, cherry picker, sorted.
If people have practical, cheaper suggestions then contact customerservices@cafc.co.uk Worked for Rodney.
Might help the Club and you or your mates might get some business.
Really can't see why they don't get someone to plod the gaps with cement and give it a coat of dulux masonary paint. It would look a damn site better than it currently does and it would be cheap, a couple of days hire of a cherry-picker and a builder = job done!
Alright £50k sounds like a lot now, but lets think about this. We're not the only Charlton fans on the planet (although it seems like it at times) and over the course of half a season with people volunteers buckets outside the Valley and somebody setting up a website where supported can donate through paypal (I've got a bit of expertise in that field and I'd be happy to set this up) then there is no reason why we couldn't have raised the money by Christmas. I'm sure the club would do everything they can to support this, mentioning it in the programme & on the website, doing tannoy annoucements, putting those little donation boxes outside the ticket office & the superstore outside of game day, we could get local pubs to do the same.
Not to mention the fact that there must be a handful of wealthy Charlton fans outside there with a bit of pride for their club.
And maybe our wealthy fans arent so wealthy these days.
1000 people at £50 or 500 at £100 would do it (check out those maths I should be working at NASA).
We have 8000+ season ticket holders so even if we got £6 of each of those we would have enough.
Im sure it would be doable. Or perhaps if one week the club advertised that all proceeds from programme sales would go towards it to encourage those of us who dont buy them to splash out for that week.
The club doesn't need our money. The mysterons are overflowing with coin and could repair/ replace this at a moments notice.
They choose not to, as it's all part of the cloak that's shrouding the club and keeping us under the radar until the time is right to rip off their masks and reveal their true identities.
Rumour has it that a solid gold replacement is being made as we speak.