Third party charity match with players followed by youth generation sells out and guarantees pay day toward reducing balance sheet deficit - horror!
For the teenage generation, it is not dissimilar to seeing our fave celebs turn up for a charity game. Each YouTuber/Sideman will have their own followers, many in the high millions, so 27,000 turning up for all of them combined is a tiny percentage and if I were the club, I would not only take the money, but get a one off 50% off entry voucher for our next home game, perhaps 60% if you buy from the ticket office on the day. Stress test new supporter market appetite and price tolerance to boot…anyway, sounds too easy, so won’t happen!
Third party charity match with players followed by youth generation sells out and guarantees pay day toward reducing balance sheet deficit - horror!
For the teenage generation, it is not dissimilar to seeing our fave celebs turn up for a charity game. Each YouTuber/Sideman will have their own followers, many in the high millions, so 27,000 turning up for all of them combined is a tiny percentage and if I were the club, I would not only take the money, but get a one off 50% off entry voucher for our next home game, perhaps 60% if you buy from the ticket office on the day. Stress test new supporter market appetite and price tolerance to boot…anyway, sounds too easy, so won’t happen!
I don't think too many people have an issue with it taking place? It didn't even register on my radar until what they are already calling "Badgegate"...
Paragraph two - great idea. Though some season ticket holders might need a moan up about it...
Just been up the ground - The club shop Sidemen Superstore is full to the rafters with Sidemen merchandise, kits, keychains, mugs, posters, socks, ties plus other memorabilia of the Sidemen game at "The Sandgaard Stadium"
They have even taken over half of the museum for The History of Sidemen exhibition.
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
I have read back through the thread, I don't think anyone at all on here has a problem with the match taking place? I may have missed one post, but I don't think I did.
If I remember correctly the Broncos and the Addicks both had their badges displayed back in the day.
I don't think anyone has suggested they would have a problem with both badges being dispayed this weekend?
I am slightly disgruntled at the idea of our badge being covered in our stadium. I think others who care are more or less the same. Seems like it's been dealt with now anyway?
I'm getting more of this vibe than steamy eared gammons frothing at their PCs...
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
I have read back through the thread, I don't think anyone at all on here has a problem with the match taking place? I may have missed one post, but I don't think I did.
If I remember correctly the Broncos and the Addicks both had their badges displayed back in the day.
I don't think anyone has suggested they would have a problem with both badges being dispayed this weekend?
I am slightly disgruntled at the idea of our badge being covered in our stadium. I think others who care are more or less the same. Seems like it's been dealt with now anyway?
I'm getting more of this vibe than steamy eared gammons frothing at their PCs...
I'm talking about in general, wasn't me that said our fans were losing the plot on twitter. Adults moaning about a badge being covered is still weird, no matter how you try and deflect it.
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
I have read back through the thread, I don't think anyone at all on here has a problem with the match taking place? I may have missed one post, but I don't think I did.
If I remember correctly the Broncos and the Addicks both had their badges displayed back in the day.
I don't think anyone has suggested they would have a problem with both badges being dispayed this weekend?
I am slightly disgruntled at the idea of our badge being covered in our stadium. I think others who care are more or less the same. Seems like it's been dealt with now anyway?
I'm getting more of this vibe than steamy eared gammons frothing at their PCs...
I'm talking about in general, wasn't me that said our fans were losing the plot on twitter. Adults moaning about a badge being covered is still weird, no matter how you try and deflect it.
We probably had people objecting to the Broncos then, there just wasn't a Charlton Life to moan about it. I can live with weird. Many, many friends thought I was weird back in 1990 when I was leafleting people to Vote Valley.
You don't care, I do (a little bit). We'll have to agree to differ.
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
Never covered the badge.
No, just covered the pitch with other lines that were still visible for our games. Considering how much effort paddy used to put into it, it's crazy to think it went ahead.
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
Never covered the badge.
No, just covered the pitch with other lines that were still visible for our games. Considering how much effort paddy used to put into it, it's crazy to think it went ahead.
We were 4 years into returning back home and any extra revenue would have helped towards improving the ground and the team.
Sadly groundsman don’t have much say in that matter
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
Never covered the badge.
No, just covered the pitch with other lines that were still visible for our games. Considering how much effort paddy used to put into it, it's crazy to think it went ahead.
We were 4 years into returning back home and any extra revenue would have helped towards improving the ground and the team.
Sadly groundsman don’t have much say in that matter
They do, that’s why they ended up moving (or so I was told). Broncos wanted to stay.
Did anyone care back in the day when the London Broncos played at The Valley ? We'd have fans protesting if that happened now.
Never covered the badge.
No, just covered the pitch with other lines that were still visible for our games. Considering how much effort paddy used to put into it, it's crazy to think it went ahead.
We were 4 years into returning back home and any extra revenue would have helped towards improving the ground and the team.
Sadly groundsman don’t have much say in that matter
They do, that’s why they ended up moving (or so I was told). Broncos wanted to stay.
In the early 2000’s then? Cause they played on the ground during 1995/1996 and moved away to the Stoop before coming back again.
Regardless of that the Valley like most stadium is an empty shell bar the league and cup fixtures.
The sidemen could play there every other week if Sandgaard wanted that revenue into the club. Especially if he wants to break even
I think considering what the fans went through to get it back, being a bit sensitive about how our ground is used and depicted is totally understandable.
It might be a bit of plastic on a wall, but if it wasn't for that badge underneath it, and the people that fought for it, they wouldn't be playing there. A bit of respect for the history and fans isn't too much to ask IMO.
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Paragraph two - great idea. Though some season ticket holders might need a moan up about it...
Not a nice bloke by all accounts.
They have even taken over half of the museum for The History of Sidemen exhibition.
Absolute scenes on twitter.
If I remember correctly the Broncos and the Addicks both had their badges displayed back in the day.
I don't think anyone has suggested they would have a problem with both badges being dispayed this weekend?
I am slightly disgruntled at the idea of our badge being covered in our stadium. I think others who care are more or less the same. Seems like it's been dealt with now anyway?
I'm getting more of this vibe than steamy eared gammons frothing at their PCs...
You don't care, I do (a little bit). We'll have to agree to differ.
Sadly groundsman don’t have much say in that matter
Broncos wanted to stay.
Regardless of that the Valley like most stadium is an empty shell bar the league and cup fixtures.
The sidemen could play there every other week if Sandgaard wanted that revenue into the club. Especially if he wants to break even
It might be a bit of plastic on a wall, but if it wasn't for that badge underneath it, and the people that fought for it, they wouldn't be playing there. A bit of respect for the history and fans isn't too much to ask IMO.