RK - some of our commercial offers were well under priced, and there had been no increase in 15 years or more.

What we're seeing now is the Club under Woodroof, under tough financial pressure, is this sort of deal where long-standing fans are sacrificed for better financial deals. IIRC it was last year that the blue & yellow club were told that to gain pre-match lounge access, they had to up their payments from £1000 to £3600.

Life lesson, don't mess with roofers or scaffs :-)

Donial - yes, I seem to remember that, but eventually came back.

Donial - apparently so. Scroll back, there's a post about it

Didn't Paul Strank have a hissy fit with the club before (post the move from Kingsmeadow I think?). Pulled all sponsorship etc but then returned.

Nothing from the club and speculation will rise. Will they ever learn?

If a long term sponsor has been treated crappy, im all for them speaking out.. why should the in crowd know all and the rest of us know nothing. Clubs been a clique for way too long.

PS has had a long standing connection with the club and has helped us out immensely over the years so it is natural people are going to be pissed off. I think the club does need to clarify. We aren't losing a pie stand here, we are losing a long standing six figure sponsorship deal. So just clarify either in public or in some other way that gets the message out (eg in a trust meeting).

Trigger - fully agree

Not a personal pop at you Stu but PS can talk to whoever he wants about whatever he wants. What has gone wrong with this club that they feel the need to control what everyone says and thinks these days? Tried to close this place down. Closed down ProBoards. Closed down Discord. Closed down the Twitter feed.

Why should they come out with an explanation Meadow? PS decided to go public on a business discussion.

In my opinion, the club needs to address Strank's accusation and clarify. What they can't do is remain silent and hope it all goes away. Thumb up the bum and the brain in neutral isn't great. Deal with it.

Why did PS go public on this? Feels that we are all quick to believe that the one side of the situation posted on FB is the whole story. All I know is that the club have been keen to have a standard blue and white scheme for sponsorship boards on stands for a while and it isn’t related to what Chelsea are demanding.

..record

So are we now the cherry blue recorded stadium?

I was told the 400k was lent to the labour party but they pissed it on rainbow flags and deals with China 🇨🇳

The colours used for all our partners in the matchday programmes last season, which appeared on page 78, was white writing with a blue background, so it may have nothing to do with Chelski. I can't be bothered to look back beyond that but is the issue this colour scheme has been extended to the physical stadium too? What will the likes of Cherry Red Records and Ry Gas make of that? Will they fall in line or follow Paul Strank's example? Before we judge the club we need to understand what has changed, if anything, and why. It would help if the club told us, otherwise people will make their own minds up based on hearsay, which will not help anyone.

Will changing all the branding to blue and white include the digital advertising hoarding? That would be good if it did. Would help visibility of the game when it dark. The upgraded floodlights have helped but bright orange or red still impacts on my ability to see players clearly on the east side of the pitch.

Loyalty can't be bought...

This sat route 213 buses will be running a vintage bus run till 5 pm from Kingston all free if your bored of Sutton take some sandwiches

But if we lose a long standing and multiple-renewing key sponsor then does the Chelsea deal add up?

It comes down to finance at the end of the day. We probably had little option but to maximise the CFC income stream and bend to their tune. I'm afraid that's not the first (see ticket pricing) or last time this will happen

When i started watching Wimbledon the colours were Navy blue shorts and white shirts

I'm guessing these branding items are printed and on permanent display items as opposed to the electronic ads. Looking at the stuff that appeared at KM did tie with the Chelsea brand.