Shirt Sponsor?

Or I could mention all the semi-finals we have been to in recent seasons. Compared to your 1.

You gave yourself a 5 out of 10?

Total football to a team that only score from throw ins?

3-0 down in half an hour, fans leaving in there thousands? Barely a shot in anger?

5 out of 10?

America has really got to you ain't it... Did you feel the net tender gained some good soccerball yardage from his 6 yard punts?

I'm beginning to catch the drift of your username now, you really are a demented-poor-mans-salgado...

The way I see it is:

1. Its not good that we couldn't find anyone to sponsor us. Obviously we'll be losing out in revenue and as I can't imagine Venkys taking the hit that'll mean a further reduction on what is already looking like a negative transfer budget (basically about the same as we had under the Walker Trust so far).

2. However if it just wasn't going to happen then promoting a charity is the next best thing and a pretty intelligent alternative to just leaving the shirt blank (or tippexing our club website on like Burnley once did).

Let's have a look at how many semi finals bolton have been in, in the last 10 years and how many we have been in, just like boasting about 3 points in front, last 10 years doesn't count again obviously.

There were sponsor offers but they were quite low pay and Venlys didn't want to commit to a multiple year contract for so little.

Crown was £5m was that for 3 years?

Not many businesses are throwing £5m round at the moment. I'd wager if a £2m for 3 years is on the table it'd make sense to wait 12 months, gain some publicity and hope bigger offers come in next time...

^^ That exactly. Even Crown's £5m for 3 years is fairly cheap when it comes to sponsor deals. Venkys should be good at this sort of think, they are businessmen after all.

Yep, Crown though a local firm so perhaps sat nicely.

As said, I've not a problem with it as a business decision but nor can it solely be considered an out and out gesture of kindness...

I was less sure than some about the look of the feathery crown type thing, the red goes well with the trim though.

I was tempted though I still prefer a good toffs shirt...

5 million for 3 years is shocking, rather the club didn't have the money and the charity get the exposure.

Total football to a team that only score from throw ins?

3-0 down in half an hour, fans leaving in there thousands? Barely a shot in anger?

America has really got to you ain't it... Did you feel the net tender gained some good soccerball yardage from his 6 yard punts?

I'm beginning to catch the drift of your username now, you really are a demented-poor-mans-salgado...
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Stoke are an excellent side. They did the double over you. Nice Americanism's, some of them really are cringeworthy. You forgot pk and goal conversion.

Salgado? He's just a poor mans Ivan Campo. Nice username as well, way to support your team.

I'm off for a short while now, gonna have a Budweiser and a chilli dog, so Moscow.