Gladwish

[Fleet_Fella]

Just saw this on Whitstable's site regarding Victor Gladwish pulling out of the sponsorship of non-league football at all levels. I assume this includes the Fleet too. Has GLS paid the sponsorship money to us up front, or are we now out of pocket??

 

"Whitstable Town Football Club are delighted to announce that the clubs main sponsor will be D&J Tyres for the remainder of the 2005/06 season. Chairman Tony Rouse breaking the news: “It is great news that Joe Brownett and his family through their company D&J Tyres are renewing their support of Whitstable Town. We have been very lucky to have their support over the many years the family have been associated with the club and Joe has agreed to carry on helping the club after the sudden departure of Victor Gladwish’s company, who are to cease their funding of football at any level”

 

This came about after what Gladwish said was: “The unacceptable way I was treated by a club last weekend.” His decision leaves many other football clubs without a sponsor and is in no way a reflection on the relationship between Gladwish and Whitstable Town, which has always been cordial and business like. Indeed Victor’s brother Paul, who is a valued member of the committee stays at the club.

 

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[Jeff]

Does anyone know what happened to him at the weekend to make him pull the sponsorship deals?

[Hempstead Gaz]

Would be a real shame and a serious problem for Fleet. I always thought we looked after Victor very well, and always treated him to some good hospitality and entertaining football.

Perhaps he means sponsorship in the lower echelons of non-league football instead of us, who are now a virtually full time outfit, and getting increasing (but nowhere near enough) publicity.

Mr Gladwish has always been a staunch and valued supporter of non-league football, as testified by his many visits to Stonebridge Road, but at the end of the day, he is still a businessman, after making publicity and money, so who can blame him if he feels let down by certain quarters?

If he does pull out of our deal, it is regrettable, and would cause a deal of financial realignment, but life would go on.

[mikefleet]

this isn't good news at all. anyone confirm it from the club please.

[Hempstead Gaz]

to put his sponsorship into perspective, I understand it was approx £50,000 for each of 3 years totalling £150,000.

 

If Victor were to pull out now, with a half season left, this would equate to £25,000 for the remainder of this season divided by 11 home games = £2272 lost per game.

To recoup this lost money we would need a gate increase of 189 full paying adults per game.

 

Although the loss of Mr Gladwish's money, if it happens, would cause problems, they would not be insurmountable.

 

Stands back and waits for his maths to be shot bown in flames by Dave H and JC. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

[behindthegoal]

Presumably any sponsorship deal we have/had will be covered by a contractual arrangement that would ensure outstanding monies were still payable until any get out clauses could be activated.

 

I thought that we had a 3 year deal rather than an annual arrangement with renewal options and therefore there may be some security within the contract in any case.

 

However this is bad news in the longer term as being the top ranked club in the Gladwish portfolio I had hoped that we would have been the one he might want a long term relationship with in any case. If it is true he has pulled out of further sponsorship it could be a big loss.

[Harry J Allstars]

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Chatham Gary said:Stands back and waits for his maths to be shot bown in flames by Dave H and JC. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

And Harry J? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Slartibartfast]

I seem to remember that the Reporter were very good in standing aside when Mr Gladwish suddenly appeared on the scene and have continued with their excellent coverage (grovel, grovel, creep, creep) maybe they will step back into the breech.

As has been stated above I suppose how immediate the impact is will depend on whether we have received the sponsorship money upfront or not.

New shirts anyone?

[mikefleet]

i like the design of the shirt keep it and change the sponser thats all if its true.

[David Holden]

There is a statement on the website.

[Harry J Allstars]

So lets work out who pissed him off, anyone know or got any idea? And what did they do?

[Malcolm S]

May have been the abuse he received from the Crawley fans when we won at there place. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />

[EUFC superb]

Yeah, could've mistook it for us.

[FleetFanatic]

Well at least we have the rest of the season assured.

 

Now where is that winning lotto ticket?

[EUFC superb]

Is there any chance of a pay-out by Gladwish for the remaining years?

[FleetFanatic]

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gnfc superb said:
Is there any chance of a pay-out by Gladwish for the remaining years?

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David Holden said:
There is a statement on the website.

[EUFC superb]

Yeah? I looked at that and it made me none the wiser <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

[Harry J Allstars]

We're still we are still in contact with Victor regarding the third and final year.

[EUFC superb]

No statement as yet on glsfootball.com

[Alan W (GNFC)]

The fulllist of clubs affected is

Bridlington Town (Northern Premier Division 1)

Chatham Town (Southern League Division 1 East)

Crockenhill (Kent County League)

Egham Town (Southern League Division 1 East)

Forest Football Club (Sussex County Division 3)

Grantham Town (Southern League Premier)

Gravesend & Northfleet (Conference National)

Handcross Village (Mid Sussex Division 1)

Harlow Town (Southern League Division 1 East)

Horsham YMCA FC (Sussex County Division 1)

Loxwood Football Club (West Sussex Premier)

Lymington & New Milton (Isthmian Division 1)

Pease Pottage Village FC (Sussex County Division 2)

Punnetts Town (East Sussex Premier)

Southend Manor (Essex Senior League)

Whitstable Town (Kent League)

Worthing FC (Isthmian Premier)

 

HELLENIC FOOTBALL LEAGUE (all three divisions)

4 GLS HELLENIC LEAGUE CUPS

 

 

Swale District Youth league

 

 

 

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GLS Sport are shirt sponsors to:

 

Alresford Colne Rangers (Essex and Suffolk Border League Premier )

Basildon Town (Essex Intermediate League)

Beaconsfield SYCOB (Southern League Division 1 West)

Biggleswade United (Spartan South Midland Division 1)

Bolsover Town (Central Midlands League)

Brodsworth Miners Welfare (Northern Counties East Premier)

Chadderton FC (North West Counties Division 2)

Cirencester United (GLS Hellenic Division 1 West)

Clipstone Welfare (Central Midlands Supreme League)

Dorchester United (Dorset Premier)

Eastbourne United Association (Sussex County Division 1)

Glossop North End (North West Counties Division 1)

Hall Road Rangers (Northern Counties East Division One )

Harpenden Town (Spartan South Midlands Premier)

Holwell Sports (Leicestershire Senior League Premier Division)

Hook Norton (GLS Hellenic Division 1 West)

Horndean Town (Wessex League Division 2)

Irchester United (United Counties Division 1)

Kidlington FC (GLS Hellenic League Premier)

Kintbury Rangers (GLS Hellenic Division 1 East )

Oldbury United (Midland Football Alliance)

Ordnance Survey FC (Wessex Division 3)

Spital Old Boys (East Berkshire Division 1)

Staines Lammas (GLS Hellenic Division 1 South)

Stockport Georgians (Manchester League)

Walthamstow Avenue and Pennant (Middlesex County)

Weston St. Johns (Western League Division 1)

Wolverhampton Casuals (West Midlands Regional League)

Worle FC (Somerset County Division 1)

 

Was there really such a major problem at the weekend (how can he tar all non league clubs with the same brush?) or was it just an excuse as a result of financial difficulties?