Gladwish

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Its official here

 

Non league daily

[jc]

Quote:

Victor Gladwish said:

Due to having had three cancer operations since August 2004, and with the last one being a tumour, I am not permitted to drive.

I have struggled to find a driver since February 2005 and as GLS Football has lost £250,000 in the last two years it has been decided to close the company.

Somewhat different to Whitstable's inference then.

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

Timing not good.

 

Main sponsor disappearing at the same times as crowds on the way down, just as we make the transistion to FT.

 

Hope we have it all covered.

 

 

Up the Fleet.

[jc]

The Gladwish sponsorship was a relatively lucrative one. If we don't get such a good deal with the next sponsor, at least there's the possibility of a fee of some kind from Gladwish to make up for the lost year of sponsorship. However, what will happen finance-wise in the long term is another matter.

[John Pearce]

I suppose losing Gladwish as our main sponsor was always a possibility once the three year deal was up?

 

All that has happened is that the club will need to look for a new main sponsor a season earlier.

 

Lets hope that a 'deal' can be done so that the third year is carried forward in someway so that the club can take their time to find the right sponsor after GLS and not be forced into a rash decision in response to what potentially could be a major jolt to the club's finances.

 

As good as they have been in supporting the Fleet in the past. I don't personally believe that going back to The Reporter as main sponsor would be a positive step forward. But then again it may well be a case of 'beggars can't be chosers'.

[jc]

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White Van Nistelrooy said:
I suppose losing Gladwish as our main sponsor was always a possibility once the three year deal was up?

Or even three-and-a-half years <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[thatguy]

Now would be a good time for Gravesham council to show its "commitment" to Gravesend and Northfleet and become either a major sponsor. If not, then we need one of the car franchisers to step forward, failing that, Eurostar could benefit from sponsoring the Fleet, considering the proximity of the new Ebbsfleet International Station. It will give foreign travellers reason to get off, and come and see some proper football being played.

[Jimmy]

I doubt a council could justify spending public money on sponoring a football team - think of the anarchy from people moaning about the state of the pavements etc.

 

The car dealerships nearby, as well as Bluewater and the surrounding industrial estates are all good avenues to explore.

 

No doubt the new commercial employees will come up with something.

[John Pearce]

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rd79 said:
Eurostar could benefit from sponsoring the Fleet, considering the proximity of the new Ebbsfleet International Station.

What about Rodenstock??

Major European company with UK HQ in Northfleet or Tile Magic (Ceramic tile retailers with Head Office also in Northfleet.

[thatguy]

saying that, theres also Land of Leather, whose head office is literally after the houses on the away end of the pitch.

[Slartibartfast]

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rd79 said:
saying that, theres also Land of Leather, whose head office is literally after the houses on the away end of the pitch.

If Land of Leather were the new shirt sponsors we could end up going all 'Blue Oyster Club' <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Would the players have to grow moustaches?

[BustaGut]

Ok Ok we have lost our main sponsor, But chances are it is just a year early.Have read articles in reporter of late of the Fleets ties to clubs such as Spurs and Arsenal. And the players associated with the Fleet such as Logi Nicholson ETC Has there been any thought of maybe approaching these clubs for some sort of sponsorship.Maybe getting back to the good old days of having G/N as there nursery type club again.

[kmj]

This is not a good idea. Being a "nursery club" would tie us down and be likely to affect our independence in the transfer market. We could end up being a glorified reserves outfit.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Besides, we already have a OAP's club! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

[FleetFanatic]

Aren't those sofa firms notorious for going bankrupt every few years?

[Terrierdave]

from Whitstable Times back page 15th December……

 

SH0CK as sponsor quits in fury over love rival

Report by Nigel Munson

 

AN affair of the heart is behind Victor Gladwish’s astonishing decision to take his money out of non-league football - including Whitstable Town.

 

The Belmont club were left high and dry as Gladwish, furious at being cuckolded by the chairman of one of the many clubs he sponsors, pulled his sponsorship plug virtually across the board.

 

Happily Town former chairman and devoted suworter Joe Brownett has saddled up his "white kright" charger and ridden to the rescue.

 

Brownett stood aside at the start of the season when the three-year Gladwish deal came into effect but he remained on the committee as treasurer.

 

Now, the family company, D&J Tyres, are back in harness again as the club’s main sponsor until the end of the season. Gravesend, Chatham, and Crockenhill are the three other Kent clubs who have been hit by Gladwish’s sensational pullout, provoked by a row over his glamorous female driver.

 

The three-division Hellenic League are also having to find new backers.

Gladwish, 61, told the Times he was making plans to set up home with his chauffeuse, 38. "All my drivers have been beautiful women," he said. He had even looked at singer George Michael’s former residence as a possible home.

 

Then he learned of the club chairman’s alleged reIationship with his driver "It spoiled everything forever," Gladwish said, "I give them £3,750 a month and this man pinched her from behind my back.

 

"I was so shocked. I have been kicked in the teeth. There’s a principle involved here. You don’t do that to your best friend. It was totally out of order."

 

Gladwish has severed all financial links with clubs tied to one of his companies, GLS Football, which he has also scrapped. He added: "In future, I will support only those local clubs which I can reach by taxi - nothing else."

 

Gladwish, born of Anglo Belgian stock and the father nine, is one of non-league football’s most unusual personalities.

 

Eight years ago he was on the dole. Today, having beaten cancer and survived an expensive divorce, he has amassed a fortune from land sales.

 

He told the Times in an earlier interview: "I lose money over my sponsorship but who wants to be the richest man in the graveyard? I want to put smiles on faces.