Hi all, I am amazed and really disappointed that it appears we have lost a long time sponsor in Paul Strank. I’m keen to write to James Woodruff to share my concerns and to try and understand why we have been so poor with our negotiating with Chelsea if we have had to succumb to the change in the stand branding to blue and white…..and then lose a long standing sponsor. Does anyone, by chance, have James email address please

I wonder if it involved a motor home and Lalique salt and pepper grinders ;)

Thank you AI - think it has just supplied the answer to the £400k owed

Exactly keefy. We do support the club so I am of the opinion we shouldn't gratuitously cause them problems. The previous threats were about potential legal action from individuals. Unless the courts had imposed a gagging order you can't get into trouble for revealing details. BUT PLEASE DON'T

Wup is independant of the club i presume!

Was it the same company that was having an issue with Hearts?

50.01% what was that vote about now?

We shouldn't announce who it is here (I don't know anyway) but I'm not quite sure how we would be punished if we did, apart from the DTB having an even worse opinion of us than they do (I believe that to be possible).

Transparency and AFC Wimbledon an oxymoron if ever there was

REPD - he did, and then popped up at Raynes Park Vale. I and a few others suggested he should come back. He had season tickets in front of the press box at Plough Lane, so got to chat with him most match days.

I think that an “open secret” is one which you yourself know, rather than it necessarily being widely known. I don’t know the identity of the £400k loss company (and I certainly won’t get this place in trouble by asking for it to be revealed, as I don’t care that much). In reality, I suspect that the obsessive secrecy around this is less due to legal considerations and more down to embarrassment by the powers that be at the club and a hope that they will be able to jump straight from ”we can’t talk about this for legal reasons” to “ this is all really old news, can we move on..”, without an intervening stage where we actually get told what happened.

TM - I do not know

Keefy , I don’t want to get this place into trouble so won’t post

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I can remember, from childhood, WFC being called 'the Chelsea Babes'. Never understood why. Still don't.

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Timmy I'm out of the loop, a few clues please.

This does all feel as if we are becoming a de facto feeder club for Chelsea- unfortunately given our financial state we are probably going to have little alternative

Good for you Paul Strank, a superb friend of the club. Telling someone to change their branding is a complete misunderstanding of sponsorship and marketing. Even if perhaps we have a massive deal lined up (Lidl colours fit, maybe something to do with Chelsea women) this is no way to treat a loyal supporter and benefactor.

We’re still not even allowed to know the company that owes us 400k that we are fighting for

The new walk out music for next season - [Link]

Although the club will probably claim that financial negotiations with a third party are not for public consumption

I think the people running this club need to make some kind of comment to explain what is happening otherwise angry fans are going to keep joining the dots and coming up with some unpleasant pictures. If this is related to CFC then it needs to be justified, if it isn’t the rumour needs to be dismissed. We are still just about fan owned and we should be given the information to allow us to have a clear point of view.

Im sure the DTB will hold the club to account

That is pretty abysmal