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Waitrose ahead office is near Reading, in Bracknell, which is what I said when I said HQ or manufacturing nearby.

Sponsoring England cricket has a prestige to it, is watched by ABC1 socio-economic groups and the bonus is when you're inside you get prime hospitality and treatment at all England matches every day. Every day!

Sainsburys target market is all socio economic groups and not just a us. A few mentions on sky sports of the radio will have no effect on sales at all.

Waitrose is also a partnership so doesn't have to answer uncomfortable questions over why it has wasted money sponsoring a football team. Sainsburys on the other hand....It is 30% owned by the bid Qatari group but I guess the hire a large city company to manage all of that and dividends etc.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (04 May 2017 7.59pm)

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That was proposed, but evaporated as a prospect once they gift-wrapped the Olympic stadium to the Spammers.

Also, I believe there was a crowd-control concern over tens of thousands of fans wandering unfettered around the park.

We don't do possession; we do defense and attack. Everything else is just wa**ing with a football.

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That may be true but then again Hull's is sort of in a park and the Norwich and Derby grounds are in the middle of retail parks. They seem to manage.

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When your's and your neighbours homes are worth £500k minimum, it makes you very, very vocal. Would you like a football club you don't support or care about building a 35,000 stadium 2 minutes walk from you front door? I wouldn't.

Selhurst residents moved next to a football ground. Big difference.

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Ken

I seem to have a recollection of your good self on Sainsbury's car park duty when you used to be a matchday steward !

I also am not sure of the ownership of these car parks.Parish referred to a "Slither" so perhaps the plans include having to utilise a small part of the current Sainsbury's carpark.Either the plans will need to be revised or an agreement reached with Sainsbury's regarding price.I will have to find out more about this !

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That's an interesting question Ken. When we submitted, and had approved, plans to build a club shop/offices on part of that carpark, there was mention in the documentation of agreement being reached with Sainsbury's for the plans.

I've now found the planning application:

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2a states "the Crystal Palace car park is leased by Sainsbury's to the football club, and is separate from the Sainsbury's car park".

So Sainsbury's own the whole thing, therefore "sliver" it may be, but it's a sizeable sliver.

Edited by bexleydave (06 May 2017 9.17am)

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