As a Fulham fan of more than 40 years, fully understand your point, but is putting on a game at the Cottage now a much more expensive undertaking than it would have been in the 80s or 90s. Also, I'd question exactly how much positive publicity a charity game would get? A question of degree I suppose...(on a different, but related point, Shahid Khan has invested a total of £787 million into Fulham according to some sources, personally don't believe he owes us anything) -- SW6.doc

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Date Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 01:19:09pm
Author: k
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Subject: As a Fulham fan of more than 40 years, fully understand your point, but is putting on a game at the Cottage now a much more expensive undertaking than it would have been in the 80s or 90s. Also, I'd question exactly how much positive publicity a charity game would get? A question of degree I suppose...(on a different, but related point, Shahid Khan has invested a total of £787 million into Fulham according to some sources, personally don't believe he owes us anything)
In reply to: Beano Reader 's message, "Can't disagree with that - premier league players are handsomely paid. However, the impression I get is that Fulham would not host any event unless they make money out of. In the past, I can recall charity games at CC. Doesn't make club money, but does get positive publicity." on Tuesday, March 11, 01:01:55pm

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Yep, a charity game would depend on profile of it with regards to publicity etc. As for Shad Khan, I think he owes making Fulham as affordable as possible to the fanbase. Remember that he described himself as a ' custodian' . I am also sure he would recoup a large amount of his outlay if he decides to sell up. (NT) -- Beano Reader, Tuesday, March 11, 01:27:14pm (82-132-212-73.dab.02.net/82.132.212.73)
- Personally, think Khan is an investor for the long term, plus he has his son involved. I think he has big plans, is willing to be patient, and will eventually pass it on to Tony Khan. Think it's conceivable that FFC will be owned by Khans for the next 20 years.... (NT) -- k, Tuesday, March 11, 01:42:31pm (host81-133-110-86.in-addr.btopenworld.com/81.133.110.86)
  - Plus, I think Silva knows this and, bar a dramatic slump in form, could be manager for the next five years at least... (NT) -- k, Tuesday, March 11, 01:45:22pm (host81-133-110-86.in-addr.btopenworld.com/81.133.110.86)
  - Why does the thought of Tony Khan being in total charge not fill me with confidence? (NT) -- Beano Reader, Tuesday, March 11, 01:46:41pm (82-132-212-73.dab.02.net/82.132.212.73)
    - Point taken! But then, in theory, he could be the owner, and not actually be in charge. (NT) -- k, Tuesday, March 11, 01:54:57pm (host81-133-110-86.in-addr.btopenworld.com/81.133.110.86)
- My concern would be who he sells up to, when he does. If he's going to want to recover his outlay (as any sensible businessman should), then someone is going to have to stump up 3/4 of a billion for a mid sized club, with no realistic ambition of recovering that outlay within a lifetime. So, someone either utterly benevolent and looking for a toy, or someone who may have be casting their eyes more on the locale than the team occupying it. (NT) -- Same Old Story, Tuesday, March 11, 02:23:49pm (NoHost/90.241.80.71)
  - Genuine Q - are there any property developers on this site? If the cost was eg £750m - will it be possible to do a development on a site of that size with panning restrictions on the JH stand [and the Cottage?] and still make a sizeable return? Are we protected against the property speculators due to the likely sums involved? Would welcome any view out there that is much more informed than mine (NT) -- f bloke, Tuesday, March 11, 02:49:02pm (host86-134-8-227.range86-134.btcentralplus.com/86.134.8.227)
    - I'm no developer, but you've got to think that at those costs to redevelop the Cottage, to ffind somewhere else to play, there's not going to be much in it, especially as football clubs appear to be a bit of a money pit. (NT) -- Jim© The Devon IP, Tuesday, March 11, 02:56:25pm (62-64-192-58.virtual1.co.uk/62.64.192.58)
    - just some quick back of fag packet googling reckons you could (if flats were the order of the day) put about 1000-1200 on a site the size of craven cottage (roughly 13k sqf). At £1m - £1.5m a go there probably is money to be made. Not sure about other, commercial uses as there are so many variables. So it might be possible to make money out of the site, but there would be a pretty hefty amount of hassle (NT) -- Same Old Story, Tuesday, March 11, 04:35:31pm (NoHost/90.241.80.71)
      - Permitted heights and densities need to be borne in mind. A reality check is that there are 116 apartments in River Gardens, the site of which is half the size of CC. Extrapolate from there and add a bit to taste, but hard to imagine the number you posit if it's sizeable homes with river or park outlooks. (NT) -- b+w g., Tuesday, March 11, 05:08:49pm (68.52.159.143.dyn.plus.net/143.159.52.68)
  - There's no shortage of billionaires these days, who could afford to lose on their investment. My concern would be as to how they accumulated that level of wealth. (NT) -- Juana Aorta, Wednesday, March 12, 03:55:39pm (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)
    - Yes, agreed. (NT) -- Same Old Story, Thursday, March 13, 10:58:24am (webdefence-pool-02.cluster-a.forcepoint.net/85.115.52.202)

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