oggybwfc Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Burnden? I am still fuming it's not Pikes Lane anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Just one question; Who are Macron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Do you reckon when we stopped being called Christ Church FC they were having the same conversation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Does it make any difference if you do or don't? Indeed, gartside will be here Until Eddie doesn't trust him or the Kia deal goes through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bwfcdan Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Absolutely nothing on Reeboks website to suggest they were affiliated with the town or the club. Took Macron's website all of 45 minutes to have a massive banner on the front page celebrating our new partnership. I welcome Macron ???? Edited April 25, 2014 by bwfcdan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Reebok have never really made much of their affiliation with the town and to be fair, I never saw them as a Bolton company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Apart from that advert where they mentioned Bolton at the beginning. Â Think all that was lost when adidas bought em mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Reebok have never really made much of their affiliation with the town and to be fair, I never saw them as a Bolton company. They were a Bolton company and used to be proud of their heritage. They also used to put a Union Jack on their classics range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Just realised I'll get a shiny new seat. Â Unless they just paint all the white ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Some on ere startin to sound like Scousers (red ones, Pabbers).  Outraged by everything, for the sake of it.  Yes Reebok was a Bolton firm… bought out by the Germans who removed it from football entirely - therefore not wanting to renew the deal.   I'm not Gartside's biggest fan by any stretch but I can't really see what he's done wrong here.  He's secured the best possible deal for the club.  Or would we prefer 'New Burnden' and have no income?  And Macron have some big clubs - Napoli, Lazio, etc - on their books so its not like we're getting sports direct teamwear.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 They were a Bolton company and used to be proud of their heritage. They also used to put a Union Jack on their classics range. A Union Jack, bollocks if they were truly proud of their heritage it would have been an embroidered Carrs Pasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Some on ere startin to sound like Scousers (red ones, Pabbers).  Outraged by everything, for the sake of it.  Yes Reebok was a Bolton firm… bought out by the Germans who removed it from football entirely - therefore not wanting to renew the deal.   I'm not Gartside's biggest fan by any stretch but I can't really see what he's done wrong here.  He's secured the best possible deal for the club.  Or would we prefer 'New Burnden' and have no income?  And Macron have some big clubs - Napoli, Lazio, etc - on their books so its not like we're getting sports direct teamwear.  Welcome back Tyler, sadly since you last posted, speaking sense and posting facts has been banned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I think they had a greater presence in Lancaster than they did in Bolton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I think they had a greater presence in Lancaster than they did in Bolton. That's very true. Â I worked at their offices. Â They had model of the reebok,sorry macaroon in reception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I think they had a greater presence in Lancaster than they did in Bolton. The company was started in Bolton. Lancaster was handy for the cheaper real estate for the warehousing prior to the adidas buy out. The development offices were in Bolton, then Manchester and Lancaster for a short time before coming to the Reebok. Edited April 25, 2014 by no balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 The company was started in Bolton. Lancaster was handy for the cheaper real estate for the warehousing prior to the adidas buy out. The development offices were in Bolton, then Manchester and Lancaster for a short time before coming to the Reebok. Â Started in Bury, didn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Welcome back Tyler, sadly since you last posted, speaking sense and posting facts has been banned. Â Gathered as much. Â I'll be off, then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 The company was started in Bolton. Lancaster was handy for the cheaper real estate for the warehousing prior to the adidas buy out. The development offices were in Bolton, then Manchester and Lancaster for a short time before coming to the Reebok. Â All a bit irrelevant seeing as 'reebok' don't really exist anymore. Â They are a division of adidas, who have little to no interest in Bolton and do not want to pay for the stadium name. Â Burnden Pies is a Bolton firm but they don't want to pay for the naming either, so what? Â Macron want it and will pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 All a bit irrelevant seeing as 'reebok' don't really exist anymore. They are a division of adidas, who have little to no interest in Bolton and do not want to pay for the stadium name. Burnden Pies is a Bolton firm but they don't want to pay for the naming either, so what? Macron want it and will pay. The question was being asked so it was relevant. You'd be surprised at my knowledge of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Durden Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 The question was being asked so it was relevant. You'd be surprised at my knowledge of this  Did "reebok" (adidas) or anyone else bid more than Macron for the total package? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Did "reebok" (adidas) or anyone else bid more than Macron for the total package? Â I wouldn't have thought so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted April 25, 2014 Moderators Share Posted April 25, 2014 Who knows. Surely that's confidential information.  Burnden Pies or whoever don't want it to be public knowledge that they bid £100, surely as next time Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe will know they only need to bid £110 and not £200? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I know a money man at Bury, and the talk is that Reebok are looking at a big sponsorship with them, like a back to their roots thing. Â They are going places. Edited April 25, 2014 by Pablo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Did "reebok" (adidas) or anyone else bid more than Macron for the total package? Eh? I was referring to the history of the brand. I'm not one of those mentalists who purport to have ITK knowledge of the club's business dealings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Started in Bury, didn't they? Holcombe, it's a bit of a grey area really there I suppose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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