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I'm sure many of the KTFC 71 creditors that lost out following Fridays vote are local businesses. I wondered if it might be possible for the commercial team to get in touch with them and offer some sort of deal or free sponsorship to try and help out during our first season. As these businesses have lost 90% of their money it may well push some close to the edge. Given everything that has gone on at KTFC during the last 12 months at NP

Moving out of their borough,
The reports of racist chants at the start of the season,
Dwindling support and attendance,
The arrival of Sausage & Co,
The CVA
and now the arrival of HT

No local business is going to want to deal with them and I think as a 'local family friendly community club' we have an opportunity to try and help out the 'local' companies effected. Even if it's just a free mention in our programmes of something like that.

If that is an offer of help to the commercial team, then I'd gladly accept it 8-)

I can't see it. Those businesses will think long and hard before putting money into football sponsorship again. In any case they'll all have historic links to KTFC and be local K*ttering businesses with little to gain from sponsoring a team playing outside of their locality.