On Friday 10th March, Wycombe Wanderers Football Club announced that the current sponsorship deal of Adams Park will not be renewed and that the Club are hoping to find a new sponsor. The announcement stated that consultation had taken place with both the Founders Trust and the Supporters Trust.
The Boards of Wycombe Wanderers Founders Trust and Wycombe Wanderers Supporters Trust met with Ivor Beeks (Chairman WWFC PLC), Steve Hayes (MD WWFC PLC) and other senior Club staff on the 28th February 2006. The meeting covered numerous subjects of which the issue of Stadium Naming rights was one. We were informed of Causeway's intention not to renew and the desire by the Club to seek further sponsorship. Steve Hayes confirmed the Club's intention to retain the name of Adams Park in the postal address and asked the Trusts to propose a suitable interim name. Assurances were provided that there are no immediate plans to secure a new deal and that any new sponsorship agreement is likely to be some way off.
We confirmed that we would seek a mandate from our membership on the wider issue of stadium sponsorship and relayed some of the opinions of which we are aware already.
It is the intention of the Trusts to seek a mandate from our memberships for the two Trust PLC Directors to adopt on this important issue. In order to present an accurate and unbiased package of information, we are currently seeking further information from the Club on their intentions and aspirations relating to any new stadium sponsorship deal. Once we believe that we are in possession of the correct and available facts we will seek your mandate. We hope to do this within the next two or three weeks. There is no immediate urgency and we want to endeavour to get this important process correct and complete.
Additionally, we are examining the practicalities
of canvassing opinion from supporters outside of the Trusts.
Every effort will be made to make this process inclusive and representative.
More details will follow in due course.
