| Sheeran's sponsorship 09:57 - Oct 19 with 8751 views | Zx1988 |
Ashton has confirmed that he won't continue the front-of-shirt sponsorship next season, "to allow [the club] to get a bigger sponsor".
My immediate thought was "oh yay, Asian betting firm incoming", but it's interesting that Ashton continues to say that part Sheeran's reasoning behind the sponsorship was to get the previous gambling sponsor off the shirt.
Hopefully (and I know I'm being naïve here) this might indicate that next year's FoS sponsor might be slightly more palatable than might otherwise be the case? |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:04 - Oct 20 with 1762 views | BLUEBEAT |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 16:34 - Oct 20 by SitfcB |
Sheeran said prior to the Liverpool game that he will only sponsor us for one season in the Prem as it’s quite expensive haha that’s why he purchased his shares in the club, he also said he wouldn’t allow the club to get a gambling sponsor and part of the reason why he wanted to sponsor us was because of that horrid Magical Vegas sponsor. |
So horrid they gifted the final year of their sponsorship over to The Carers Trust.
The horrible bstards. |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:06 - Oct 20 with 1752 views | mutters |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 10:02 - Oct 19 by Jimmy86 |
My bet is MSC shipping... |
If we get relegated my betting is Winalot, just for the bantz |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:31 - Oct 20 with 1710 views | Jimmy86 |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:06 - Oct 20 by mutters |
If we get relegated my betting is Winalot, just for the bantz |
Certainly apt for our time in the championship! | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:32 - Oct 20 with 1706 views | LittleBoyBlue1 |
Anglo American would be cool for a few different reasons | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 19:22 - Oct 20 with 1677 views | Perublue |
JPS black ? .....loved the Lotus F1 cars back in the day [Post edited 20 Oct 2024 19:22]
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 20:10 - Oct 20 with 1616 views | mutters |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 19:22 - Oct 20 by Perublue |
JPS black ? .....loved the Lotus F1 cars back in the day [Post edited 20 Oct 2024 19:22]
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Weren't they a brand of cigarettes back in the day? | |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 20:13 - Oct 20 with 1612 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 10:02 - Oct 19 by Jimmy86 |
My bet is MSC shipping... |
Big American firm would be my guess. Someone like Kohler or JPMorgan |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 20:15 - Oct 20 with 1609 views | Perublue |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 20:10 - Oct 20 by mutters |
Weren't they a brand of cigarettes back in the day? |
Indeed .... I'm guessing their packaging is no longer so attractive if they still exist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_77 [Post edited 20 Oct 2024 20:20]
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 20:19 - Oct 20 with 1603 views | LeoMuff |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 10:56 - Oct 19 by BLUEBEAT |
It’s time for Leo Muff to stand up. |
Sorry i already sponsor the kit of Mr Wark |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 23:20 - Oct 20 with 1486 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 10:02 - Oct 19 by Jimmy86 |
My bet is MSC shipping... |
Agree… has been my guess for quite some time! They are realistically our only ‘Elite’ partner who have the financial weight to pull it off.
Aspalls are another ‘Elite’ partner and I’d love to see them on there - or greene king or Adnams. |  | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 00:23 - Oct 21 with 1455 views | Perublue |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 23:20 - Oct 20 by Matt_Netherlands |
Agree… has been my guess for quite some time! They are realistically our only ‘Elite’ partner who have the financial weight to pull it off.
Aspalls are another ‘Elite’ partner and I’d love to see them on there - or greene king or Adnams. |
Genuine question is sponsorship normally more about brand awareness ? Would MSC need that as I guess whoever needs to know about them would anyway...I can see why betting and drinks companies...carabao for example may benefit ...or even Mrs miggins pie shop. | |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 01:05 - Oct 21 with 1441 views | bournemouthblue |
Fairly sure DP World are behind London Gateway, a direct rival to Felixstowe, I can't imagine that would go down too well locally? |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 09:22 - Oct 21 with 1332 views | Matt_Netherlands |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 00:23 - Oct 21 by Perublue |
Genuine question is sponsorship normally more about brand awareness ? Would MSC need that as I guess whoever needs to know about them would anyway...I can see why betting and drinks companies...carabao for example may benefit ...or even Mrs miggins pie shop. |
Yeah an awareness thing especially for higher division clubs, especially when broadcast overseas etc.
MSC might seem like a biggish name around here becomes if their offices etc, but they are still competing with some giants like Carnival, Virgin etc when it comes to cruises. Arsenal have Emirates as a shirt sponsor for example, massive massive brand but keeping themselves front of mind will be worth millions to them. | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 09:31 - Oct 21 with 1311 views | soupytwist |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 09:22 - Oct 21 by Matt_Netherlands |
Yeah an awareness thing especially for higher division clubs, especially when broadcast overseas etc.
MSC might seem like a biggish name around here becomes if their offices etc, but they are still competing with some giants like Carnival, Virgin etc when it comes to cruises. Arsenal have Emirates as a shirt sponsor for example, massive massive brand but keeping themselves front of mind will be worth millions to them. |
The cruise division of MSC are already sponsors of Formula 1. It's the shipping division (the parent company of the cruise line) that sponsors us. Who knows how much they operate independently. |  | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 13:26 - Oct 21 with 1249 views | dyersdream |
Marcus Evans? | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:02 - Oct 21 with 1211 views | WeWereZombies |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 09:31 - Oct 21 by soupytwist |
The cruise division of MSC are already sponsors of Formula 1. It's the shipping division (the parent company of the cruise line) that sponsors us. Who knows how much they operate independently. |
'Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, controlling 20 per cent of global container capacity as at July 2024.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Shipping_Company
elephantinthe room is going to go into meltdown if we are sponsored by an Italian family based in Switzerland... |  |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:06 - Oct 21 with 1203 views | HungryLikeTheWoolf |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:02 - Oct 21 by WeWereZombies |
'Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., branded as MSC, is an international shipping line founded by Gianluigi Aponte in Italy in 1970. The company is owned by the Aponte family with its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, since 1978. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, controlling 20 per cent of global container capacity as at July 2024.'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Shipping_Company
elephantinthe room is going to go into meltdown if we are sponsored by an Italian family based in Switzerland... |
MSC are front of shirt sponsors for Napoli currently |  | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:09 - Oct 21 with 1198 views | LeightonBuzzardBlue |
can't see a betting sponsor personally. they're banned from '26 onwards and it seems like a whole lot of paperwork just to sponsor us for a year, not to mention as others have previously stated, Ashton doesn't fancy it. |  | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:17 - Oct 21 with 1182 views | NorthLondonBlue2 |
Suffolk Food Hall I reckon | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:44 - Oct 21 with 1164 views | Europablue |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:04 - Oct 20 by BLUEBEAT |
So horrid they gifted the final year of their sponsorship over to The Carers Trust.
The horrible bstards. |
It's not really fair to criticize them for gifting the final year to The Carers Trust. | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:45 - Oct 21 with 1163 views | Europablue |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 00:23 - Oct 21 by Perublue |
Genuine question is sponsorship normally more about brand awareness ? Would MSC need that as I guess whoever needs to know about them would anyway...I can see why betting and drinks companies...carabao for example may benefit ...or even Mrs miggins pie shop. |
Part of it is corporate entertainment and just the general association. | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:51 - Oct 21 with 1150 views | WeWereZombies |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 15:06 - Oct 21 by HungryLikeTheWoolf |
MSC are front of shirt sponsors for Napoli currently |
I can see the posts now, our mafia linked shirt sponsor... | |
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| Sheeran's sponsorship on 16:58 - Oct 21 with 1114 views | olimar |
Assuming that Sheeran will eventually stop touring, it would need to change anyway.
It's interesting that Sheeran feels it's too expensive because it's the most reciprocal sponsorship any club can possibly have and I assume we would/should ask for far less from Sheeran because of the shirt sales/general interest he generates with his fanbase by wearing it.
We will likely see a drop off in shirt sales as a result of losing his sponsorship and wonder if we would recover that value from another bigger sponsor.
Is he going to do promotional stuff wearing an ITFC shirt with the name of a big corporate sponsor on the front instead? That would be quite complicated. | | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 17:07 - Oct 21 with 1090 views | ScottCandage |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 13:09 - Oct 19 by HungryLikeTheWoolf |
I thought this was interesting:
"Another big expansion will be our relationship with Ed Sheeran. You’ll also see us in the U.S. at some point, probably in some sort of collaboration with him."
Does this mean some sort of ITFC pre-season US tour with him doing a concert? [Post edited 19 Oct 2024 13:10]
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RIFC is opening their new stadium in Pawtucket, RI this coming spring. There might be an opportunity there. |  | | |
| Sheeran's sponsorship on 18:32 - Oct 21 with 1028 views | Perublue |
Joking aside with the JPS black did any cigarette companies ever sponsor an English football team ?
Betting is being stopped,pay day loans too..I presume alcohol will eventually be banned from sponsorship… i remember back in the 80s Wolverhampton speedway team were basically sponsored by Scientology fans and I’m sure peterborough by a chewing tobacco… skol bandits ? | |
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