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The only non-naff shirt sponsorship in football ?

letthegoodtimesroll
letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,647
in General Charlton
The Charlton/University of Greenwich shirt sponsorship seems to me to be the only one that doesn't 'devalue' the brand of either side. I hate it when I see clubs that have sponsors that are basically promoting gambling to kids for instance or look to have sold their soul to a corporate but the Charlton/University of Greenwich one just seems so right and is a win/win for both sides. I think it's great for Charlton to be associated with a Uni and it's got to be fantastic for the University of Greenwich to be able to promote its name globally and be associated with such a popular sport. Anybody think of a similar non-naff shirt sponsorship of is ours the only one ?

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  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,725
    edited August 2015
    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    http://m.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/8203-Northampton-Town-reveal-pink-away-kit/story-27473269-detail/story.html
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
  • flyingkiwiDK
    flyingkiwiDK Posts: 5,725
    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Ah! I didn't realize that.

    If so. Fair play to Northampton.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,647
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    http://m.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/8203-Northampton-Town-reveal-pink-away-kit/story-27473269-detail/story.html

    Not really a colour that has been associated with success in football I believe so that might devalue it somewhat...still, a 'good' shirt sponsorship in my view
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,647
    Maybe the club and the uni should be knocking out very cheap sweatshirts and T-shirts to the youth of the world a la those 'UCLA' and similar ones you see people wearing...brand promotion and the old Tesco winner of pile them high and sell them cheap (and make a lot of money)
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,204
    I don't like all the crap betting firms, etc either. But I'm not bothered about proper businesses like Standard Chartered or Samsung. One of the best in the past was the old blue star logo for the erstwhile Newcastle Brewery: local firm for the local club. For similar reasons I got on okay with Andrews AC.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,647
    I work in banking so the standard chartered one for me is a big loser for Liverpool, not that I like them anyway. Alcohol promotion to kids is wrong, full stop. Local business sponsorship is naff for a club, makes them look like losers who can't get a big name.Big corporate sponsorship looks like the club has sold its soul.
  • East_Stand_Loopy
    East_Stand_Loopy Posts: 2,205
    I believe in recent times Villa did free sponsorship for a charity.

    Also, again fairly recently Barcelona had "UNICEF" on their shirts.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,070
    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,204
    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    I work in banking so the standard chartered one for me is a big loser for Liverpool, not that I like them anyway. Alcohol promotion to kids is wrong, full stop. Local business sponsorship is naff for a club, makes them look like losers who can't get a big name.Big corporate sponsorship looks like the club has sold its soul.

    Why? Standard Chartered barely operate in the UK. The target audience is all those African Liverpool supporters. Your views on local firms is odd. Was The Woolwich a bad sponsor for us? Andrews also has national coverage but are HQ'd locally.

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  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,199
    Have you guys seen the new Necastle strip? It has blue stripes in it because of Wonga!

    Meanwhile the fans have launched their own kit in protest at Ashley's business model.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    What a strange comment to make?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,070
    Greenie said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    What a strange comment to make?
    Why ?
  • Bryan_Kynsie
    Bryan_Kynsie Posts: 2,179
    Greenie said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    What a strange comment to make?
    Does pink resonate with cancer now or is it just for breast cancer? In which case either you are aware already or you will be none the wiser. So the comment is actually pretty reasonable.

    And I say that as someone with stage 4 cancer on the scale on which 1= diagnosed and 5= dead or as good as.
  • Chrispy51
    Chrispy51 Posts: 473
    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    Thought it was to raise money for cancer research
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,070
    Chrispy51 said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    Thought it was to raise money for cancer research
    That makes more sense, good luck to them - hope they make lots for a good cause.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited August 2015
    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    I'm not suggesting that who is / isn't aware of cancer. Just merely pointing out Northampton's reasoning behind the choice of kit colour.

    But if you're asking me who in the entire world isn't aware of cancer, I'd probably struggle to give you a definitive answer.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Ah! I didn't realize that.

    If so. Fair play to Northampton.
    Sorry mate, wasn't digging you out over it.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,070
    ricky_otto said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    I'm not suggesting that who is / isn't aware of cancer. Just merely pointing out Northampton's reasoning behind the choice of kit colour.

    But if you're asking me who in the entire world isn't aware of cancer, I'd probably struggle to give you a definitive answer. Apoligies for that.
    Sorry - I was being a bit flippant - pet peeve of mine when people say "we're raising awareness" of horrendous illnesses that I would imagine the vast vast majority of people in this country are painfully aware of.
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,272
    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    I'm not suggesting that who is / isn't aware of cancer. Just merely pointing out Northampton's reasoning behind the choice of kit colour.

    But if you're asking me who in the entire world isn't aware of cancer, I'd probably struggle to give you a definitive answer. Apoligies for that.
    Sorry - I was being a bit flippant - pet peeve of mine when people say "we're raising awareness" of horrendous illnesses that I would imagine the vast vast majority of people in this country are painfully aware of.
    True but some people may not be aware of early warning signs, treatments, care etc hence the campaigns around testicular cancer to make men "give then a feel" so it is picked up early and hopefully when still treatable.

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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,070
    Henry Irving said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    I'm not suggesting that who is / isn't aware of cancer. Just merely pointing out Northampton's reasoning behind the choice of kit colour.

    But if you're asking me who in the entire world isn't aware of cancer, I'd probably struggle to give you a definitive answer. Apoligies for that.
    Sorry - I was being a bit flippant - pet peeve of mine when people say "we're raising awareness" of horrendous illnesses that I would imagine the vast vast majority of people in this country are painfully aware of.
    True but some people may not be aware of early warning signs, treatments, care etc hence the campaigns around testicular cancer to make men "give then a feel" so it is picked up early and hopefully when still treatable.
    A very worthy cause and definitely worth raising awareness of.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    se9addick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Who isn't aware of cancer ?
    I'm not suggesting that who is / isn't aware of cancer. Just merely pointing out Northampton's reasoning behind the choice of kit colour.

    But if you're asking me who in the entire world isn't aware of cancer, I'd probably struggle to give you a definitive answer. Apoligies for that.
    Sorry - I was being a bit flippant - pet peeve of mine when people say "we're raising awareness" of horrendous illnesses that I would imagine the vast vast majority of people in this country are painfully aware of.
    I know what you mean.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Well that's good, didn't know what cancer was until I found out they were wearing pink and googled cancer.
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,374
    Turns out it's a crab. Thanks Google!
  • Cardinal Sin
    Cardinal Sin Posts: 5,233
    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    http://m.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/8203-Northampton-Town-reveal-pink-away-kit/story-27473269-detail/story.html

    Isn't their home kit brown? Bit of a dilemma there....
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited August 2015
    kentaddick said:

    ricky_otto said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    To be fair their away kit is pink to promote cancer awareness, which is a a great thing for them to do.
    Well that's good, didn't know what cancer was until I found out they were wearing pink and googled cancer.
    .
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,647
    Cardinal Sin said:

    flyingkiwiDK said:

    I believe that Northampton Town are sponsored by the University of Northampton although that is somewhat devalued by the fact that their new away kit is pink!

    http://m.northampton-news-hp.co.uk/8203-Northampton-Town-reveal-pink-away-kit/story-27473269-detail/story.html

    Isn't their home kit brown? Bit of a dilemma there....
    Cobblers
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    edited August 2015
    Personally I wouldnt care if we were sponsored by "Big Bouncy Bullocks" if they paid us enough money to get a decent striker.
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,931
    letthegoodtimesroll said:

    I work in banking so the standard chartered one for me is a big loser for Liverpool, not that I like them anyway. Alcohol promotion to kids is wrong, full stop. Local business sponsorship is naff for a club, makes them look like losers who can't get a big name.Big corporate sponsorship looks like the club has sold its soul.

    Errr... so what is good ? (guess UOG is, but what else)
  • Addick in SW16
    Addick in SW16 Posts: 1,421
    edited August 2015
    JiMMy 85 said:

    Have you guys seen the new Necastle strip? It has blue stripes in it because of Wonga!

    Meanwhile the fans have launched their own kit in protest at Ashley's business model.

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    I think the alternative home kit is a lot nicer. They also mention the fact that they don't approve of having wonga as the sponsor for ethical reasons.

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