Friday, 19 October 2007

The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #34

You'll never be able to wear THAT on television...
The 17 First Division Teams In England That Had Shirt Sponsorship Deals Twenty-Five Seasons Ago And The Companies That Sponsored Them

1. Arsenal - JVC
2. Aston Villa - Davenports
3. Birmingham City - Ansells
4. Brighton & Hove Albion - British Caledonian
5. Coventry City - Talbot
6. Everton - Hafnia
7. Ipswich Town - Pioneer
8. Liverpool - Crown Paints
9. Luton Town - Bedford Trucks
10. Manchester City - Saab
11. Manchester United - Sharp Electronics
12. Norwich City - Withey Windows
13. Nottingham Forest - Panasonic
14. Southampton - Rank Xerox
15. Stoke City - Ricoh
16. Watford - Iveco
17. West Bromwich Albion - Swan

Notts County, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United didn't have shirt sponsors in the 1982-83 season.
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13 comments:

  1. Duffman19 October 2007 at 02:59

    Whatever happened to British Caledonian?

    Come to that, whatever happened to Brighton?

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  2. Chris O19 October 2007 at 03:13

    Lol! According to Wikipedia, British Caledonian were bought out by British Airways in 1987.

    As for Brighton, I'm not really sure...

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  3. Smart19 October 2007 at 04:22

    When will teams start being sponsored by companies with 'womens interests'.

    'Lenor fabric conditioner', 'Magnum Ice Cream', 'Ann Summers', 'Blossom Hill', 'Take a Break'

    Thinking about it, perhaps after Liverpools 80's attempt, it didnt work out with there sponsors of 'Candy' - makers of Washing machines.

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  4. Chris O19 October 2007 at 04:31

    I thought I just heard something then... Must have been Emmeline Pankhurst spinning in her grave... ;-)

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  5. Smart19 October 2007 at 05:11

    Or a Candy washing machine, perhaps?

    ;-)

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  6. SoccerShoutPhil19 October 2007 at 05:46

    Show the impermanance of...stuff..deosn't it.

    You wouldn't think of 12 of the 22 teams as Premier League teams these days (Notts County FFS!)

    And eight of the 17 sponsors listed are pretty much unrecognisable in modern life.

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  7. Chris O19 October 2007 at 06:23

    Absolutely SoccerShoutPhil. That's why I chose the subject for today's Friday List - it could be subtitled 'The Changing Face of Commercialism', I suppose!

    Yes indeed - Notts County... whatever happened to that one-time giant of English football?!?

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  8. Adam19 October 2007 at 06:48

    If teams are trying to expand their fan base into America, they should get some more "real American" sponsorship. Who wouldn't want to see Wayne Rooney with a Wal*Mart Logo emblazoned on his chest? Or, perhaps Fulham should market the brand with their American contigent, whilst wearing Halliburton shirts. Fun times to be had by all, when Cheney shows up to the Cottage!

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  9. Chris O19 October 2007 at 07:20

    I'm amazed no-one's taken the McDonald's dollar yet. I know they're a corporate partner to numerous competitions, but why hasn't a team splashed the golden arches over their shirts yet?

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  10. Smart19 October 2007 at 08:08

    Perhaps because McDonalds have yet offered to sponsor anyone?

    Just a thought...

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  11. Adam19 October 2007 at 08:15

    Maybe McDonald's should strike a deal with Chelsea. Frank Lampard and McDonald's: a match made in Heaven.

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  12. Smart19 October 2007 at 08:59

    LOL

    or Jens Lehman - with that curly hair he looks a bit like Ronaldo McDonald and is just as much of clown too.

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  13. Chris (B Squad)22 October 2007 at 11:30

    There have been a couple of american shirts, Pizza Hut(Fulham) and Doritos (Wolves?) are the most recent that come to mind. For a year or so, my roommate and I referred to Fulham's home park as Craven Hut.

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