P3te Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Teams launching kits without a sponsor is nothing new. It's been done before and it'll be done again. Curiously though, if the Genting deal hasn't expired by the 15th, I believe we may be contractually obligated to show off the kit with their logo on it, correct? We did that with FX Pro previously didn't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I'd much rather have a sponsor less shirt anyway. I am not a walking A board Jerseys with sponsors on them should be heavily subsidized IMO, and punters should have the option of paying full price for one without a sponsor, or less for one with. At the end of the day, we don't sell enough jerseys for our sponsor to care either way. You don't see loads of folks walking around with Villa jerseys on anywhere, the benefit for the sponsor is having hundreds of millions of people seeing their logo on the jersey for televised games 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just hope it's not cDWS again Worst sponsor ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just hope it's not cDWS again Worst sponsor ever In what way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just hope it's not cDWS again Worst sponsor ever And it's just 'DWS' btw, fyi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just hope it's not cDWS again Worst sponsor ever In what way? COWS 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) Just hope it's not cDWS again Worst sponsor ever In what way? COWS Yes the logo looked like Cows, but apart from that I was wondering that they did to deserve being called the "worst sponsor ever"? Possible exaggeration on a message board? Surely not? Edited June 9, 2013 by StanBalaban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Just hope it's not cDWS again Worst sponsor ever In what way? COWS Yes the logo looked like Cows, but apart from that I was wondering that they did to deserve being called the "worst sponsor ever"? Possible exaggeration on a message board? Surely not? The CI effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) We are going to be one of those tinpots teams who change their sponsors 3 or 4 times in a season aren't we? Some of the Spanish clubs I swear wear a different sponsor depending on the fixture. Maybe we are looking at one of these type of deals. Companies will be less concerned about exclusivity with a club like ours, more quick-fire mass exposure on the cheap. Edited June 9, 2013 by supernova26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Name a worse sponsor than cDWS then Nobody had a scoobie who they were , it spelt COWS on the shirt and it looked crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 We are going to be one of those tinpots teams who change their sponsors 3 or 4 times in a season aren't we? Some of the Spanish clubs I swear wear a different sponsor depending on the fixture. Maybe we are looking at one of these type of deals. Companies will be less concerned about exclusivity with a club like ours, more quick-fire mass exposure on the cheap. Not a chance imo. How do you sell a replica shirt mid season if you change the sponsor? I'm personally not aware of any club that does this, and would think that we'd be miles away from considering it as an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) Name a worse sponsor than cDWS then Nobody had a scoobie who they were , it spelt COWS on the shirt and it looked crap. I would think that anyone that worked in the investments and pensions arena would be quite familiar with DWS but, at the end of the day, isn't that the whole point of the sponsorship - to raise the profile of their brand? They pay the money to rent the space on our shirt. What else did you want from them? A hug? Edited June 9, 2013 by StanBalaban 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lp_villa830 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 I'm fairly sure our kit with genting was posted online the day before release, i remember the pic of gabby in the dressing room wearing the away shirt announcing the genting deal on our website? Edit - Google search shows the genting deal was announced on June 22nd, shirt released on June 28th. Just searched and you are right, but it appears that the deal was signed late so kits already suplied to JJB/Sports Direct were sponsorless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Name a worse sponsor than cDWS then Nobody had a scoobie who they were , it spelt COWS on the shirt and it looked crap. LDV was like having body armour on the thing was so ridiculously big and chunky, I'd take COWS over that thing any day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) There was nothing wrong with that lovely foamy LDV logo. A local company and at least it never peeled off! I remember the DWS/COWS logo peeled off within about 10 washes (all on a 30 wash I might add ). The 2004/2005 shirt was notoriously crap. Edited June 9, 2013 by R.I.C.O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 (edited) AST Computers? A ****ing yogurt? Edit: Got there in the end Edited June 9, 2013 by Ingram85 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 ADS ooh I'd forgotten that one. That is bad Didn't mind Muller tbh. LDV as posted above was at least a local firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 There was nothing wrong with that lovely foamy LDV logo. A local company and at least it never peeled off! + we got to an FA Cup Final in that LDV shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Acorns was my favourite. Simple and good message. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 AST Computer was great. A nice simple sponsor, nothing fancy or colourful. Plus my 6-year old self thought it was cool because it was so similar to Aston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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