Sponsors

[Poynton ram]

I appreciate this has been asked previously but any update on the next shirt sponsor?

Also are we any closer to awarding stadium naming rights or will DC leave that until the club is back in the championship?

[Rampant]

Rolls Royce would be a fantastic shirt sponsor.

[jono]

1 minute ago, Rampant said:

Rolls Royce would be a fantastic shirt sponsor.

I doubt they ever would … but I’d love it if we got them.

[SecretDave]

2 minutes ago, Rampant said:

Rolls Royce would be a fantastic shirt sponsor.

I'd be happy for with Roy's Rolls at the mo. At least it's a sponsor. 

[FindernRam]

4 minutes ago, Rampant said:

Rolls Royce would be a fantastic shirt sponsor.

Historically they are very reluctant to sponsor anything unless they are partners!  They do/did support community stuff behind the scenes but that was the extent of it.

[IslandExile]

As you say, we had this discussion on the shirts thread. There I made the point that until we do get a sponsor, let's do what Barcelona did during an earlier time and promote a charity, for examples:

• Unicef
• Rams Family Fund
• Foodbanks

[Millenniumram]

I’m sure we’ll be trying to sort out a new shirt sponsor as quickly as we possibly can, every game that goes by is lost income. Shirts look a bit weird without one too, which shows how embedded into the game sponsorship is now. I’m certain it’ll be sorted before the month is out.

Stadium sponsorship is very different though. That tends to be a much longer term contract, and I can’t see any reason why we’d commit to that at the moment. We can’t actually spend the extra income because of the EFL’s inflexible business plan, so there’s no real point in bringing it in - not when we’re in League One, and won’t be able to attract big money sponsorship anyway. Committing to a 10 year deal or something like that right now would be foolish, better off waiting until we’re hopefully back in the Championship and can attract much bigger name sponsors. We might actually be able to use the money at that point too. No way will Clowes be interested in stadium sponsorship for the next two years.

[Day]

1 hour ago, IslandExile said:

As you say, we had this discussion on the shirts thread. There I made the point that until we do get a sponsor, let's do what Barcelona did during an earlier time and promote a charity, for examples:

• Unicef
• Rams Family Fund
• Foodbanks

There is a shortage of kits right now, whilst a nice idea, if we were to print a load off and a new sponsor was found before kit levels were back to normal, could be a bit tricky.

[Ambitious]

I'd imagine we have a number and are willing to wait. I have no idea what the cost would be to sponsor the shirt, perhaps I'm miles off the mark but I'd imagine it would be somewhere in the region of £500k a year. 

I know plenty of businesses that could benefit from that investment - some could just use it as a tax write off. 

[IslandExile]

2 minutes ago, David said:

There is a shortage of kits right now, whilst a nice idea, if we were to print a load off and a new sponsor was found before kit levels were back to normal, could be a bit tricky.

They're not being sold to the public, just being worn by players.....so just "iron on" the Unicef stickers on the morning of the game.

Presumably, the club has enough stock to keep going for the time being. There's a photo of Rooney in action last might in which his shirt is torn. I cannot imagine that they're having to sew it before the next game.

[VulcanRam]

It's fine by me. Much prefer the shirts without them anyway.

[Day]

2 minutes ago, IslandExile said:

They're not being sold to the public, just being worn by players.....so just "iron on" the Unicef stickers on the morning of the game.

Presumably, the club has enough stock to keep going for the time being. There's a photo of Rooney in action last might in which his shirt is torn. I cannot imagine that they're having to sew it before the next game.

Aware of that, however there is still a mass shortage as suppliers are struggling to get them shipped out.

If the club had enough, I'm sure we would have seen what was shown on the shirts in pre season. The fact they haven't says we have limited numbers to be placing temporary patches on 

[RadioactiveWaste]

Hopefully something gets agreed soon.

I much prefer the look without the sponsor logo, and I do like this season's kit, it sort of suggests "no one wants to sponsor this team" - which I'm sure isn't the case, it's a case of getting a good deal.

[LazloW]

[Boycie]

Ladbrooks or Bet Fred, I don’t think they sponsor a team atm.

[LazloW]

9 minutes ago, Boycie said:

Ladbrooks or Bet Fred, I don’t think they sponsor a team atm.

Don’t get ‘em going again! 

[Magicman]

Rolls Royce must be the most popular and high value  !! 

[europia]

Anything other than gambling and preferably not junk food. 

[Boycie]

1 hour ago, europia said:

Anything other than gambling and preferably not junk food. 

Birds bakery for £1000 a season

[Boycie]

2 hours ago, Magicman said:

Rolls Royce must be the most popular and high value  !! 

I don’t think they’ll commit to a single team or anybody, I mean why would they need too?

Im looking at it via the owners eyes, the highest bidder.   
 

Any objections ought to see how close we came to going out of business.  When we’re a major force in football then we can call the shots.  I mean, look at Forest.  They turned down boxt boilers and now they’ve started the season and could have a mare, sponsors will be re thinking.