Commercial gain? Feck you! (fan, quote, band, Organ)

jackhammer · 06-03-2008, 06:39 PM

Apart from the Spanish football team Barcelona, Aston Villa ( my team) are one of a select few to disband shirt sponsorship and actually PAY an organisation to have their logo on their shirts. YES you hear that top 4? PAY. A deal has been struck to advertise Acorns which is a local charity for children, to be the official sponsor of AVFC which also benefits financially from this. Before all the bleating that sponsorship saves teams financially, I would like to point out that the top 4 can survive perfectly well financially whilst providing financial help by proxy easily and efficiently.

It is only a small triumph, yet it is worthwhile. Up the Villa.

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Aston Villa | Villa unveil charity sponsorship

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Commercial gain? Feck you! Apart from the Spanish football team Barcelona, Aston Villa ( my team) are one of a select few to disband shirt sponsorship and actually PAY an organisation to have their logo on their shirts. YES you hear that top 4? PAY. A deal has been struck to advertise Acorns which is a local charity for children, to be the official sponsor of AVFC which also benefits financially from this. Before all the bleating that sponsorship saves teams financially, I would like to point out that the top 4 can survive perfectly well financially whilst providing financial help by proxy easily and efficiently. It is only a small triumph, yet it is worthwhile. Up the Villa. BBC SPORT \| Football \| My Club \| Aston Villa \| Villa unveil charity sponsorship __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”