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Actually I think I know who it is.

 

Somebody didn't lock down their linkedin profile.

 

Most people won't have heard of the actual company name, but they are huge and every single person will know their brands.

 

How the forum has some kind of 'closed guess' system, so people could put in who they think / hope it would be and they get published when the actual deal is announced?

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trousers

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Actually I think I know who it is.

 

Somebody didn't lock down their linkedin profile.

 

Most people won't have heard of the actual company name, but they are huge and every single person will know their brands.

 

Which industry sector? Food? Clothing? Transport? etc

 

Thanks

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Lighthouse

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It will be someone with a local connection like FlyBe were.

 

Skandia

Ikea

Carnival

P&O

Bacardi

B&Q

HSBC

Solent Uni seem to be jumping on football sponsorship for England games

Ordnance Survey

DHL

 

With the exceptions of Solent uni and P&O, they are all large multinational compaines with branches in hundreds of cities across the world. Hardly a local connection. Can't see it being P&O as it's not really a local thing. People go TO Southampton to use ferries, so most of them aren't really going to be exposed to the publicity.

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Mowgli

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Not a sponsor but how about we support a local charity, Naomi House.

Nice idea but why support one charity (Naomi House has done very well locally over the last few years despite investing £5m in Icelandic Banks!)? The Saints Foundation ensures that other equally worthy casuses are catered for.

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Golden Balls

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With the exceptions of Solent uni and P&O, they are all large multinational compaines with branches in hundreds of cities across the world. Hardly a local connection. Can't see it being P&O as it's not really a local thing. People go TO Southampton to use ferries, so most of them aren't really going to be exposed to the publicity.

 

Well yes they are multinational companies, but they have large offices/HQ's in Southampton. When I said I thought it would be someone with a local connection, I still assumed it would be a larger company. Otherwise theres Mikes Chippy, Bitterne Hardware or Cloud Wine etc.

 

Skandia have a massive office right in the heart of Soton and seem to get involved with the club as much as they can.

Ikea have just built a flag ship store in the city centre that attacts 1000s from across the south every day

Carnival have just built a massive head office right in the city centre

P&O you mentioned

Bacardi-Martini was based at the docks for decades and still have their head office in an SO post code.

B&Q have their flagship HQ in Chandlers Ford

HSBC have a big head office by the station but granted they have loads everywhere. Much like Barclays in Ocean Village

Ordnance Survey have a big history with Southampton and still based here.

DHL was pretty rubbish. They have an office at the docks but they have several offices in every city.

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Motorola, Ericsson and Huaweii (?) all have there UK head offices in Basinstoke. Sony, IBM and Siemens also have offices in Hampshire - and Vodafone is not that far away! Arqiva's head office is in Winchester - and Nokia and NTL are based in Farnborough. Theres always Denplan in Winchester as well! Then theres Ineos in the New Forest and Centerprise International in Basingstoke. There's even Twinnings, Bendicks, Wella and Game with head offices locally as well!

 

I'd love to see Dell - and with stadium naming rights - or Virgin!

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Fan The Flames

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Fu&k sake those virgin st marys jokes were over done back in 2001 before friends provident signed up, not original at all.

 

Any company that pays significant money for stadium naming rights is wasting their time, it will always be referred to as st marys, unlike an emirates or Reebok. Draper tools, rank Xerox or air Florida get my vote for shirt sponsors, unless we are going back to the pony days in which case get in DIMPLEX !!!

 

You make a big deal about the Virgin gags being unoriginal then list out unoriginal sponsors. Fwiw the Vigin gags are funny, Air Florida, Dimplex etc is not.

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I would love it to be Saints Transport, have been passed it a couple of times over the Xmas period and it really stands out as do their lorries.

 

Every time I go past Saints Transport on the M25 I have to say 'The Saint'. EVERY time... so sad because I go past it all the bloody time, and for home games!

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Motorola, Ericsson and Huaweii (?) all have there UK head offices in Basinstoke. Sony, IBM and Siemens also have offices in Hampshire - and Vodafone is not that far away! Arqiva's head office is in Winchester - and Nokia and NTL are based in Farnborough. Theres always Denplan in Winchester as well! Then theres Ineos in the New Forest and Centerprise International in Basingstoke. There's even Twinnings, Bendicks, Wella and Game with head offices locally as well!

 

I'd love to see Dell - and with stadium naming rights - or Virgin!

 

Wont be Vodafone - guaranteed

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Well yes they are multinational companies, but they have large offices/HQ's in Southampton. When I said I thought it would be someone with a local connection, I still assumed it would be a larger company. Otherwise theres Mikes Chippy, Bitterne Hardware or Cloud Wine etc.

 

Skandia have a massive office right in the heart of Soton and seem to get involved with the club as much as they can.

Ikea have just built a flag ship store in the city centre that attacts 1000s from across the south every day

Carnival have just built a massive head office right in the city centre

P&O you mentioned

Bacardi-Martini was based at the docks for decades and still have their head office in an SO post code.

B&Q have their flagship HQ in Chandlers Ford

HSBC have a big head office by the station but granted they have loads everywhere. Much like Barclays in Ocean Village

Ordnance Survey have a big history with Southampton and still based here.

DHL was pretty rubbish. They have an office at the docks but they have several offices in every city.

 

Carnival UK own P&O Cruises (along with Cunard, Seabourne, P&O Australia) however as they are owned by Carnival PLC which is based in Miami I'd have thought it unlikely. Micky Arrison (Carnival CEO) is owner of Miami Heat and I'd have thought more interested in them (Unless Cortese has got him lined up as Liebher replacement money).

 

In recent years there has been an increase in Royal Carribbean International and Celebrity Cruise ships in Southampton. They are Carnival's rival and so it could be seen as a large "2 fingers" gesture to Carnival if RCI were to sponsor the shirts of Carnival UK's home port's football team.

 

Associated British Ports are a big operation which has a prescene in the area. They use a lot of Liebher equipment (cranes etc) in their ports so there is a tenuous link.

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