trousers Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 guy where I work. know feck all about them, but they're local and red and white! probably ball-sheet though! Cheers. Very plausible company I would venture, and seems 'a bit random' to be made up....? Who is your colleague's source....?
Shandy_Top_89 Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Could be a successful period for the club. Shame..... id heard TENA man. Could help with our dribbling.
trousers Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 From speaking to my Dad who works quite high up at QinetiQ in Boscombe down. There have been talks in recent months about next seasons sponsor. A bid has been made. He doesn't know the outcome but from speaking to fellow board members they have won. Far too blue for my liking: http://www.qinetiq.com/global.html
saint_stevo Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Aap3 Do they not already sponsor a part of the club?
saintbletch Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Aap3 Already a sponsor of the foundation according to this...
westmidlandsaint Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Havent they recently axed 400 jobs and closed a site? i thought they were in a bit of trouble?
SaintNeil90 Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Neither aap3 or qinetiq fit the big well known brand that Cortese said he was in talks with.
Colinjb Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Neither aap3 or qinetiq fit the big well known brand that Cortese said he was in talks with. My money is on a big, souless and 'evil' multinational. Nestlé
Window Cleaner Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 I really doubt that it will be any major company or group of companies.If you look at popular football sponsors few of them are major household names.Obscure online betting,gulf state airlines,local vehicle dealerships,one derelict building society come bank. Where are the high street names,banks,major insurance brands? Apart from a few rare examples of clubs with global fansbases they are non-existent so I think we can rule out Ferrari,Fiat,Mercedes Benz,Alitalia,HSBC and companies of that ilk. It will be local or local'ish.
simo Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Qinteiq are partly government owned and are laying loads of peeps off doubt its them and aap3 don't sound like the well known company Nc talked about imo we will find out nothing resembling the truth until Cortese wants us to no one does covert like Nico
LGTL Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 I purchashed a saints jacket a while back, and I cut my arm on it as there was a needle still in it. Anyway I took it back and had a bit of a moan and the head of retail came over and sorted it out. We got chatting for a bit and I asked him about potential sponsors and he mentioned Mercedes. Probably crap but the only reason I mentioned it.
Window Cleaner Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 I purchashed a saints jacket a while back, and I cut my arm on it as there was a needle still in it. Anyway I took it back and had a bit of a moan and the head of retail came over and sorted it out. We got chatting for a bit and I asked him about potential sponsors and he mentioned Mercedes. Probably crap but the only reason I mentioned it. Don't we have some sort of new deal or other with the local Mercedes dealership to supply vehicles to the club and give us the use of a couple of mini-buses for free.It's a local thing though and not a shirt sponsor.
Matthew Le God Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 Don't we have some sort of new deal or other with the local Mercedes dealership to supply vehicles to the club and give us the use of a couple of mini-buses for free.It's a local thing though and not a shirt sponsor. http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2279036,00.html Yep, it is "Mercedes of Southampton" with pitch side advertising and mini buses for the academy etc, not the main multinational Mercedes company with a kit sponsorship.
Deppo Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 My money is on a big, souless and 'evil' multinational. Nestlé Skynet.
for_heaven's_Saint Posted 10 March, 2011 Posted 10 March, 2011 http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10280~2279036,00.html Yep, it is "Mercedes of Southampton" with pitch side advertising and mini buses for the academy etc, not the main multinational Mercedes company with a kit sponsorship. One of the mini buses drove past me on the way back from the Yeovil game- very nice it was.
Saint in Paradise Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 How about "Liebherr Group" ? I mean if the family are as keen as NC says surely they will be the named sponsor especially when Saints rejoin the Prem League.
trousers Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 How about "Liebherr Group" ? I mean if the family are as keen as NC says surely they will be the named sponsor especially when Saints rejoin the Prem League. It sounds unlikely but maybe there's a rule about owners not being able to use a football club to overtly promote their other business interests? Off the top of my head, I can't think of a football club that has one of the owner's companies as it's shirt sponsor...no doubt someone can put me right on that one
Gingeletiss Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 It sounds unlikely but maybe there's a rule about owners not being able to use a football club to overtly promote their other business interests? Off the top of my head, I can't think of a football club that has one of the owner's companies as it's shirt sponsor...no doubt someone can put me right on that one Good, because the Liebherr group doesn't own us, as Marcus RIP was his own man.
Saint in Paradise Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 Last post for me for 24 hrs so I am unable to reply anymore - sorry. However was that not the way that it was suggested that very rich clubs like Man City could get over the new UEFA rules about only being allowed to spend a certain percentage of the income, they would just get one of the companies owned by the FC owners to become a large sponsor ? Off topic but as I can't edit my threads here is the corrected link to see what problems your spine being out of alignment can cause http://www.chiroone.net/library/index.html I asked admin to correct it for me but they didn't. .
Ampersound Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 My money is on coca cola. Don't know why as it's just a guess.
trousers Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 My money is on coca cola. Don't know why as it's just a guess. How much money would you put on it?
Gemmel Posted 11 March, 2011 Posted 11 March, 2011 On the basis that there is already a football club called Liebherr Grazer AK http://www.betstudy.com/soccer-stats/teams/grazer-ak/wdl/ I am not sure they would put up to many barriers if they wanted to sponsor Saints.
martel Posted 12 March, 2011 Posted 12 March, 2011 the virgin st.mary's stadium.... brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sfc4prem Posted 12 March, 2011 Posted 12 March, 2011 Be pointless if the Liebherrs got their main company to sponsor us, as we'd receive no money, surely? Organisations pay to get their company's name on football shirts, so Saints would get no extra income if they sponsored us. Unless i'm wrong.
Matthew Le God Posted 12 March, 2011 Posted 12 March, 2011 People here are confusing the Liebherr company with the Mali Group. The Liebherr company is run by Markus' brother and sister, he sold his shares roughly 20 years ago.
Fan The Flames Posted 12 March, 2011 Posted 12 March, 2011 It sounds unlikely but maybe there's a rule about owners not being able to use a football club to overtly promote their other business interests? Off the top of my head, I can't think of a football club that has one of the owner's companies as it's shirt sponsor...no doubt someone can put me right on that one Plymouth were sponsored by the then Chairman Dan McCauley company Rotolok in the 90's.
jam Posted 12 March, 2011 Posted 12 March, 2011 It sounds unlikely but maybe there's a rule about owners not being able to use a football club to overtly promote their other business interests? Off the top of my head, I can't think of a football club that has one of the owner's companies as it's shirt sponsor...no doubt someone can put me right on that one Citeh?
SO16_Saint Posted 13 March, 2011 Posted 13 March, 2011 Disney the evil bastards! Is that like puff the magic dragon?
Supersubpuckett Posted 13 March, 2011 Posted 13 March, 2011 Disney the evil bastards! How about ESPN (which is owned by Disney)
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