BlakeySFC Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Expect something official about the partnership with UA at the back end of the coming week. Oooo, very interesting, cheers for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Invites have been sent out to various parties to attend an announcement for a "groundbreaking new partnership between Saints FC and a global sports brand"..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Worst kept secret in years?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 12 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Worst kept secret in years?! We'd already seen both this year's actual kits for a month this time last year thanks to a very convincing leak. Expecting it just to be an announcement of Under Armour rather than a kit launch though because the other deal will probably run til May 31st. The original adidas announcement was May 29th (2013) but it took a while - June 28th for the actual (horrific) kit to get announced, again probably for contractual reasons. Hopefully it'll be a bit earlier this year, I can see us wearing Under Armour in the early July US Tour that absolutely no-one has confirmed and I may have made up, due to the possibility of getting into Europe again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint-Armstrong Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 (edited) Invites have been sent out to various parties to attend an announcement for a "groundbreaking new partnership between Saints FC and a global sports brand"..... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yep. There's a media conference with Ralph and the VP of Under Armour at St. Mary's scheduled for 10:00 on Thursday. The deal with Under Armour is for an initial five years and is worth £40m. £8m per season means it is over double what Adidas were giving the club. (which is said to be around the £3.5m per season mark) UA will also be providing support and assistance to the club as they roll out their plans in North America. Edited 12 April, 2016 by Saint-Armstrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Great - does it mean we will now be a fashionable and trendy, and even a 'big' club, like Spurs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLY Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Great - does it mean we will now be a fashionable and trendy, and even a 'big' club, like Spurs? And get a top notch blue chip shirt sponsor - I'll have Virgin or Coke please (then we'll be the real thing). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 (edited) And get a top notch blue chip shirt sponsor - I'll have Virgin or Coke please (then we'll be the real thing). Be interesting to see what the facts are about the Under Armour deal when they're properly announced. As for sponsors, Coca Cola sponsor massive events only so not going to be them. Virgin probably wouldn't sponsor a football club either. It'll probably be someone no-one has heard of who need to let people know what they do. Can't imagine a club that often positions itself with a moral stance would go down the route of betting unless the money is spectacular of course! Edited 12 April, 2016 by Daft Kerplunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Selco would be a good sponsor IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Be interesting to see what the facts are about the Under Armour deal when they're properly announced. As for sponsors, Coca Cola sponsor massive events only so not going to be them. Virgin probably wouldn't sponsor a football club either. It'll probably be someone no-one has heard of who need to let people know what they do. Can't imagine a club that often positions itself with a moral stance would go down the route of betting unless the money is spectacular of course! betting bad but Coke is good? odd times we live in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickierambert Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Be interesting to see what the facts are about the Under Armour deal when they're properly announced. As for sponsors, Coca Cola sponsor massive events only so not going to be them. Virgin probably wouldn't sponsor a football club either. It'll probably be someone no-one has heard of who need to let people know what they do. Can't imagine a club that often positions itself with a moral stance would go down the route of betting unless the money is spectacular of course! It's the world we live in unfortunately. I'd rather we had a betting sponsor that pays more than hike match ticket prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Selco would be a good sponsor IMO. It's where the trade go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 betting bad but Coke is good? odd times we live in Sorry superhero, where did I say that? I can't see it! Probably because it doesn't say it. Go read it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Sorry superhero, where did I say that? I can't see it! Probably because it doesn't say it. Go read it again. it was not a pop at you, just continuing/adding to the point which you made in response above Just find it odd how betting sites are automatically deemed 'bad' but you could not get "coke' on the shirt quick enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 it was not a pop at you, just continuing/adding to the point which you made in response above Just find it odd how betting sites are automatically deemed 'bad' but you could not get "coke' on the shirt quick enough Ok thanks, and my response about Coke was that they wouldn't do it to a suggestion on the previous post. I wouldn't want coke on the shirt either, apart from the fact that it would be a rock star's favourite shirt pretty quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Be interesting to see what the facts are about the Under Armour deal when they're properly announced. As for sponsors, Coca Cola sponsor massive events only so not going to be them. Virgin probably wouldn't sponsor a football club either. It'll probably be someone no-one has heard of who need to let people know what they do. Can't imagine a club that often positions itself with a moral stance would go down the route of betting unless the money is spectacular of course! What moral system would the club use to decide betting is wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Just as long as it's not TY or jobsite.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeySFC Posted 12 April, 2016 Share Posted 12 April, 2016 Wow £40m over an initial 5 seasons, £8m a year is some great business by Les, Ralph & co. As for the shirt sponsor, I would've thought Garmin are the logical choice, big Worldwide company, UK HQ near Southampton, ticks all the boxes to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 (edited) What moral system would the club use to decide betting is wrong? Hmmm, how can this be explained to someone who has to ask this question? Go have a think about it, maybe read a little about addiction then you can come to the conclusion yourself. Kind of similar to alcohol, smoking, fatty foods, sugary drinks etc. They are individual choices for people to make but they aren't necesserily good for you so promotion of them might be seen as being less morally aware. Perhaps that will help you understand what a moral stance might mean. If the club go with a betting sponsor, then so be it but let's not pretend what betting can cause is good for some people. Edited 13 April, 2016 by Daft Kerplunk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 What moral system would the club use to decide betting is wrong? Well if it's the club deciding it will be their moral system obvs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 What moral system would the club use to decide betting is wrong? That the problem with these atheists, no moral compass [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 What moral system would the club use to decide betting is wrong? The Bible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davayy Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 What moral system would the club use to decide betting is wrong? I'm a fan of Kant's natural law - what do you think of this moral system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dig Dig Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 Just don't buy one unless your body fat % is below 10 or St Mary's will look an even bigger mess than it does already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Chalet Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 The player shirts (skin tight) will be different to the replicas (more generous). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 13 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2016 Be interesting to see what the facts are about the Under Armour deal when they're properly announced. As for sponsors, Coca Cola sponsor massive events only so not going to be them. Virgin probably wouldn't sponsor a football club either. It'll probably be someone no-one has heard of who need to let people know what they do. Can't imagine a club that often positions itself with a moral stance would go down the route of betting unless the money is spectacular of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 13 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 13 April, 2016 The player shirts (skin tight) will be different to the replicas (more generous). In line with the Spurs shirts of the past couple of seasons. I'm interested to know if the shirts will finally be on sale everywhere or if they'll stick to the recent expansion into "a few JD Sports sites in the south". Aside from the club shops and the one place on the IoW a while back the only place I've seen Saints kit in a retailer was SportsDirect.com flogging off some 125th Anniversary shorts when we were still in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 I actually knew al of those apart from the trains sponsoring ...you da man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 £8m a season is a great bit of business and once again highlights how incompetent Cortese was when it came to commercial income. The most we ever made under him was £6m a season with him practically giving away the shirt sponsorship deals due to his inability to make money, he couldn't sell a pint to a p*sshead. It's great to see we have people at the club who can actually make a bit of money not just spend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoPints Posted 13 April, 2016 Share Posted 13 April, 2016 The player shirts (skin tight) will be different to the replicas (more generous). Blimey, I hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daft Kerplunk Posted 14 April, 2016 Share Posted 14 April, 2016 £8m a season is a great bit of business and once again highlights how incompetent Cortese was when it came to commercial income. The most we ever made under him was £6m a season with him practically giving away the shirt sponsorship deals due to his inability to make money, he couldn't sell a pint to a p*sshead. It's great to see we have people at the club who can actually make a bit of money not just spend it. And £6m a season was for for everything so kit and sponsors, not just the kit deal! Ralph said he club would increase the commercial revenue and if the above is true then the next deals will be even more...we march on to use the mantra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyOldBoy Posted 14 April, 2016 Share Posted 14 April, 2016 there is absolutely no way Katharina will allow a betting site sponsor on our shirts.... [ thankfully ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 14 April, 2016 (edited) I actually knew al of those apart from the trains sponsoring ...you da man Carlisle too. Unsurprisingly they've jumped in with two of the main stops on the West Coast line they fairly recently took over for clubs in the lower leagues, given that you can get to Carlisle in under 3 hours from London, and Preston is one of the first stops. If Wigan hadn't been in the Premier League so recently they'd probably have them on board as well. They really missed a trick with the Virgin Trains logo not matching the two stripe design on the shirts. Someone obviously had a great idea which wasn't checked closely enough. Edited 14 April, 2016 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 14 April, 2016 Awaiting the inevitable flurry of activity on here when the Under Armour announcement comes about, guessing it'll be in the next hour and ten minutes seeing as people have all said "this morning"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyOldBoy Posted 14 April, 2016 Share Posted 14 April, 2016 Saints have a precious brand identity in that our name is also the name of the city with an international historical past..... [ unlike some "big" , or "biggish" clubs ] , so along with a nice new shiny kit deal , I would also like to see a shirt sponsor that leaps on the back of the reputation and recognition of the city as a whole... so I would be courting the likes of Royal Caribbean , Cunard and P&O for a shirt sponsorship deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 14 April, 2016 Share Posted 14 April, 2016 7 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 24 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 24 April, 2016 Finally, an Under Armour 2016/17 shirt leak. Ok it's Spurs, but at least it'll give us an idea... http://www.footyheadlines.com/2016/04/tottenham-16-17-home-kit.html?m=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 24 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 24 April, 2016 Also, new sleeve patches for the Prem rebrand next season for those of you who like to badge up: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 24 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 24 April, 2016 There's also been this NY Cosmos shirt, but it's on old design (same as the 2015/16 templates for other clubs) so I haven't bothered sharing it until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didcot Saint Posted 24 April, 2016 Share Posted 24 April, 2016 Also, new sleeve patches for the Prem rebrand next season for those of you who like to badge up: They are truly ****e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 24 April, 2016 Author Share Posted 24 April, 2016 They are truly ****e. The new ball is hideous too, lots of fluorescent colours. Should think they'll be changing the shirt name and numbers as well, to match the new font and branding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint lard Posted 4 May, 2016 Share Posted 4 May, 2016 Chelsea revealed their kit today.....few leaks about Man UTD,Liverpool and Arsenal.....nothing on ours? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 4 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 4 May, 2016 There aren't many UA shirts to leak (Spurs is above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Saint Posted 4 May, 2016 Share Posted 4 May, 2016 anyone got any idea of timings etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 4 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 4 May, 2016 Contract starts from July 1 and last time we had a new kit, adidas announced the release date at the start of June, teased designs through June and released the home and away shirts on the last working day of June. They basically can't sell anything before then due to the outgoing adidas contract. I'd anticipate a similar timescale, possibly tweaked to take advantage of interest in the Euros, especially as the players usually come back to training in early July and they'll be wearing UA when they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djharvey Posted 4 May, 2016 Share Posted 4 May, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=under+armour+southampton+fc+kit&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj34pazkMHMAhWMD8AKHUZ1CNcQ_AUICCgB&biw=320&bih=372&dpr=2#imgrc=U_j-RwfsFg69XM%3A Not a bad effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mase Posted 4 May, 2016 Share Posted 4 May, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=under+armour+southampton+fc+kit&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj34pazkMHMAhWMD8AKHUZ1CNcQ_AUICCgB&biw=320&bih=372&dpr=2#imgrc=U_j-RwfsFg69XM%3A Not a bad effort! Love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 4 May, 2016 Share Posted 4 May, 2016 https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=under+armour+southampton+fc+kit&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj34pazkMHMAhWMD8AKHUZ1CNcQ_AUICCgB&biw=320&bih=372&dpr=2#imgrc=U_j-RwfsFg69XM%3A Not a bad effort! Nice but should (always) be white socks in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 4 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 4 May, 2016 I really don't like that design, there's something about the white stripes being slightly, annoyingly, thinner than the red ones. Plus the socks are basically identical to last year's with the UA logo on. And the red is slightly too dark. Also don't like the weird multi-line stripe on the shorts, which still looks like an adidas one either - is it meant to be grey or what? Don't like the use of the faux Prem sleeve badge which afaik will be white with the purple lion (see above), dunno why you'd bother mocking up one in different colours to that which will be used - though maybe they'll be using the multi-colour club-colour matching MLS logo model and I just haven't heard about it? Still better than the 2012/13 and 2013/14 kits though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 4 May, 2016 Author Share Posted 4 May, 2016 Nice but should (always) be white socks in my opinion. Careful, you'll have MLG all over your case saying that traditionally they should be made of grey wool or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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