Saints announce Virgin Media as new main club sponsor

[Saint-Armstrong]

 

Edited 8 June, 2016 by Saint-Armstrong

[Batman]

good stuff

[saintmonkey1979]

That is quite impressive! Be interested to see more about the deal though

[maxi_sopez]

Richard Branson as new manager as well.

[Jai27]

Big name and won't look rubbish on the kit. Perfect.

[Bewildered]

How much money does the club get for this? Must be a decent jump from Veho surely.

[Saint-Armstrong]

Sky Sports will LOVE it. Kevin Keegan style.

[DT]

Good, well-known name and the red in their logo fits too. Happy with this one. Virgin (St) Mary's?

[S-Clarke]

That's a pretty big deal to be honest, i think someone hinted to this a while back - it has some USA origins as VM are now owned by Liberty Global.

[Batman]

Virgin - St Mary's stadium....????

[trousers]

http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/20160608-southampton-virgin-media-announce-shirt-partnership-3138459.aspx

[Mallagroth]

Great news. This is one of the most recognised brand sponsors we've ever had. And more importantly we can get some decent ****ing wi-fi at last.

[eelpie]

Virgin - St Mary's stadium....????

 

That would be amazing - but I hope it won't be Virgin Media Stadium - that would be sad.

[Dig Dig]

Exciting times for both Brands

[SuperSAINT]

**POSITIVE NEWS KLAXON**

[beatlesaint]

Thats a pretty impressive jump from the likes of Veho, FlyBe, Draper Tools etc etc

[Miltonaggro]

Proper international company. Well done Saints!

[SuperSAINT]

For some reason I'm excited that it's a Red & White sponsor too.

[ALWAYS_SFC]

Dont get too excited some "big" club from liverpool will buY it from us next season ..

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[Batman]

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach 2m

#SaintsFC have announced Virgin Media as their new main sponsor. Told the three-year deal is comfortably the biggest in the club's history

[thorpie the sinner]

Great timing as well

[S-Clarke]

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach 2m

#SaintsFC have announced Virgin Media as their new main sponsor. Told the three-year deal is comfortably the biggest in the club's history

 

Blasting the FFP out of the water. Re-smashing the glass ceiling which was excellently broken by Everton and Scott Dann.

[shurlock]

Will say that Virgin Media delivers consistently poor service - only marginally better than their trains which smell like a s**t that has had nervous breakdown.

[Batman]

Blasting the FFP out of the water. Re-smashing the glass ceiling which was excellently broken by Everton and Scott Dann.

 

scott dann for £15m

 

I really hope that happens

[SuperSAINT]

Blasting the FFP out of the water. Re-smashing the glass ceiling which was excellently broken by Everton and Scott Dann.

 

Hopefully this means we can gazump Everton for Lewis Dunk.

 

#GazumpForDunk

[Pancake]

Good news.

 

Even better that there is no chance of them moving to Merseyside, ain't never seen a Virgin in Liverpool.

[trousers]

Great timing as well

 

A cynic might suggest that the announcement has been rushed out in order to make it 'timely'. Good job that I'm not a cynic though...

[kitch]

Virgin - St Mary's stadium....????

 

 

It's got to be done. Drop the St and get the bible bashers frothing at the mouth!

[Colinjb]

We clearly have no ambition.

 

Ha!

[nta786]

Well done Saints! Now let's hope UA's first kit is good too and we have players worthy enough of wearing our shirt

[angelman]

Simon Peach ‏@SimonPeach 2m

#SaintsFC have announced Virgin Media as their new main sponsor. Told the three-year deal is comfortably the biggest in the club's history

 

Well seeing as the biggest previous was £1m a year...... But good that it is a company like this rather than a loan shark. I was sure it was going to be Garmin.

[Saint Charlie]

Big brand, albeit rep for poor customer service.

 

But all that matters is the dough on offer so if its a good financial deal then great.

 

Now off for a nice Chang beer in the sun.

[Pancake]

A cynic might suggest that the announcement has been rushed out in order to make it 'timely'. Good job that I'm not a cynic though...

 

Nah, watching the video it looks like the did the advert work on the pitch oust the youth tournament that was there last weekend (hence the small pitches on the pitch). I expect they wanted to release at the weekend but with all the **** at the moment delayed but a day or two. Pretty amazin it didn't leak out properly after they sprayed the ****ing pitch!

[Saint Without a Halo]

Just add "the" so it becomes The Virgin StMarys Stadium and it it could then double up as the City's Cathedral too and stop those Scousers going on about how many cathedrals they have compared to Soton

[ToreSF]

The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on.

[Vancouver Saint]

I like the international profile and what he says about Virgin 'doing things differently'...perhaps that means staying long-term as a high profile sponsor.

No coincidence about the timing.

Think everyone outside of SFC and Everton are bored with the RK saga - and their announcement will be washed over by the start of the Euros.

[WealdSaint]

Pleased as it is a real step up

 

I would also like to thank Veho, who are real genuine Saints fans

[badgerx16]

Good news.

 

Even better that there is no chance of them moving to Merseyside, ain't never seen a Virgin in Liverpool.

 

They have offices on the Albert Dock.

[Dalek2003]

Pleased as it is a real step up

 

I would also like to thank Veho, who are real genuine Saints fans

 

Yes, it is a step up. Now the news that Frank De Boer is to be the manager and we nick a few Everton players or as someone said we gazzump Everton for Lewis Dunk LOL !

[Lighthouse]

I gives more chance of looking good, so long as it doesn't mean a giant white stuck on panel to make their red writing show up.

 

Can't be any worse than the kit we had under Poortaloo and Wotte. Looked like the logo was stuck on with pritt-stick by primary school kids.

 

Wonder how many pompey fans are changing their broadband and tv packages as we speak.

 

They have the internet in Pompey?

[Shroppie]

That would be amazing - but I hope it won't be Virgin Media Stadium - that would be sad.

No. St Mary the Virgin stadium, obviously.

 

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[spyinthesky]

Huzzah!!!

 

I am now officially a paid up member of the ITK club!!!

 

See my post of 2nd May (no 107) on the Guess the New Sponsor thread.

[JRM]

It would be great if saints season ticket holders could get the TV sports package at a significant discount from Virgin Media, hope that announcement will follow shortly.

[DuncanRG]

Do they do tannoys?

[Professor]

Will say that Virgin Media delivers consistently poor service - only marginally better than their trains which smell like a s**t that has had nervous breakdown.

I may be wrong, I often am, but I don't think Virgin Media run any trains or operate an airline. It was once part of the Virgin Group of companies but was sold and according to Wikipedia is owned by an American, British-based company, Liberty Global, which is one of the largest Broadband Internet Service providers in the World. Definitely no smelly trains.

[bazza]

Good news that.

[stevegrant]

Think everyone outside of SFC and Everton are bored with the RK saga - and their announcement will be washed over by the start of the Euros.

Pretty sure everyone inside SFC is bored with it as well, tbf.

[sotonjoe]

Proper international company. Well done Saints!

 

How is a uk based company selling, Internet and phone services just in the UK a "proper international company"?

[Dangermouth]

Will say that Virgin Media delivers consistently poor service - only marginally better than their trains which smell like a s**t that has had nervous breakdown.

 

 

 

That's very kind. They're worse than that.

[Patrick Bateman]

How is a uk based company selling, Internet and phone services just in the UK a "proper international company"?

 

"Virgin Media has accepted a $23.3bn (£15bn) takeover by American cable tycoon John Malone's Liberty Global in a deal that threatens to topple Rupert Murdoch's dominance of pay television by creating Europe's largest broadband business.The new company will have its headquarters in the UK, and serve 25 million customers in 14 countries including Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands."