Bombardier

[Royston Vasey]

Just noticed Bombardier now sponsor Derby County FC... why on earth? Who exactly are they advertising themselves to?? :???:

Not that it cost very much to sponsor Derby these days I would think! :grin:

 

[1D53]

Hartlepool are/were sponsored by Grand Central.

 

[P156KWJ]

And of course you have the Northern rail Rugby cup

 

[Royston Vasey]

Hartlepool are/were sponsored by Grand Central.

Shirt sponsors? Interesting! Wonder how much that costs! GC had an advertising board at Sunderland last season, I'd guess this season too, but not on the side visible to TV cameras, so probably cheap but visible to 35000 people every week... oh ok maybe 20000!

 

[175001]

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Not that it cost very much to sponsor Derby these days I would think! :grin:

Oi watch it!!! There is a suffering fan ere!!

I guess its due to the fact that they employ quite a few people in the city, and its just a 12 month deal, and apparently a 7-figure sum!

 

[Royston Vasey]

Oi watch it!!! There is a suffering fan ere!!

I guess its due to the fact that they employ quite a few people in the city, and its just a 12 month deal, and apparently a 7-figure sum!

It was a cheap shot, sorry...

 

[91101]

Hartlepool are/were sponsored by Grand Central.

Are you sure? I know they sponsered Halifax, I wasnt aware of Hartlepool though.

 

[1D53]

Are you sure? I know they sponsered Halifax, I wasnt aware of Hartlepool though.

I'm sure it was mentioned at the time, could have been Halifax though.

 

[Ben]

Wasn't Hartlepool, saw them play a couple of times & would have remembered something like that.

 

[175001]

It was a cheap shot, sorry...

Don't worry, i've had worse over the past 12 months! :cry:

 

[Royston Vasey]

I'm sure it was mentioned at the time, could have been Halifax though.

"Main sponsors" of Halifax Town AFC according to their website (I have too much time on my hands today) though not actual shirt sponsors. Maybe linked to their Bradford - Kings Cross via Halifax proposals...

 

[91101]

Yeah it was, they started sponsering them months and months before Sunderland launched!

 

[jopsuk]

Just noticed Bombardier now sponsor Derby County FC... why on earth? Who exactly are they advertising themselves to?? :???:

Not that it cost very much to sponsor Derby these days I would think! :grin:

Bit of an odd choice for them perhaps, but the Aerospace arm is launching an assault on the small end of the market that Boeing and Airbus have sewn up.

Also, being shirt sponser isn't always about direct advertising to punters. It's useful in creative accounting, and makes for good material (both in the "community relations" section and general photographic) for the annual report.