Now I am a bit of traditionalist as far as football is concerned but accept that in order to remain financially viable, clubs do have to prostitute themselves to all sorts of commercial enterprises. I can even accept changing the name of the ground to some overpriced fizzy water that no one ever buys, however the latest deal we have signed is with an internet clothing company called weekendoffender.com.
Were the people who signed this deal oblivious to the fact that football is played essentially at the weekend? Although recently that has been the exception for Derby. If Savage was still in the team the name would perhaps be appropriate but surely this name belongs more to Billy Davies than to our discilpined cultured footballers.
Browse:
A sponsorship too far
comment by Peeder (U1684)
posted on 28/2/14
Spart - they are "a go-to brand for lads at the sharper end of the terrace" with a London Soho store. Not my cup of tea but might appeal to some of the yoof!
My biggest issue is that they are a Welsh company.
I-pro isnt fizzy by the way, unless you put it through a Sodastream? Or at least the bottle I tries wasn't!
comment by Spart-Ho sempre ragione (U4603)
posted on 28/2/14
Well despite my previous posts I have never even seen a bottle except at Pride Park oops I mean iPro.
When you say "a go to brand for lads" you mean over priced cr@p for the brain dead I assume. I know they are brain dead because currently I am lecturing at an FE college.
It is just the name is not appropriate for a football club on two levels. Firstly do we want to be associated by those using crime as fashionable edgy selling point. Secondly we hope to delight at the weekend not offend.
comment by 666 ⚽️ (U11795)
posted on 28/2/14
It'd be nice if we could forge a sponsorship deal with people that don't cater exclusively for terminally-underweight bulimic yobs but have tailored their range for the fuller figured gentleman.
Sure, this shift gown is easily pulled over my bulk by the people that help me dress and it's flowing cotton shape helps prevent chafing in intimate areas but I'd also like to have a nice quilted jacket/lifejacket for those cold trips to the pie shop/kebab van.. this sponsorship deal is SIZEIST.
comment by Spart-Ho sempre ragione (U4603)
posted on 28/2/14
You could wear flowing arab robes and pretend you are Fawaz 666. You could also try Greenwoods, they do a good range in clothing for the more mature man. You have to wear a tweed drop brim trilby to enter the shops though. Have you started driving a car wearing a cap yet?
comment by Peeder (U1684)
posted on 28/2/14
"Have you started driving a car wearing a cap ye" - tDo cars wear caps?
I'm all for the flowing robes look, for much the same reasons as 666 (only more so.)
I do totally agree about the name of the company though - totally inappropriate image to be portraying.
comment by Spart-Ho sempre ragione (U4603)
posted on 28/2/14
Yes cars have hub caps, radiator caps, fuel caps.
Flat caps though are obligatory for drivers of a certain age.
comment by Peeder (U1684)
posted on 28/2/14
Bu88er - fuel caps = good point!
Hub caps, though, are very retro. I'm more a gunmetal grey alloy wheels man myself.
Down here the old fogies wear white bowling/cricket type flat caps with their driving gloves and those clever glasses that make other people's £140 wing mirrors invisible but not, sadly, unbreakable!
posted on 28/2/14
And exactly which part of the club will they be sponsoring?
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