Shirt Sponsors

[weymouthPIE]

Something just occured to me. This will sound quite odd but bear with me!

Have you noticed how ironic some clubs shirt sponsors have become over the years?

 

Lets look at a couple of examples:

 

 

Notts County's 2008-09 home shirt was sponsored by Forward Together Pest Control. FORWARD TOGETHER - at a team when the club was on a seemingly never ending slide downhill into non-league oblivian before the intervention of Munto Finance (whoever they actually were!)

 

 

Example 2: Portsmouth's shirts for the past few years now have been sponsored by Jobsite; at a time when the club have been making large numbers of staff redundent!

 

And another example is Hearts. I cant upload a photo due to the file size being too big (?) but their shirts are sponsored by wonga.com, at a time when the club are struggling to pay players and staff on time

 

I'm sure there are other examples out there but these are just a few I've found lately. I find it all kinda amusing myself, or is it more a sign that its time for me to go to bed?

[Chris]

An obvious one would be;

            Obviously due to the connection, though it's on par with the above.

^^ Similar as above, Cardiff City.

Not quite like yours but on par

[weymouthPIE]

There's a lot of funny ones out there. Remember when Newcastle were sponsored by Northern Rock? Relegated while wearing the name of a bank that had to be bailed out by the governent!

 

One of my favourite ones is Livingston in Scotland. They were sponsored by "Intelligent Finance", and sure enough they went into administration at the end of that season

[super_ram]

Nice one, Weymouth. I wish I could think of a witty response but my bed is calling me.

[cheeky~k8]

funny that they all go together really well.   I wonder if there are any others simular to those.

[Chris]

Not quite the same but I was talking to a friend, they mentioned a German team. FC Nurnberg, they had a sponsor supposedly called 'Mister*Lady'.

[GrannyPie]

I wondered what Super_ram was laughing at. Now I've read all the above and I'm laughing too.Excellent stuff Weymouth and Joe.

[Fan of Big Tone]

Great stuff guys, brought a smile to my face. I'll have to have a look round to see if I can see any funny ones.

[weymouthPIE]

Here's that FC Nurenburg shirt @notts-joe mentioned:

 

 

I found this one earlier which made me laugh. You cant help but feel sorry for the Deportivo players who had to wear this one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chris]

LOL

I feel sorry for the players who had to wear those shirts, though it's funny!

[weymouthPIE]

Here are some more:

 

 

Scarborough, and Spannish club Getafe were sponsored by Black Death Vodka and Burger King. Nothing says elite professional sportsman more than a fast food outlet and a strong alcoholic beverage 

 

Also this effort from AC Milan (one which the Italian Magpies might like!):

 

 

To be fair to them, this could be an appropriate sponsor for quite a few clubs

 

But this next one is one of the very best. I will say that this one is pretty rude

 

Greek side Voukefela are sponsored by Soul. Nothing wrong there eh? That is until you find that that Soul is actually the name of a local brothel!

 

[cheeky~k8]

Lol, slightly different... but very funny. We should all become funny shirt spotters and post them on here lol.

[super_ram]

I can't wait for Granny to see these in the morning(she's gone to bed and I'm catching up on Glastonbury)Keep them coming.

[GrannyPie]

What about the fans who walk around with these shirts on.

[liampie]

lol this is a funny post!