maicoman Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 A company has gave Beith a good donation for a advertising board at the park They install Sky tv along with doing repares etc Nothing unusual apart from the fact they are based in the Shetland Isles! Any other clubs get sponsorship from a far flung place or a strange sponsorship deal? Remember Auchinleck had a park side board saying Rab and Rita support the Talbot or something like that Sure they must be a lot more unusual ones on the go Lets hear about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blastie_12 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Anybody wanting to give beith money is strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 9 minutes ago, maicoman said: A company has gave Beith a good donation for a advertising board at the park They install Sky tv along with doing repares etc Nothing unusual apart from the fact they are based in the Shetland Isles! Any other clubs get sponsorship from a far flung place or a strange sponsorship deal? Remember Auchinleck had a park side board saying Rab and Rita support the Talbot or something like that Sure they must be a lot more unusual ones on the go Lets hear about them The kind sponsor in question stayed in Beith all his days and recently moved up to the Shetlands , he's our wee kit mans son . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fan of the juniors Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Maybe because it's a Beith fan who moved up to the shetlands but still wants to help out his club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 7 minutes ago, fan of the juniors said: Maybe because it's a Beith fan who moved up to the shetlands but still wants to help out his club? Sure is it just got me thinking about the topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylieboy Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I am sure no matter where or what the sponsorship is it doesn't matter any sponsorship is always welcome at any level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Tayport sponsor Bit further than the shetlands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnrosscargill7 Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 the fact that Beith are still in all competitions (the big Scottish in particular) means that his company potentially could land some decent exposure from that in itself. no sponsorship is strange sponsorship when it comes to the funds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I dont think the OP was having a dig. I think it just posed an interesting question tbh. what other clubs have unusual or unexpected sponsors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Winton Rover Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I remember back in the eighties Winton Rovers had run into a bit of trouble with the closure of their Social Club and the Football Club was a guarantor for some of the debt. A local business Robertson's Hamcurer's provided the club with packets of bacon to sell around the town at cost price to the club and we sold them on for a £1 a packet I think. Robertson's are still one of the clubs sponsor to this day. Saved our bacon in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 On 27/11/2016 at 18:48, superbigal said: Tayport sponsor Bit further than the shetlands So what is the story behind it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 20 minutes ago, kilbowie2002 said: Back in our senior days we were sponsored by Wet Wet Wet, they didnt give us much in the way of money but the demand from the bands fans help sell shirts. Unfortunately the Steedmans were short sighted and knocked back the chance to send someone on tour with the Wets to sell merchandise for free because they didnt want to shell out to get the stuff shipped. That's an absolute piece of idiocy. Could have doubled their sales at a stroke. Absolutely honking band of course, but great exposure and a lot of fans in Scottish football of a certain age still remember it when they would often struggle to name who sponsored their own club. 80 bangers on e-bay for one now. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Mitre-Wet-Wet-Wet-Jersey-Kit-Clydebank-FC-XL-L-Retro-Cool-/142184595279?hash=item211adcbf4f:g:L6MAAOSwHMJYMOt1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I played for a Sunday amateur side in Edinburgh who were sponsored by late eighties/early nineties band The Wedding Present. Personally, I'd never heard of them but our left back was the drummer and apparently they had quite a cult following to the extent we had orders for replicas from Japan, the US and all over the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jag Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, Der Kaiser said: I played for a Sunday amateur side in Edinburgh who were sponsored by late eighties/early nineties band The Wedding Present. Personally, I'd never heard of them but our left back was the drummer and apparently they had quite a cult following to the extent we had orders for replicas from Japan, the US and all over the UK. The Wedding Present are still on the go. Playing Aberdeen tomorrow (Wednesday 30th November), as well as Glenrothes & the ABC in Glasgow next May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Don't know if it's still the case but Glasgow rockers G.U.N. were Forth Wanderers jersey sponsor the last time we played them, think the drummer lived in the village. I saw them at Hampden in 1989 supporting the Rolling Stones, G.U.N. that is, not the Wanderers. [emoji16] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 The Wedding Present are still on the go. Playing Aberdeen tomorrow (Wednesday 30th November), as well as Glenrothes & the ABC in Glasgow next May. I know. The boy was touring with them up until recently. When I said 80s/90s I was more referring to the height of their notoriety. Suppose I shouldn't have put it like that right enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardeerultra Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I remember back in the eighties Winton Rovers had run into a bit of trouble with the closure of their Social Club and the Football Club was a guarantor for some of the debt. A local business Robertson's Hamcurer's provided the club with packets of bacon to sell around the town at cost price to the club and we sold them on for a £1 a packet I think. Robertson's are still one of the clubs sponsor to this day. Saved our bacon in the end. Easily the best bacon in Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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