Most embarrasing sponsors....

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Originally posted by b_mcsweeney
extremely (and obviously) regional sponsors are definitely kinda embarassing. it's not the gaa for ucks sake like!

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I don't see how this is so.
Suppose the Kerry League, who play in the LC, were sponsored by the Kerry Group?
This is a regional, local sponsor, but they also happen to be a massive multi-national company (a bit like Bausch & Lomb). What would be embarrassing about that?
If Guinness sponsor one of their local Dub clubs, would that be embarrasing?
How about Heineken sponsoring Cork City, or Ford, or even Viagra :p?
Raytheon and Derry?

Maybe Dundalk Cabs is embarrassing to some, but obviously the club were more than happy to take their money.

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Originally posted by patsh
Maybe Dundalk Cabs is embarrassing to some, but obviously the club were more than happy to take their money.

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tbh Patsh, I think the point of that one is how desperate they were for the money.... Judging by their mb at the time it was hardly a big money investement - more a sign of how far the club had fallen...

didnt durex support a motor racing team ??

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Originally posted by wws
"perrenial also rans"

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What does this mean ???


How did you find that out anyway.



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i remember Crystal Palace being sponsored by "Fly Virgin"!!!!

Oh and Wimbledon once being sponsored by Tiny... imagine the ego boost there, running out in shirts with the word Tiny emblazoned all over it.......

staines fc, local club of megastar gangsta rapper ali g,are sponsered by seimens.its made even better by the fact that my m8,who was playing for them at the time,negotiated the deal as he also worked for seimens.they play in the ryman first division north two leagues below the english conference

I remember that WBA in Eng-ger-land used to have a big non smoking logo on their shirts, you know the one with the cig in a know and a huge red circle with a line going through it.

I thought it looked crap, back in the early 80's this impressionable young kid thought it was pretty unimpressive.

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Originally posted by PAURO 7
i remember Crystal Palace being sponsored by "Fly Virgin"!!!!

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I can't believe that it took so long for somebody to bring this up. Playing with 'Virgin' emblazoned across your chest is not cool kids.

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Originally posted by Ultan
I remember that WBA in Eng-ger-land used to have a big non smoking logo on their shirts, you know the one with the cig in a know and a huge red circle with a line going through it.

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Got relegated with it too! And then Limerick's senior GAA teams were sponsored by A drug-free campaign and went from All-Ireland finallists to being beaten in Munster in one year.

And the ad didn't seem to work much either!

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Originally posted by my left foot
staines fc, local club of megastar gangsta rapper ali g,are sponsered by seimens.its made even better by the fact that my m8,who was playing for them at the time,negotiated the deal as he also worked for seimens.they play in the ryman first division north two leagues below the english conference

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Kinda reminds me of that sketch Alastair McGowan had in his Xmas special, he had David Seaman talking away about how Real Madrid approached him but he turned the deal down, cos of Real's sponsors... he didnt want his shirt covered in (......... )

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Originally posted by A face
Sega means choking the chicken, you know ... a hand shuffle !!

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where t ' heck ya get that?
Ma mate-came over from Italy, thus fluent-says it means "saw" :rolleyes:

my italian buddy says it does. he's not a footie fan yet he heard of arsenal playin in italy with '****' written on their shirts. made him laugh again today when i reminded him about it