Red Bull sponsorship discussion (split from Bohs thread)

**Sean South** · 24/08/2010, 7:45 PM

Apparently there was a provisional meeting between the FAI, a certain soft drinks company who “sponsor” an Austrian and an MLS club, and a financially struggling LOI club from outside Dublin. It took place last week, the soft drinks company want to invest a substantial figure in this club. But it all depends if they stay up and they are currently just outside the bottom three. I guess if they go down Bohs could try and persuade them to invest in Bohs instead

**Charlie Darwin** · 25/08/2010, 12:03 AM

Red Bull own the Salzburg and New York teams, don't they?

**dcfcsteve** · 25/08/2010, 1:52 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Red Bull own the Salzburg and New York teams, don't they?

You mean 'Red Bull Salzburg' and the 'New York Red Bulls' ?

No - there is absolutely no connection at all...

**Charlie Darwin** · 25/08/2010, 1:54 AM

I mean they own them as opposed to just sponsorship

**punkrocket** · 25/08/2010, 11:52 AM

a financially struggling LOI club from outside Dublin....just outside the bottom three

So is that Dundalk or Galway then?

**legendz** · 25/08/2010, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by dcfcsteve

You mean 'Red Bull Salzburg' and the 'New York Red Bulls' ?

No - there is absolutely no connection at all...

Red Bull own both Salzburg and New York, also: RB Leipzig and Red Bull Brasil. Be great for a club if the got their backing. Maybe there could be Red Bull challenges!?

**SkStu** · 25/08/2010, 2:26 PM

Originally Posted by punkrocket

So is that Dundalk or Galway then?

i wish it would be Red Bull Drogheda coming at us live from Hunky Dory Park...

**mrtndvn** · 25/08/2010, 3:11 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

Red Bull own the Salzburg and New York teams, don't they?

Some information on the subject here: http://tinyurl.com/237qy4r

**passerrby** · 25/08/2010, 6:04 PM

could be red bull dundalk and complete bull bohs

**avvenalaf** · 25/08/2010, 6:43 PM

Originally Posted by passerrby

could be red bull dundalk and complete bull bohs

Can I have a pint of Red Bull McArdles please?

**legendz** · 26/08/2010, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by maseanjo

A worrying article for Bohs fans indeed. The most chilling sentence, in my view is:
"Members have been asked to pay for home games,"
I remember last year the general outrage at Derry's board when they announced a "leave your season ticket at home" initiative. The writing is really on the wall whenever the club insults it's best fans by suggesting they should pay doubly for their loyalty. This was followed by pre-paying next year's season ticket which 400 of us did to the tune of £180 each in order to "save" the club. That money disappeared down the financial black-hole that was the board's incompetence, albeit that the new board/club honouredthe tickets, they didn't have to and at one stage it looked as if our money had been lost.
My advice to anybody at Bohs is not to throw any of your own money at this problem as in all likelihood it will end up in the hands of administrators when/if the club goes bust.

Hi, good to see you have re-located. Good to see Derry doing well, can't see ye being the Red Bull sponsored club though.

**dcfcsteve** · 26/08/2010, 12:11 PM

I've asked a friend at RB who, let's just say, would 95% know about any advance for an Irish club.

Their response was "no way".

Apparently RB already own clubs in brazil, usa, germany, austria and ghana, and have no more planned at the moment. Considering the size of the Irish market, not to mention the standing of the league, I'd be surprised if they saw much brand value in a club here to be honest.

They did have a serious look at buying an English club 3-4yrs back, but chose not to.

**peadar1987** · 26/08/2010, 1:16 PM

I wouldn't say Red Bull would be interested in buying an existing Irish side. Starting up a "Red Bull Dublin" and entering them in the English leagues would probably be more up their street.

**Dodge** · 26/08/2010, 1:18 PM

Originally Posted by peadar1987

I wouldn't say Red Bull would be interested in buying an existing Irish side. Starting up a "Red Bull Dublin" and entering them in the English leagues would probably be more up their street.

You've absolutely no basis for this though. They didn't move the salzburg team to the German league...

They'd pick up Galway for buttons so cost isn't an issue

**passerrby** · 26/08/2010, 1:21 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

They'd pick up Galway for buttons so cost isn't an issue

overpriced at that

**Dodge** · 26/08/2010, 1:26 PM

Not a full packet. just a couple of the broken ones that have stuck together after a child sat on them

**peadar1987** · 26/08/2010, 1:33 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

You've absolutely no basis for this though. They didn't move the salzburg team to the German league...

They'd pick up Galway for buttons so cost isn't an issue

I never said I did, I just reckon that the League of Ireland wouldn't be glamorous enought for Red Bull to want to buy one of the teams in it, so if they ever did want a team in Ireland, they'd be more likely to want to enter it in the English system.

As far as I know, Red Bull is an Austrian company, and we all know the Austrian league is significantly bigger than the LOI anyway.

**Dodge** · 26/08/2010, 2:01 PM

But they already deem the irish market big enough to advertise in (from radio, tv and cinema spots to a monthly magazine with the Indo)

So the market is there, adn it'll cost very little to do.

Its down to them if they want to go ahead with it

**legendz** · 26/08/2010, 2:11 PM

Don't RB own a fifth division German League side, they've plans to bring them to the top. I think Galway of the clubs outside Dublin would be the likeliest for sponsorship if it was to happen.

**dcfcsteve** · 26/08/2010, 3:32 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

But they already deem the irish market big enough to advertise in (from radio, tv and cinema spots to a monthly magazine with the Indo)

So the market is there, adn it'll cost very little to do.

Its down to them if they want to go ahead with it

You're suggesting that Red Bull would be interested in buying an Irish football club primarily or solely for 'use' in the Irish market.

The questioon still stands - why ? Sure, it wouldn't cost much to buy. But to make such a club anything like a success they'd need to spend money on the team and stadium, which would costs a lot. And why would they buy a team without wantign to make them a success ?

As for the observation that RB advertise in Ireland - of course they do ! And the price they pay for that reflects the size of the market. They advertise here in order to build their brand and drive sales. So the question is - what would owning an LOI club do to build their business ?

If anything - given the low standing of the LOI it would probably do more damage to Red Bull to buy some hick Irish team with a fairly basic stadium. Unless, of course, they had big plans for the club. But that would take big money.

I just can't see any angle for a 'cool' brand like Red Bull to want to own an Irish football club.