Season 26/27 Kits and Sponsors

[BomberBowyer]

I don’t think Adidas tend to sell official shirts with sponsors on. Perhaps the delay from the club is wanting to release it with sponsor?

Unlikely. Last year's home shirt was out before we announced Bally's.

True. Think the page may have been taken down now. Someone, somewhere has f…… up!

[pennhillred]

I don’t think Adidas tend to sell official shirts with sponsors on. Perhaps the delay from the club is wanting to release it with sponsor?

Unlikely. Last year's home shirt was out before we announced Bally's.

Yeah, pretty sure it’s now 4 out of the 5 seasons since promotion we haven’t had a sponsor in place when the shirts have been announced.

I think the only time we’ve had a sponsor at the start of a season for the kit launch was the Kaiyun one (24/25), and I’m not sure that company even really existed!

[Sausage Roll]

I don’t think Adidas tend to sell official shirts with sponsors on. Perhaps the delay from the club is wanting to release it with sponsor?

Unlikely. Last year's home shirt was out before we announced Bally's.

Yeah, pretty sure it’s now 4 out of the 5 seasons since promotion we haven’t had a sponsor in place when the shirts have been announced.

I think the only time we’ve had a sponsor at the start of a season for the kit launch was the Kaiyun one (24/25), and I’m not sure that company even really existed!

Yup. 

Season 1 - No sponsor at all until UNHCR halfway through season
Season 2 and 3 - Kaiyun which was at least before the start of the season but was dodgy as anything
Season 4 - Bally's which again I think was before the start of the season
Season 5 - TBC

[wassy04]

I don’t think Adidas tend to sell official shirts with sponsors on. Perhaps the delay from the club is wanting to release it with sponsor?

Unlikely. Last year's home shirt was out before we announced Bally's.

Yeah, pretty sure it’s now 4 out of the 5 seasons since promotion we haven’t had a sponsor in place when the shirts have been announced.

I think the only time we’ve had a sponsor at the start of a season for the kit launch was the Kaiyun one (24/25), and I’m not sure that company even really existed!

Yup. 

Season 1 - No sponsor at all until UNHCR halfway through season
Season 2 and 3 - Kaiyun which was at least before the start of the season but was dodgy as anything
Season 4 - Bally's which again I think was before the start of the season
Season 5 - TBC

Is this the first year that the ban on gambling companies as shirt sponsors kicks in?

[Paplane]

I don’t think Adidas tend to sell official shirts with sponsors on. Perhaps the delay from the club is wanting to release it with sponsor?

Unlikely. Last year's home shirt was out before we announced Bally's.

Yeah, pretty sure it’s now 4 out of the 5 seasons since promotion we haven’t had a sponsor in place when the shirts have been announced.

I think the only time we’ve had a sponsor at the start of a season for the kit launch was the Kaiyun one (24/25), and I’m not sure that company even really existed!

Yup. 

Season 1 - No sponsor at all until UNHCR halfway through season
Season 2 and 3 - Kaiyun which was at least before the start of the season but was dodgy as anything
Season 4 - Bally's which again I think was before the start of the season
Season 5 - TBC

Is this the first year that the ban on gambling companies as shirt sponsors kicks in?

Yep think so. I'm sure there'll be a lot of middling clubs scratching around for the best deal right until the last minute.  I reckon we'll have been sucking up to Eon. 

I think you can still have betting companies on the sleeve and the back though.  It could be that the income received from both of those,  from a betting company,  exceeds the value of the non betting front of shirt.

[Sausage Roll]

Already controversy over Aston Villa's new front-of-shirt sponsor Visit Rwanda regarding sportwashing their human rights record.

Even some suggestion that it's upset prospective new signing Johan Manzambi to the point of jeopardising the deal but I think that's unlikelyc.

[Sausage Roll]

Unlikely. Last year's home shirt was out before we announced Bally's.

Yeah, pretty sure it’s now 4 out of the 5 seasons since promotion we haven’t had a sponsor in place when the shirts have been announced.

I think the only time we’ve had a sponsor at the start of a season for the kit launch was the Kaiyun one (24/25), and I’m not sure that company even really existed!

Yup. 

Season 1 - No sponsor at all until UNHCR halfway through season
Season 2 and 3 - Kaiyun which was at least before the start of the season but was dodgy as anything
Season 4 - Bally's which again I think was before the start of the season
Season 5 - TBC

Is this the first year that the ban on gambling companies as shirt sponsors kicks in?

Yep think so. I'm sure there'll be a lot of middling clubs scratching around for the best deal right until the last minute.  I reckon we'll have been sucking up to Eon. 

I think you can still have betting companies on the sleeve and the back though.  It could be that the income received from both of those,  from a betting company,  exceeds the value of the non betting front of shirt.

Yes, no betting companies allowed on front-of-shirt but allowed on sleeves and advertising hoardings. Premier League clubs don't have back-of-shirt sponsors (yet.....).

[wassy04]

Already controversy over Aston Villa's new front-of-shirt sponsor Visit Rwanda regarding sportwashing their human rights record.

Even some suggestion that it's upset prospective new signing Johan Manzambi to the point of jeopardising the deal but I think that's unlikelyc.

Weren't Arsenal sponsored by them already?

[Sausage Roll]

Already controversy over Aston Villa's new front-of-shirt sponsor Visit Rwanda regarding sportwashing their human rights record.

Even some suggestion that it's upset prospective new signing Johan Manzambi to the point of jeopardising the deal but I think that's unlikelyc.

Weren't Arsenal sponsored by them already?

They were but aren't now, and it was only sleeve rather than front.

[Salvatore Matrecano]

Is the shirt on the Adidas site our home kit for the coming season then? Can't see it anywhere, that picture looks fake to me be surprised if we have something as blands as that.

[Mcforest]

The picture is real as went onto the Adidas site myself and took the screen shot.

[stirred]

Didn’t like the camouflage type background on the shirt, all a bit yoof for me.