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From Hafnia to SportPesa the story of Everton's shirt sponsors ...
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Corporate sponsorship of major English football competitions dates back to the early 1980s, although minor competitions such as the Watney Cup and Texaco Cup were sponsored during the early 1970s.


Video English football sponsorship



Sponsorship deals

The first competition to negotiate a sponsorship deal was the League Cup, negotiating a deal in 1982 with the Milk Marketing Board. It became known as the "Milk Cup" and has since adopted the name of its sponsors in this same way.

The following season in 1983 the Football League negotiated a sponsorship deal with Canon. Since the formation of the breakaway Premier League in 1992, the competition has struck up its own sponsorship deals separately from the Football League (though it was unsponsored in its first season after a $17.1 million agreement with Bass Brewery was vetoed by Arsenal, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest).

The last major English competition to negotiate a sponsorship deal was in fact its oldest, the FA Cup. The competition was sponsored by Littlewoods for four seasons, starting in 1994, and by AXA Insurance for four seasons starting in 1998. It was always carefully named, being the "AXA-sponsored FA Cup", or the "FA Cup sponsored by AXA", and never the "AXA Cup". From 2002-03 through 2005-06, the FA Cup did not have a dedicated sponsor, but instead shared the team of sponsors of The Football Association. From 2006 to 2011, the FA Cup was known as "The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON" due to a deal with energy company E.ON. From the 2011-12 season to the 2013-14 season, the FA Cup was sponsored by Budweiser Beer and known as the FA Cup with Budweiser.


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Summary of competition sponsorship deals


The Unlikely Pioneers of Shirt Sponsorship in English Football ...
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Summary of front of shirt sponsorship deals

Shirt sponsorship in English football clubs was first pioneered by the non-league club Kettering Town F.C. in 1976, and this practice then spread to the major clubs.


Bookmaker sponsorship in English football could be banned
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Summary of kit manufacturer deals


No Gamble: The Betting Sponsorship Marketplace | Repucom
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References


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External links

  • Branding, sponsorship and commerce in football Centre for the Sociology of Sport, University of Leicester

Source of article : Wikipedia