Megastar Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Would the Clydesdale bank allow another bank to sponsor a club in the SPL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyronical Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Would the Clydesdale bank allow another bank to sponsor a club in the SPL? I would stay away from that kind of deal. Intelligent Finance at Almondvale anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Don't have any insider info to share unlike many others on here. What I would say but is if the £84m winner of EuroMillions wants to earn a pal or two in Motherwell he should donate some lolly to MFC to match the best offer of any potential sponsor and give us a jersey without a sponsor. I used to love the Barca strip without sponsors and the Baggies strip looked mint without one as well. The club simply can't afford not to have one but so thats a wee pipe dream on my part. Or: I'll win the Euromillions and pay double whatever is offered to have my face put on the front of the shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Would the Clydesdale bank allow another bank to sponsor a club in the SPL? Was thinking the exact same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that hat Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Barclay's "allow" Stoke City to be sponsored by a competitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Who is that again? Can't remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Brittania. I'm not sure they have that sort of power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al B Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Someone better let Hearts know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Someone better let Hearts know. This ones got his heid screwed on. I bet it's not ASB. That Bop charecter has talked some shite before about "done deals". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bop Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Ive never once said it was ASB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 I bet it's not ASB. That Bop charecter has talked some shite before about "done deals". The ASB thing started out as a joke on a spoof diamond shirt. I would be very, very surprised if they became our new sponsor. And Bop is correct, he never mentioned ASB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorator Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 have a wee look who just joined the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcalf Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 have a wee look who just joined the board motherwell89? So? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welldel Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Think he means the Rbs employees who have just joined the MFC board, not this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Are RBS not 70% state owned. If they were to become our new sponsors we would effectively be a partially goverment backed team. Cameron and Clegg might even take in a few games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcalf Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Think he means the Rbs employees who have just joined the MFC board, not this board. We already have plenty bankers on board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadywellToi Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 I thought RBS had to reign in its sponsorship activities due to the state intervention, Formula 1, 6 nations, etc. If they did go for it it would be to promote the high street presence in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobey_Dosser Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 There is no chance RBS will be our sponsor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shallow Dave Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Didn't do Newcastle any harm having a state-run bank on their shirts, Northern Rock, last year......they ended up winning the league..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trucks Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 RBS aren't exactly 'local', depending on the context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
underboyleheating Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 There is no chance RBS will be our sponsor. I’m not sure what would stun me more, ASB or RBS. If I was to guess our new sponsor you would have to say it will probably be yet another online gambling company. Sadly during this recession, it’s still one of the few areas of business still splashing the cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Are RBS not 70% state owned. If they were to become our new sponsors we would effectively be a partially goverment backed team. Cameron and Clegg might even take in a few games. More like 85%! It's not stopped them sponsoring other sports though, think RBS Six Nations rugby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mon_da_well Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 Epic amount of shite about something that doesn't matter. Who ever gives us the most money will do fine ta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadywellToi Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 More like 85%! It's not stopped them sponsoring other sports though, think RBS Six Nations rugby. For now ..... well at least to 2013 BBClicky For those who can't be arsed (as far as we are concerned the bit in italics may count in our favour): RBS reduces sporting sponsorship The impact of RBS' decision to cut its sponsorship of sport by half by next year should not be underestimated. In the last decade RBS has used sport to reach areas of the world it had never reached before, and project itself as much more a world bank than the parochial British bank it was perceived to be. The bank's investment in sport has been perhaps the most significant example of how the financial services have bankrolled sport in recent years. And it is easy to see how this business philosophy would have found Formula One so attractive. Bernie Ecclestone has been pushing the sport into new markets and seeking to build its reach beyond the traditional sporting enclaves. So sponsorship of the Williams team chimed nicely with RBS' ambition. But with the downturn changing everything, RBS and Williams have been in talks since October. Both sides are keen to make out what they have agreed is now an orderly withdrawal and Sir Frank Williams responded to the BBC in characteristically bullish mood, insisting the team will survive. But as Nigel Currie, director of Brand Rapport, put it to me, this is a major blow for Williams, and indeed Formula One and sport in general. Just like the financial industry, the years of expansion are now catching up with F1, and other sports too. RBS's other global ambassadors are already feeling the heat. It is believed the bank has lavished £200m on sponsorship, from Andy Murray, through to Sir Jackie Stewart, Zara Phillips, Jack Nicklaus and Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar, for example, was given a lucrative contract only a few months ago, with the recent India-England Test series played for the RBS Cup. RBS employs some 10,000 people in India. There will be cutbacks there and, like all sponsorship activity, the sporting investment in India will also now be reviewed. The reaction from those global ambassadors has been mixed. Murray, who has had RBS support since he was 13, recognises the bank is in trouble and that he has to take a pay cut. But Stewart expects the bank to honour its reputed £4m-a-year sponsorship deal. Expect hard talks in the week and months ahead. The one sponsorship RBS is keen to continue is Six Nations rugby, which it renewed last autumn until 2013 for £20m. For the bank, this fits in with its desire to now revert to concentrating on its core banking business in the UK and Ireland. Nevertheless, cost cutting at the bank is now the prime focus of its Strategic Review. This will see a 25% reduction in sponsorship and related costs in 2009 and around 50% by 2010. Non-contractual costs in F1 have already been reduced by over 50%. And it has cancelled trackside advertising for 2010. In all RBS sponsorships, hospitality costs in 2009 have been reduced by around 90%. The message could not be clearer. Sports like football may still be able to do lucrative deals with television companies, but in the current climate, the days of businesses throwing money at sport are at an end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Posted May 18, 2010 Report Share Posted May 18, 2010 RBS won't sponsor football. They will only sponsor "prestige" sports as it were. EG, F1, Tennis, Rugby Union. All part of the brand image. Think they do the odd golf event as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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