Blackpool faced Tiverton Town on Friday night in the club's first pre-season friendly following their promotion to the Barclays Premier League. As well as sporting a new shirt manufactured by Carbrini, the club also has a new shirt sponsor.
Short-term lender Wonga.com have won the race to have their company logo on the front of the famous tangerine shirt for the historic 2010/11 season.
Pool chairman Karl Oyston expressed his delight at securing Wonga.com as the club's new shirt sponsors : "We are very pleased to be entering into our new partnership with Wonga.com.
"We had several people who expressed an interest in the shirt sponsorship following our recent promotion into the Premier League, but we were able to come up with a deal with Wonga.com that suits us both. I am delighted to welcome them on board.
"They have a number of plans ranging from half-time competitions to sponsoring a player of the month award, and I know they want our supporters to be involved in the partnership. I am delighted that their sole focus is to work with us and enjoy the season."
Errol Damelin, founder and CEO of Wonga.com, said: "We are still relatively young but we're growing fast and have big ambitions, just like Blackpool. Their rise through the divisions and fairytale promotion last year was an inspiration for football fans all over the country, so it's a great fit for Wonga.
"Seasiders are renowned for their passion, something we have bags of too. We want to help make this campaign exciting for everyone and have plenty of ideas for making a visit to Bloomfield Road a day to remember. It's sure to be a rollercoaster of a season and we can't wait for the ride to begin."
Thanks to James and Mike
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good shout
virtually no difference to last year besides the horrid sponsor
Absolute disgusting. Blackpool should be ashamed of themselves
Absolute disgusting. Blackpool should be ashamed of themselves
the only thing right about that is the shirt cos clearly not a shit team or manager or they wouldnt have been promoted to the prem. Dont be jealous
2. Black is the tertiary colour, tangerine and white are the main ones.
ha ha, ok. do chelsea wear blue because they have sea in their name.
maybe forest should wear green
Why not get an old dear with a shopping trolley to walk in front or maybe a drunken Scotsman asking for change.
But the fact that there's no official photo
Have you not seen Boltons home shirt? If I had to buy one of the two purely on how it looks, it would be Blackpools shirt EVERYTIME!
The marketing team at blackpool specified something 90's looking like a cotton white collar with buttons. For a sponsor 'Rebecca Jewllers Southport' expressed interest. And a potential deal was talked about in principle as a way to payback a previous loyal sponsor from when the club were going through tougher times. Obviously it would be at a very cut price for a premiership sponsorship deal. Most big companies where only interested in a game by game deal. In the end the club settled for a deal with wonga.com. Wonga didn't even come close to the clubs asking price, but it was the best the could get. They sold out if u ask me because Wonga only offered £7,000 more than rebeccas jewellers. So this cowboy loans company wonga.com get to become a worldwide brand and one of the highest profile companies in the world and they've got this deal for pennies!!!!!! The cheapest premiership sponsorship deal for a long long time!!!!!!!
Blackpool F.C the first EVER League one team who have been given a special one off unique tour of the premiership. For one year only and possibly longer. Bars of rock, candy floss, beaches and swimming, fairground rides and beachballs.
I love this site mate. It's just a shame it has so many cretins like you on it. Are you going to comment on how the sponsor "clashes a bit?"
mmmm thanks for that fcb1893.
ps same manufacturer and colour as Luton. Vomit.
Absolute balls, Rebecca's jewellers could not fund a Premiership club. They only ever sponsored blackpool in the small leagues. A family owned jewellers from Southport isn't the international brand that a premiership club would be sponsored by! Sorry but thats a fact!!!!!
like WTF??????
carlsberg dont do away games.
but the premier league do.
welcome to blackpool.
Its so true and yet so funny!!!!!
it looks good in my head anyway