First up is probably quite a cliched one, but it's the Rochdale shirt from the 1988/89 season. We were sponsored by the All In One Garden Centre, which is quite infamous in Rochdale, unfortunately as part of that sponsorship it meant having a rather large watering can on the front of the shirt.
From 1993-97, Scottish side Clydebank were sponsored by band Wet, Wet, Wet (their lead singer hailed from the town) following on from their 15 weeks at No.1 with Love Is All Around and as a result their band name was slapped on the front of their shirts.
Back in 1981 AC Milan were sponsored by a jeans brand...Pooh...I'm not sure anything else needs to be said about this one!
West Midlands club West Brom decided not to sell advertising space on their shirts in 1985/86 and went for a health drive instead, slapping a "No smoking" symbol on the front of their shirts.
Mexican side Club America's sponsor Bimbo have been on the front of their shirts since 1995, but don't get excited, they're actually a local bakery company!
Not only was this a terrible looking kit but Brighton also went and had Nobo stuck on the front of it. They had a sign in the ground that read Nobo Supports Brighton and an away fan added 'dy' onto the end of the sponsor name...they were just asking for that.
Some at Scarborough must have thought it was a good idea to by sponsored by Black Death Vodka...that was until the Football League banned them from using it in 1990.
St Johnstone went with a local weaver of carpet yarns for their sponsor at one point; they were called Bonar, interpret this in any way you wish!
I'm sure there are plenty more embarrassing and funny football shirt sponsors, so come on, share them with me!!!
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