Sponsorship withdrawal ?

[andyh]

Reported on VT and in the Daily Heil that Fxpro have decided to withdraw from sponsoring us, whilst continuing with Fulham.

Its towards the bottom of this article.

Not sure how true it is, but is it a bit of a slap in the face for us, that we can't hold onto our club sponsor ?

[eastie]

how long was our contract with them?

[WikiVilla]

Fuck em, they'll be a queue lining up to replace them :

LDV
Mita Copiers
Davenports
Muller

[Rich6by7]

Any chance we can ditch Nike for not fulfilling our expectations?

[Phil from the upper holte]

Good I think it looks shit on the shirt anyway

[Legion]

Russian-owned currency traders FxPro, who are shirt sponsors for both Aston Villa and Fulham, had an option in the contracts to withdraw from either £3.5million-a-year deal at the end of the season.

They have chosen to stay with Fulham but ditch the more glamorous Midlands club who haven't fulfilled the greater expectations on the pitch.

The Cyprus-based sponsors are said to have formed a closer relationship with Fulham's commercial team and it also helps having their name on top of a stand at Craven Cottage which lies under the Heathrow flight path.

[peter w]

Agreed. I also thought thekit didn't look right. The checks, the lettering, all wrong. I believe in the feng shui of these things
And things it's best we move on.

[andyh]

I guess it will mean next seasons shirts coming out in November then ?
Months looking for new sponsor, then to get the shirt manufactured and distributed.
Thats is if there are any sponsors even out there.     

[manic-road]

We may end up getting a better deal for next season from a major firm which could bring in more money to the club.

[not3bad]

Never really loked the look of the shirts.  Although the away one isn't too bad.

[Rich6by7]

Here's a mad idea: how about if Nike occupy the soon-to-be-vacant sponsorship space on next season's shirt, paying the Club the same as FXPro plus a sweetner by way of recompense for the merchandise supply fiasco this season (which probably has had some effect on FxPro's decision to scarper after one season). This would leave a gap where the manufacturer logo would normally go- but they could put an Acorns logo there. Probable result: more goodwill towards Nike from Villa supporters; Nike pull their finger out when it comes to supplying the shops with our kit; increased sales of Villa kits due to them being available ALL SEASON LONG and increased exposure for Acorns once again.

If that scenario played out I might even become a bit more pro-Nike- it'd be nice to see them giving a toss.

It's probably about as likely as a 5-0 win for Blues on Sunday, mind.

[VillaAlways]

Very shortsighted on their behalf IMO we'll be way above Fulham next season

[PeterWithe]

Until I read that article I didn't have a clue what FEx actually did.

[WikiVilla]

Would be great if we could just have a sponsor free shirt again

[Chris Smith]

If we get a better deal, fine. If we don't then it's back to Acorns nd more revenue lost.