smudge
Up the Albion!
So they said on Newsnight. Apparently bankers are concerned that football is not good for their image! 
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Barclays to opt out of PL sponsorship?
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Leighgull
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- Dec 27, 2012
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So they said on Newsnight. Apparently bankers are concerned that football is not good for their image!
Hitler has got better PR than bankers.
What a bunch of ********s those people are.
surrey jim
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Heard a while ago B&Q would be sponsoring the football league from (I assume) next season.
Hyperion
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- Nov 1, 2010
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Nailed on
Superphil
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Weren't they supposed to have this season but pulled out at the last minute, hence a Sky Bet took it on very late in the day.
jonny.rainbow
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I hear the football league hammered out a good deal.
We're screwed if that happens.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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They want decking.
The Birdman
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Extra 10% off tickets for pensioners on Wednesday and over 60 serving behind the bars at the Amex,club makes more money as they know what they are doing and are faster than the zombies that work behind the bars now.
Gullflyinghigh
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- Apr 23, 2012
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That's actually pretty funny, I can only imagine the bemusement at the PL when they heard that; 'Hang on, bankers think we're tarnishing THEIR image? Christ...'
severnside gull
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This wouldn't surprise me.
When nPower bid for the sponsorship of the league, they were not the highest bidder. The highest bidder was actually an online gambling/betting company. The football league chose nPower because they thought that it better fit with the 'family friendly' image that they wanted to promote. I was told this by a relative, who is relatively senior in nPower.
The fact that Sky Bet were announced as the sponsor of the league at the last minute this season suggests that (probably for the above reason), they were the League's final or only option. I don't know the term of the Sky Bet deal, but I wouldn't be surprised if the Football League's next title sponsor is something that fits better with their 'family friendly' image.