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Post by Yorkshirelad » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:46 am

Just a quick thought / question.
I believe Boohoo is a rather large employer in the Burnley area. Does anyone know if the club as ever approached the company to be one of it's sponsor's. Some of the figures you see on various websites is mind blowing ref turnover etc. Not sure on profit level. But you would think they would be worth approaching?

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Re: Sponsors

Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:49 am

Yorkshirelad wrote:
Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:46 am
Just a quick thought / question.
I believe Boohoo is a rather large employer in the Burnley area. Does anyone know if the club as ever approached the company to be one of it's sponsor's. Some of the figures you see on various websites is mind blowing ref turnover etc. Not sure on profit level. But you would think they would be worth approaching?
I imagine they, along with Hut Group will have been approached, certainly with our new harder-nosed commercial dept, however for now, the answer is on the front of our shirts.

Will be interesting to see who pops up next season

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Post by ClaretTony » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:49 am

They've been sponsors for some time - always lots of advertising in the programme

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Post by beddie » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:50 am

I would have thought someone at the club will have made an approach, if not then they should have done. Good shout Yorkshirelad.

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Post by ClaretTony » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:55 am

They also have their name on the cricket ground next door

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Post by ŽižkovClaret » Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:56 am

People don't half make the leap and assume that just because a firm may have a fair whack of money, that they have any interest in chucking it at BFC

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Post by wilks_bfc » Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:18 pm

I can imagine the stick we'd get from other fans with that on the front of the shirt
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Post by Iloveyoubrady » Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:21 pm

wilks_bfc wrote:
Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:18 pm
I can imagine the stick we'd get from other fans with that on the front of the shirt
The MAN logo would look good but boohoo would be a joke.

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Post by Dark Cloud » Thu Sep 30, 2021 1:07 pm

Looks like the cricket club pitched a better offer/deal. Maybe Alan and his mates need to up their game!! (Or draft Blakey onto the board!! ;) )

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Re: Sponsors

Post by DCWat » Thu Sep 30, 2021 1:12 pm

I don’t know if they’ve improved, but they certainly used to appear to have a pretty poor reputation as employers.

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Post by tarkys_ears » Thu Sep 30, 2021 2:59 pm

Think they'd be better off throwing the millions at towie lot etc on snapgram than at us. It ain't gonna make many sales is it.

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Re: Sponsors

Post by jrgbfc » Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:12 pm

DCWat wrote:
Thu Sep 30, 2021 1:12 pm
I don’t know if they’ve improved, but they certainly used to appear to have a pretty poor reputation as employers.
Don't think it's improved at all from some of the stories I've heard. Sounds like a modern day sweat shop.

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Re: Sponsors

Post by Yorkshirelad » Thu Sep 30, 2021 3:50 pm

ŽižkovClaret wrote:
Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:56 am
People don't half make the leap and assume that just because a firm may have a fair whack of money, that they have any interest in chucking it at BFC
My original post was listed as a thought / question I'm not saying they should or shouldn't sponsor the club but they are a rather large company in the Burnley area so may have some funds they would be prepared to invest. I understand about the reports of poor worker conditions etc. But lots of clubs are prepared to accept sponsorship from betting firms and look at the damage they do to people's lives. I know this could be changing but for a long time no one as bothered about the moral high ground there.

The club may have decided not to ask due to this, I don't know.

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Post by superdimitri » Thu Sep 30, 2021 4:52 pm

We'd do well to get someone to sponsor us for 1/3 of what we get from SpreadEX. Luckily shirts now have sleeve slots they can auction off too (Astropay in our case) so at least there's that.

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Re: Sponsors

Post by minnieclaret » Thu Sep 30, 2021 5:12 pm

There has been a thread on him before but the guy behind them is a massive ManU fan.

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Re: Sponsors

Post by Local cricketer » Thu Sep 30, 2021 6:40 pm

The cricket club was done to give them a bit of good publicity with putting money into juniors when they was been slaughtered for their poor working conditions

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Re: Sponsors

Post by TheFamilyCat » Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:22 pm

ŽižkovClaret wrote:
Thu Sep 30, 2021 11:56 am
People don't half make the leap and assume that just because a firm may have a fair whack of money, that they have any interest in chucking it at BFC
It's nothing new though. Remember the Airtours bloke?

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Re: Sponsors

Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Thu Sep 30, 2021 8:28 pm

Burnley Grinding Services would be appropriate!

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