James Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Going to be a children's hospice. Fair play to Lerner - a chairman with class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbob Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Think out of all the new owners in the EPL he's been a class above all the way. Really brought that club along! Credit where credits due. Hoping, fingers crossed that Ashley will join him right up there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Admire them for that! Same kind of deal Barca had with Unicef i presume? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJbarnes Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 noones said that hes letting the childrens hospice be on their shirts for free! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Good on them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stozo Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 noones said that hes letting the childrens hospice be on their shirts for free! A charity won't be splashing out money on football shirt adversiting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toepoke Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 That's a very decent thing to do, well done Lerner and Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkwdavis2001 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 How much would a shirt sponsor pay for a season, circa £5m ish for a Villa \ Newcastle type team? Top thing to do IMHO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Wonderful. Rare in the greedy Prem. Wouldn't surprise me that the players wanted a "cut of the cash involved" - they're THAT greedy and THAT thick, Premier players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GAMMELL Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Defo nice touch there from old Rand & Villa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 No doubt we'll match this sort of gesture by providing free shirt advertising to a cheap sportswear retailer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkwdavis2001 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 No doubt we'll match this sort of gesture by providing free shirt advertising to a cheap sportswear retailer. Hmmm, don't fancy Gola on our shirts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 No doubt we'll match this sort of gesture by providing free shirt advertising to a cheap sportswear retailer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well done. That's like donating £1m direct to charity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 The charity would be far better off if Villa got a proper sponsor and donated all of the money from that, our old one was worth £5m a year so they should be able to match that with all of the money gone into the game now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm not so sure if this is such a good idea. The Rags (In my time) have had Sharp, Vodafone, and AIG on their shirts. # of Sharp products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. # of Vodafone products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. # of AIG products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. It's not a coincidence. It's a matter of principle. Has anyone here ever bought a car from Reg Vardy? Do you bet at BoyleSports? I wonder if the amount of support this hospice gets from Birmingham City supporters will suddenly diminish. PS. I just saw that Blackburn's new sponsor is Crown Paints. Retrotastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 To be honest I can't say I would avoid buying anything from someone who sponsored Sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 To be honest I can't say I would avoid buying anything from someone who sponsored Sunderland. I tell ya. If I donated to a hospice. And that hospice appeared on the front of the Rags shirts. I would send my money somewhere else. Its the rules! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm not so sure if this is such a good idea. The Rags (In my time) have had Sharp, Vodafone, and AIG on their shirts. # of Sharp products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. # of Vodafone products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. # of AIG products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. It's not a coincidence. It's a matter of principle. Has anyone here ever bought a car from Reg Vardy? Do you bet at BoyleSports? I wonder if the amount of support this hospice gets from Birmingham City supporters will suddenly diminish. PS. I just saw that Blackburn's new sponsor is Crown Paints. Retrotastic. If that was the case then its sad of the Brum City, West Brom or any other West Midland's supporter. You will probably find in any case that most of the money raised by the man in the street for this hospice would be by people who have used the service and who probably have more things to worry about than football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Spectrum Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 I'm not so sure if this is such a good idea. The Rags (In my time) have had Sharp, Vodafone, and AIG on their shirts. # of Sharp products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. # of Vodafone products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. # of AIG products bought by me or my family in my lifetime = 0. It's not a coincidence. It's a matter of principle. Has anyone here ever bought a car from Reg Vardy? Do you bet at BoyleSports? I wonder if the amount of support this hospice gets from Birmingham City supporters will suddenly diminish. PS. I just saw that Blackburn's new sponsor is Crown Paints. Retrotastic. If that was the case then its sad of the Brum City, West Brom or any other West Midland's supporter. You will probably find in any case that most of the money raised by the man in the street for this hospice would be by people who have used the service and who probably have more things to worry about than football. True, true... But I do wonder. Bitter as I am. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 To be honest I can't say I would avoid buying anything from someone who sponsored Sunderland. I tell ya. If I donated to a hospice. And that hospice appeared on the front of the Rags shirts. I would send my money somewhere else. Its the rules! Not really. Pretty pathetic I'd say. Like Mackems who won't eat Sugar Puffs. Need to have a word with themselves. When Liam O'Brien scored that free kick against the mackems at Roker Park, the advertising board behind the goal was for John Halls Metrocentre. No-one gave a fuck on either side. The soopafan attitude these days is cringeworthy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Great stuff IMO, seems like a top man and a top chairman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indi Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Well done. That's like donating £1m direct to charity. With the slight difference that the charity actually ends up without anything going direct to them whatsoever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisJbarnes Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 as someone else said, it probably benefits villa as a publicity stunt more than anything, because if he was that bothered about chairty hed have got some rich sponsor and donated the money. the money would definately help the cahirty more than the advertising. having said that, good bloke for doing so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1878 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 If only Bill Kenwright hadn't turned him away. Seems like the ideal chairman, good luck to him at Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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