Yeah there's no way a new shirt sponsor wouldn't be announced as such. Interesting that we do appear to be waiting until the strip launches though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
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Yeah there's no way a new shirt sponsor wouldn't be announced as such. Interesting that we do appear to be waiting until the strip launches though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
Maybe edin mill then or utilita?Quote:
Originally Posted by Since452
I hope we don't have an alcohol sponsor. Backward step in the modern age. Wouldn't be allowed in Europe, either.Quote:
Originally Posted by AliboyFC
Eden Mill has been on our shirts for some time.Quote:
Originally Posted by oneone73
Nothing wrong with alcohol in the modern age. All about messaging like anything that can potentially be bad for you if abused.
Think it is just spirits that aren’t allowed in Europe?
Just me, I don't think a sporting entity that stands for promoting fitness and health should be trumpeting alcohol. And I know Eden Mill are on the back. I don't like that either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy74
Meh. Whatever generates the most income for us tbh. An ethical shirt sponsor is fairly low down my priority list when it comes to Hibs. Don't think we're in a position as a club to be too picky when it comes to things like sponsorship deals.Quote:
Originally Posted by oneone73
As a club we're involved in a number of positive schemes, green initiative for example. There has to be some kind of balance though from a revenue perspective. Scottish game as a whole has been plastered with Ladbrokes, Tennents, Glen's vodka, William Hill in the last few years alone so I don't think we can be too critical of Hibs. We've had Carlsberg, Whyte and Mackay, Crabbies, Marathon Bet previously so we've hardly been leading the way :greengrin:
Eden Mill by the way are fairly on the ball in terms of sustainability. Sure I read they were looking to introduce Scotland's first carbon neutral distillery in the next couple of years. Not all bad!
It’s funny how some booze gets a pass and others don’t.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcohibs
Eden Mill strike me as a classy high end drink. Glens Vodka on the other hand was bought aged 16 to get blackout drunk in the cheapest manner possible. Sometimes as a warmup to a nightclub or in the park with mates.
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Have to agree with this, and after a few seasons with sustainability and charity at the heart of our sponsors and after the pandemic, a money spinning shirt sponsor wouldn't go amiss.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcohibs
You aren't allowed in Europe with an alcohol sponsor?? We would just change it to the community foundation for europe like septic.Quote:
Originally Posted by oneone73
Interesting article on what is and isn't allowed.
For alcohol, "strong" alcohol over 15% is not allowed. And then there's individual country laws to follow (France iirc has a blanket ban on all alcohol advertising on shirts)
https://www.footyheadlines.com/2020/...-teams-to.html
Spot on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bristolhibby
Gin is somehow seen as acceptable and okay for all to talk about. Vodka on the other hand is taboo. Yet the two are exactly the same abv and do the same damage!
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I did find it bleakly amusing that several Premiership clubs, including Hibs, were advertising Dragon Soop all of last season. I think there was an advert for El Dorado on display during the Scottish Cup Final as well.
I suppose in theory a can of Dragon Soop and a double hopped IPA from a craft brewery are the same ABV but they are aimed at completely different target markets. The former is bordering on being aggressively marketed at those little more than children.
I accept that clubs in Scotland probably can't be too picky about who we have as a sponsor, particularly on the back of a pandemic. However we are probably not all that far from the post gambling sponsorship world and I doubt further regulations on alcohol are far away either. In the 70s, 80s or even 90s it would have been unthinkable that an F1 car wouldn't have Rothmans or Marlboro plastered all over it or snooker wouldn't have been the Embassy or B&H whatever but here we are. Maybe it's best to be ahead of the curve now.
Funny you mention that. I like a malt whisky, my Mrs buys a bottle every birthday, Xmas father's Day etc. I treat myself to a new bottle once every month or so. I also drink beers or ciders in the house if watching some sport and partial to having a jack d and coke or a bottle of rum. She is fine with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by EI255
As soon as I say I might fancy getting a bottle voddy for a change (not cheap ***** either) all of a sudden she starts moaning, saying why you getting vodka? cause you want to get reekin, your such an ally etc etc. I always find it amusing she has this attitude, but is fine with everything else.
:agree: Buckfast is another one. Every so often i enjoy an ice cold bottle over a weekend but feel like the **** of the earth buying it and always get a dirty look from the Mrs. She wouldn't bat an eyelid if it was a bottle of single malt though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibee87
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Originally Posted by Since452
Same with white spirits for me!
Hibs announcing something at 2pm. Reckon it will be the new strips
Jackson Irvine signing is my bet.Quote:
Originally Posted by BoomtownHibeys
Either that or a new contract for Jack Ross. Ron Gordon suggested it was in the pipeline just before the cup final.
Yeah the “good news” part makes me think it’s more along those linesQuote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Haha. The Jack Ross new deal won’t go down well on Twitter.Quote:
Originally Posted by bingo70
Does anything to be fair.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart93
She’s got a point there mate :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Since452
I reckon its the Jack Ross deal also.... theyd have teased the new strip if it was that.
Na never. Constantly angryQuote:
Originally Posted by flash
In fairness, the comments to that tweet are brilliant IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart93
If you’re able to have a laugh at ourselves of course.
it’s got to be a signing, releasing a kit isn’t deemed good news surely.
Hibs were filming something recently at ER and elsewhere. I know a couple of people who were involved and they were sworn to secrecy about the content but told it would be released this week. I was doubtful but the confirmation of an announcement at 2pm makes me think they were correct.
New kit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
I don't know. They were sworn to secrecy:tsk tsk:Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveHFC
Leigh in the new kit :hyperQuote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
It’ll be Leigh in the new strip telling us that Irvine and Jack Ross have also signed new contracts and that the early bird offer has been extended.....kill a few birds....😎