Stirling Albion Meerkats

[Part/Time Supporter]

I had to check the calendar on this one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8471740.stm



What other brands would sponsor Scottish football clubs?

[poolman]

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I had to check the calendar on this one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8471740.stm

Anything to stop the smaller clubs making some extra money

[H18sry]

Quite right aswell would you have liked us to have become "Hibernian Kwik Fit FC " no I didn't think so.

[davemcbain]

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I had to check the calendar on this one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/8471740.stm



What other brands would sponsor Scottish football clubs?

Orangina - Rangers
Imperial Leather - Celtic
Sheep Dip Whisky - Aberdeen
DSS - Motherwell
Pukka Pies - Killie
Hutcheson Sand Mixes - DUFC
Lothian Buses of Midlothian FC

[Ringothedog]

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Quite right aswell would you have liked us to have become "Hibernian Kwik Fit FC " no I didn't think so.

I agree Ronnie........................but if it was a choice between the money being used to save my club or them going out of business then imho its no contest.

[lapsedhibee]

Celtc Harp
Power Rangers
Hearts Fluke

[Baw187]

The Stirling Albion Meerkats would be a brilliant name for a football club.

I'd defo take a soft spot for them if they changed their name to that.

[poolman]

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Quite right aswell would you have liked us to have become "Hibernian Kwik Fit FC " no I didn't think so.

Very blinkered attitude IMO

£50,000 to a club like Stirling Albion is a lot of money annually

[Steve20]

If they added Meerkat to their name, I would have to want them to lose every week.

[Hank Schrader]

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If they added Meerkat to their name, I would have to want them to lose every week.

I hate that wee meerkat tosser and his annoying adverts!

[Calvin]

I'd rather see Stirling Albion Meerkats than no Stirling Albion at all.

[Lucius Apuleius]

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I'd rather see Stirling Albion Meerkats than no Stirling Albion at all.

Absolutely, 'mon the 'Binos (unless of course we get them in the next round of the cup)

[Aubenas]

This sits rather oddly with the ok that was given for Meadowbank Thistle to become Livingston FC. Not exactly the same idea in that name change wasn't sponsorship per se, but iirc it was a condition of West Lothian building the stadium.

Personal view is that any move towards franchising is a bad idea. There are still people in Broooklyn who gave up on baseball altogether when the Brooklyn Dodgers became the LA Dodgers 50 odd years ago.

I can see how the cash would be welcome to Stirling Albion and I have some pity for their position - but, as is always the case, if pernmission was given for this, it wouldn't be the wee clubs that would ultimately benefit. We'd be looking at Old Firm Buckfast FC

[Jonnyboy]

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The Stirling Albion Meerkats would be a brilliant name for a football club.

I'd defo take a soft spot for them if they changed their name to that.

Stirling Albion have already undergone a name change in the past Baw

[Hibbie_Cameron]

Real teams named after companies/brands include:

New York Red Bull
Red Bull Salzburg
PSV

[Dashing Bob S]

Los Yambolinos Dildos

[Wilson]

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If they added Meerkat to their name, I would have to want them to lose every week.

We're doomed! Are we doomed?

Yes, we're doomed.

[fiolex1]

How about Hertz of Midlothian

[Jonnyboy]

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How about Hertz of Midlothian

Or given where they're headed ......... Hearse of Midlothian

[fiolex1]

Celtic Hula Hoops

[fiolex1]

Rangers "We are the Sunday people"

[heidtheba]

Hearts - 'Go Compare'...nothing witty about the company or club but I'd like to think of the Yams being regularly blasted with their ******y advert music!

Or is it time to roll out the 'Tampax' sponsor? cos every weeks a bad week at Tynecastle...badda boom

Or how about HMRC HoMoFC...then lets see how they don't like getting their promised cash on time...

[NAE NOOKIE]

HI BERNI INNS

[Jamesie]

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Real teams named after companies/brands include:

New York Red Bull
Red Bull Salzburg
PSV

Don't forget Parma

[jgl07]

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Orangina - Rangers
Imperial Leather - Celtic
Sheep Dip Whisky - Aberdeen
DSS - Motherwell
Pukka Pies - Killie
Hutcheson Sand Mixes - DUFC
Lothian Buses of Midlothian FC

The Insolvency Service could well sponsor the likes of Hearts, Kilmarnock, Dundee United, etc (allegedly).

[Hainan Hibs]

I wouldn't mind supporting Hibernian 7up FC

[EH6 Hibby]

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Celtic Hula Hoops

I prefer Celtc Fruit Loops!

[down-the-slope]

Have to say some of the suggestions have made me laugh out loud...

Partick Thistle Hotels

[Part/Time Supporter]

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Don't forget Parma

There is a town called Parma. It was the company (Parmalat) that was named after the town. Parma A.C. was founded about 50 years before Parmalat.

[SquashedFrogg]

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This sits rather oddly with the ok that was given for Meadowbank Thistle to become Livingston FC. Not exactly the same idea in that name change wasn't sponsorship per se, but iirc it was a condition of West Lothian building the stadium.

Personal view is that any move towards franchising is a bad idea. There are still people in Broooklyn who gave up on baseball altogether when the Brooklyn Dodgers became the LA Dodgers 50 odd years ago.
I can see how the cash would be welcome to Stirling Albion and I have some pity for their position - but, as is always the case, if pernmission was given for this, it wouldn't be the wee clubs that would ultimately benefit. We'd be looking at Old Firm Buckfast FC

Excuse my ignorance but is that not more to do with the fact that they relocated to the other side of the country?

Rather than just a name change?



I also don't think this is the same as franchising. Compare the Meerkat wouldn't control (or probably want to!) the team. Just use it for good advertising purposes. For example, despite being a small club their name would quite quickly become well known by popping up on the Sky's Soccer Saturday/BBC vidiprinter.