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1978greats
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by 1978greats » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:44 pm
"Ipswich Towns home shirts launched with a fanfare last summer could be obsolete by the start of the season"....."The name on the front seems ste to change yet again, although the sponsors could well stay the same"
Basically our sponsorship deal with Powergen is due to expire at the end of the season and although negotiations between Powergen and the club are at an advanced stage of renewing the sponsorship, Powergen looks likely to change its name to ...... e.on ....and the new deal with them could include the club having to make new shirts with the new name on
This isnt the clubs fault, they havent got much choice in the matter.
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by penlost » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:48 pm
Powergen is changing thier name to e.on?

is that a joke
What sort of a name is that??
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by 1978greats » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:50 pm
penlost wrote:Powergen is changing thier name to e.on?

is that a joke
What sort of a name is that??
They already have cos its all over the advertising boards at the ground.
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by Anglo-Saxon » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:53 pm
penlost wrote:Powergen is changing thier name to e.on?

is that a joke
What sort of a name is that??
It's their parent firm I believe, E.ON is a German firm as far as I know.
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by penlost » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:55 pm
I am sure they will still provide a crap service, but I will save that for the moan thread
It is a shame that the club cannot provide a subsidised replacement shirt for those that had already bought one.
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by The Gaffer » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:05 pm
Havent they just sponserd next seasons FA cup from now on? thats E.on not powergen
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by Anglo-Saxon » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:06 pm
penlost wrote:I am sure they will still provide a crap service, but I will save that for the moan thread
It is a shame that the club cannot provide a subsidised replacement shirt for those that had already bought one.
I thought they sponcerd Dortmund, here ya go, e.on is always put on shirts like this:

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by 1978greats » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:07 pm
penlost wrote:I am sure they will still provide a crap service, but I will save that for the moan thread
It is a shame that the club cannot provide a subsidised replacement shirt for those that had already bought one.
They are cought between a rock and a hard place

...they are not in a potition to either replace shirts or not accept Powergen's new sponsorship deal as I'm sure there is no alternative.
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by rainblue » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:10 pm
Lets face it we have the worst home kit in the league.
Wish they would change those shorts, i think this is an excuse to get more revenue and alter the kit style.
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by 1978greats » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:12 pm
Anglo-Saxon wrote:penlost wrote:I am sure they will still provide a crap service, but I will save that for the moan thread
It is a shame that the club cannot provide a subsidised replacement shirt for those that had already bought one.
I thought they sponcerd Dortmund, here ya go, e.on is always put on shirts like this:

Yes thats the one, there's an artists impression of it on the back page of the Evening Star
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by Anglo-Saxon » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:15 pm
rainblue wrote:Lets face it we have the worst home kit in the league.
Wish they would change those shorts, i think this is an excuse to get more revenue and alter the kit style.
Stop it!!!!!!!!!! I'v gotten used to it now LOL
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by 1978greats » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:23 pm
Anglo-Saxon wrote:rainblue wrote:Lets face it we have the worst home kit in the league.
Wish they would change those shorts, i think this is an excuse to get more revenue and alter the kit style.
Stop it!!!!!!!!!! I'v gotten used to it now LOL
Our 'keepers kit is the worst in the league.....my step mum said that from Greene King upper it looks like a sarong

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by crazee » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:50 pm
It's their parent firm I believe, E.ON is a German firm as far as I know.
that sounds about right, we had a thread like this at the time E-on brought Powergen, basically us rabble will still buy power from Powergen, not e-on and im guessing its the same sorta thing, still gonna be the powergen brand.
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by crazee » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:52 pm
i semi retract that statement after seeing the full article in the evening star
IPSWICH Town's new home shirts, launched with a fanfare last summer, could be obsolete by the start of next season.
Because the name on the front seems set to change yet again - although the sponsors could well stay the same!
The current sponsorship deal with energy giant Powergen is due to expire at the end of the season. However negotiations between the company and the club are at an advanced stage on renewing the sponsorship, and officials are hopeful that these will be successful.
They are confident that today's announcement that Powergen's parent company E.On is to take over sponsorship of the FA Cup next season will not have any impact on their sponsorship talks.
The company wants to phase out the Powergen name to replace it with E.On for domestic customers - and a spokesman said it was still unclear what name would be on Town shirts if the sponsorship was renewed.
The FA Cup will definitely carry the E.On name rather than Powergen - to get the branding attention in households across the country.
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by 1978greats » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:13 pm
crazee wrote:i semi retract that statement after seeing the full article in the evening star
IPSWICH Town's new home shirts, launched with a fanfare last summer, could be obsolete by the start of next season.
Because the name on the front seems set to change yet again - although the sponsors could well stay the same!
The current sponsorship deal with energy giant Powergen is due to expire at the end of the season. However negotiations between the company and the club are at an advanced stage on renewing the sponsorship, and officials are hopeful that these will be successful.
They are confident that today's announcement that Powergen's parent company E.On is to take over sponsorship of the FA Cup next season will not have any impact on their sponsorship talks.
The company wants to phase out the Powergen name to replace it with E.On for domestic customers - and a spokesman said it was still unclear what name would be on Town shirts if the sponsorship was renewed.
The FA Cup will definitely carry the E.On name rather than Powergen - to get the branding attention in households across the country.
Thanks, still havent found my way round 'copy and paste' yet

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by Anglo-Saxon » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:20 pm
1978greats wrote:crazee wrote:i semi retract that statement after seeing the full article in the evening star
IPSWICH Town's new home shirts, launched with a fanfare last summer, could be obsolete by the start of next season.
Because the name on the front seems set to change yet again - although the sponsors could well stay the same!
The current sponsorship deal with energy giant Powergen is due to expire at the end of the season. However negotiations between the company and the club are at an advanced stage on renewing the sponsorship, and officials are hopeful that these will be successful.
They are confident that today's announcement that Powergen's parent company E.On is to take over sponsorship of the FA Cup next season will not have any impact on their sponsorship talks.
The company wants to phase out the Powergen name to replace it with E.On for domestic customers - and a spokesman said it was still unclear what name would be on Town shirts if the sponsorship was renewed.
The FA Cup will definitely carry the E.On name rather than Powergen - to get the branding attention in households across the country.
Thanks, still havent found my way round 'copy and paste' yet

Just place your mouse infront of the text or the beginning, press the left hand mouse button then move the mouse over what you want to copy (it will turn blue) when it is marked release the button, then put your mouse cursor any where in the marked blue area and press the right hand mouse button, click on COPY, then to put it in your post, press right hand mose button again and click on paste.