English football sponsorship

Corporate sponsorship of major English football competitions dates back to the early 1980s, although minor competitions such as the Watney Cup and Texaco Cup were sponsored during the early 1970s.

Sponsorship deals

The first competition to negotiate a sponsorship deal was the League Cup, negotiating a deal in 1982 with the Milk Marketing Board. It became known as the "Milk Cup" and has since adopted the name of its sponsors in this same way.[1]

The following season in 1983 the Football League negotiated a sponsorship deal with Canon. Since the formation of the breakaway Premier League in 1992, the competition has struck up its own sponsorship deals separately from the Football League (though it was unsponsored in its first season after a $17.1 million agreement with Bass Brewery was vetoed by Arsenal, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest[2]).

The last major English competition to negotiate a sponsorship deal was in fact its oldest, the FA Cup. The competition was sponsored by Littlewoods for four seasons, starting in 1994,[3] and by AXA Insurance for four seasons starting in 1998.[4] It was always carefully named, being the "AXA-sponsored FA Cup", or the "FA Cup sponsored by AXA", and never the "AXA Cup". From 2002–03 through 2005–06, the FA Cup did not have a dedicated sponsor, but instead shared the team of sponsors of The Football Association.[5][6] From 2006 to 2011, the FA Cup was known as "The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON" due to a deal with energy company E.ON.[7] From the 2011-12 season, the FA Cup has been sponsored by Budweiser Beer and known as the FA Cup with Budweiser.[8] The sponsorship lasted until 2014.

Summary of competition sponsorship deals

Season Premier League English Football League National League FA Cup FA Community Shield EFL Cup EFL Trophy
1982–83 Did not exist No sponsor No sponsor No sponsor No sponsor Milk Marketing Board
(Milk Cup)[1]		 No sponsor
1983–84 Canon
(Canon League)
1984–85 Gola
(Gola League)		 Freight Rover
(Freight Rover Trophy)
1985–86
1986–87 Today
(Today League)		 General Motors
(GM Vauxhall Conference)		 Littlewoods
(Littlewoods Challenge Cup)[1]
1987–88 Barclays
(Barclays League)		 Sherpa Van
(Sherpa Van Trophy)
1988–89
1989–90 Wellpark Brewery
(Tennent's FA Charity Shield)		 Leyland DAF
(Leyland DAF Cup)
1990–91 Rumbelows
(Rumbelows Cup)[1]
1991–92 Autoglass
(Autoglass Trophy)
1992–93 No sponsor Coca-Cola
(Coca-Cola Cup)[9]
1993–94 Carling
(FA Carling Premiership)[10][11]		 Endsleigh
(Endsleigh League)[12]		 No sponsor
1994–95 Littlewoods
(FA Cup sponsored by Littlewoods)[3]		 Auto Windscreens
(Auto Windscreens Shield)
1995–96 Littlewoods
(Littlewoods FA Charity Shield)
1996–97 Nationwide
(Nationwide Football League)
1997–98
1998–99 Nationwide
(Nationwide Conference)[13]		 AXA
(AXA-Sponsored FA Cup)[4]		 AXA
(AXA FA Charity Shield)		 Worthington Brewery
(Worthington Cup)[14]
1999–2000 One2One
(One2One FA Charity Shield)
2000–01 LDV Vans
(LDV Vans Trophy)[15]
2001–02 Barclaycard
(Barclaycard Premiership)[11][16]
2002–03 No sponsor McDonald's
(2002–2006:
The FA Community Shield in partnership with McDonald's)
(2007–2013:
The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's)
(2014–2016:
The FA Community Shield supported by McDonald's)
2003–04 Carling
(Carling Cup)[17]
2004–05 Barclays
(2004–07:
Barclays Premiership)
(2007–16:
Barclays Premier League)[11][11][18][19][20]		 Coca-Cola
(Coca-Cola Football League)[21][22]
2005–06 No sponsor
2006–07 E.ON
(The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON)[7][23]		 Johnstone's Paint
(Johnstone's Paint Trophy)[24][25][26]
2007–08 Blue Square
(2007–10:
Blue Square Premier
Blue Square North
Blue Square South)
(2010–13:
Blue Square Bet Premier
Blue Square Bet North
Blue Square Bet South)[27][28][29]
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11 npower
(npower Football League)[30][31]
2011–12 Budweiser
(The FA Cup with Budweiser)[8]
2012–13 Capital One
(Capital One Cup)[32]
2013–14 Sky Bet
(2013–16:
The Sky Bet Football League[33]
2016–19:
The Sky Bet EFL)		 Skrill
(The Skrill Premier
The Skrill North
The Skrill South)[34][35]
2014–15 Vanarama
(2014–15:
Vanarama Conference
Vanarama Conference North
Vanarama Conference South)
(2015–17:
Vanarama National League
Vanarama National League North
Vanarama National League South)		 No sponsor
2015–16 Emirates
(The Emirates FA Cup)[36]
2016–17 No Sponsor[37] No Sponsor Checkatrade
(Checkatrade Trophy)[38]
2017–18 Carabao Daeng
(Carabao Cup)[39]
2018–19
2019–20

Summary of shirt sponsorship deals

Club Sponsor Start date End date Amount Per year
Arsenal Fly Emirates 2014 2019 £150m £30m
Man United Chevrolet 2014 2021 £371m £53m
Liverpool Standard Chartered 2010 2016 [40] £80m £20m
Aston Villa Genting Casino 2011 2013 £16m £8m
Chelsea Yokohama Tyres 2015 2020 £220m £50m
Everton Chang Beer 2010 2013 £12m £4m
Fulham FxPro 2010 2013 £12.6m £4.2m
Man City Etihad Airways 2012 2022 £200m £20m
Newcastle Virgin Money 2012 2014 £20m £10m
Norwich Aviva 2012 2016 £4m £1m
QPR AirAsia 2011 2013 £5m £2.5m
Reading Waitrose 2008 2013 £2.5m £0.5m
Southampton aap 2011 2014 £3m £1m
Stoke City bet365 2012 2015 £3.9m £1.3m
Sunderland Dafabet 2012 2014 £40m £20m
Swansea 32Red 2009 2013 £5.5m £1.1m
Tottenham Aurasma Investec 2010 2013 £30m £10m
West Brom Zoopla 2012 2015 £4.5m £1.5m
West Ham 32Red 2008 2013 £10.5m £1.7m
Wigan 12BET 2011 2014 £3m £1m

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Summary of kit sponsorship deals

Club End date Per year Sponsor
Arsenal 2019 £34m Puma[42]
Man United 2025 £75m Adidas[43]
Man City 2019 £12m Nike[43]
Liverpool 2018 £25m New Balance[43]
Chelsea 2017[44] £30m Adidas[45]
Tottenham 2018 £10m Under Armour[46]

References

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  42. ↑ "Arsenal agree £170m kit deal with Puma". Daily Mirror. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
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