25/26 Front of shirt sponsor - Midnite

[calcalcal]

Our fans will moan about anything, unless it's Arnold Laver back on the shirt! No wonder owners don't listen to fans.

I got a retro lime yellow shirt and felty laver was coming off after 4 washes. Gutted. We're also now established in 889

 

[Cappy]

Posted this in the other thread about the sponsor...


A quick search shows a range of logos styles used. Unsure if all are stull 'current'

 

[dexter101]

Have we got any players who won't wear a gambling logo?

I know a few years ago we seemed to have quite a religious group?

 

[Cappy]

They also used their 'sports & casino' logo when sponsoring the snooker this year

 

[Berge & Chips]

Look, football is a business as has been said above. If this is the best financial decision for the club then I get it. I have however taken great pride in recent years that we were one of a very small minority that hadn't gone down the gambling route. Even if the reason was one of the Prince's religion rather than morality.

I don't agree with giving gambling platforms this level of publicity and think that the industry itself is incredibly harmful, particularly to the younger generation. I think it's poorly regulated and a largely unspoken danger to society. I have personally been very pleased that we haven't dabbled in this sector to date, as I have seen the damage that the industry can do first hand.

Do I understand the decision, absolutely. I just feel that it's a shame.

 

[Bladesman]

It depends how it's applied to the shirt. This logo could look good on a bright coloured away shirt.

Not sure if it will look well on our home kit though.

 

[robbiez666]

could be worse

 

[CrookesBlade]

Our fans will moan about anything, unless it's Arnold Laver back on the shirt! No wonder owners don't listen to fans.

That’s not true….i’d also accept Wards. The fact they don’t exist anymore is neither here nor there.

 

[ColinHill]

I agree with Berge and Chips.

What i'd add is that when the league we are in is called the Sky Bet Championship, adverts around the pitch and perimeter, adverts on the TV, ive even heard odds for next scorers on some radio broadcasts before, us getting a gambling sponsor is a small drop. Personally, no need for it, would rather a lower priced deal, but its not my company and i dont get to say.

I dont buy kits anyway so it will little impact on me.

Would like to think that kids shirts have the option to buy with it on or not

 

[Tommy_P]

Know them from sponsoring Syk Sports News so must have thrown a bit of money at it. Could be worse, at least it will look ok compared to some we've had in the past e.g. John Holland, Ramsdens, CFI, Visit Malta.....I could go on!!

 

[Aganarama]

So near, yet...

 

[Badger Blade]

We just need Mizuno to make it

 

[cooperblade]

I think it's poorly regulated and a largely unspoken danger to society.

I've worked in and around the gambling industry for most of the last 30 years so have a dog in this fight to some extent so appreciate this isn't an unbiased view. I also have no problem at all with people who don't like the industry, a lot of what has happened and been done in the past make it inevitable that people will hold that view.

I'm not sure this sentence from your post is a fair reflection though, certainly not in 2025. The dangers of gambling are very well publicised and it's one of the few industries that gets equal stick from both sides of the political spectrum - the Daily Mail and the Guardian hate it equally.

It's also incredibly highly regulated. How many other things can you think of where you have to show your wage slips and bank statements before being allowed to spend your money?

 

[cooperblade]

I agree with Berge and Chips.

What i'd add is that when the league we are in is called the Sky Bet Championship, adverts around the pitch and perimeter, adverts on the TV, ive even heard odds for next scorers on some radio broadcasts before, us getting a gambling sponsor is a small drop. Personally, no need for it, would rather a lower priced deal, but its not my company and i dont get to say.

I dont buy kits anyway so it will little impact on me.

Would like to think that kids shirts have the option to buy with it on or not

It's illegal to sell kids shirts with gambling sponsors on (and didn't we have to take off some of the Prince's non-gambling but gambling really sponsors off?)

 

[blAdes96]

thought gambling was getting banned too from shirt sponsorships at some stage??

26/27 onwards

 

[JustLookin]

There's something about the typeface that makes it look shit. The weight or kerning is out of whack.

 

[FredZeppelin]

Just been informed by a reliable source in the club shop that you'll have to have it forcibly tattooed onto your chest if you elect to not have it on your new shirt. This will apply to all ages.

Bloody Americans.

utb

 

[GrayBlade]

Owt’s better than that ******* ‘lucky’ cat!

 

[mattbianco1]

Posted this in the other thread about the sponsor...


A quick search shows a range of logos styles used. Unsure if all are stull 'current'


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The first one is what sufc.co.uk have used and is also what's displayed on Southampton's training gear

 

[blade_ben]

We just need Mizuno to make it

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Actually love the new Monaco kit by them!

 

[mattbianco1]

could be worse

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I honestly don't know what to believe anymore

 

[Cappy]

The first one is what sufc.co.uk have used and is also what's displayed on Southampton's training gear

Well get on with it then....we are waiting!!!

 

[mattbianco1]

Well get on with it then....we are waiting!!!

Sorry, my bad !

 

[BelgianBlade]

There's something about the typeface that makes it look shit. The weight or kerning is out of whack.

Cannot wait to hear "That kerning is sh*t, that kerning is sh*t! Out of wha-ack! That kerning is sh*t!" from the away end...

 

[LBA_Blade]

I personally couldn't care less about betting companies sponsoring shirts, if people are going to gamble, banning them from being shirt sponsors isn't going to make them stop.

As long as it doesn't ruin the kit, which it doesn't seem to have for Southampton, I'm fine with it.

The point you raise is a complete valid one, which is the same with alcohol sponsorship etc, it will be interesting to see if the kids shirts can have the first team logo on it and if not, then why not going on the above reasoning. Personally for me it's how it looks to the outsider market, online betting companies are not a great look to be associated with, as recently as 2017 you have the high profile suicide cases of Sheffield's own Chris Bruney and Jack Ritchie, after playing through online casinos and gambling and racking up huge gambling debts. It's a nasty market to be linked with, even if there are "checks and procedures" I am sure there are other companies that would have stepped up rather than going with a tacky looking company.

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

I'd love to know what percentage of the fans against us having a gambling company sponsor us watch the funny Paddy Power videos?

 

[AWetFlannel]

I personally couldn't care less about betting companies sponsoring shirts, if people are going to gamble, banning them from being shirt sponsors isn't going to make them stop.

As long as it doesn't ruin the kit, which it doesn't seem to have for Southampton, I'm fine with it.

Surely one reason gambling companies pay millions to sponsor shirts is because this isn't true.

 

[AWetFlannel]

I'd love to know what percentage of the fans against us having a gambling company sponsor us watch the funny Paddy Power videos?

If 100% watched them, does it change the argument they make about gambling sponsorships at all?

Many people are satisfied by saying "hah, they're hypocrites" and moving on, despite it being irrelevant to the actual argument.

 

[mattbianco1]

Sorry, my bad !

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I was looking at it thinking that something is off and doesn't look right. I didn't add pinstripes to the sleeves

 

[Scarebus]

Look, football is a business as has been said above. If this is the best financial decision for the club then I get it. I have however taken great pride in recent years that we were one of a very small minority that hadn't gone down the gambling route. Even if the reason was one of the Prince's religion rather than morality.

I don't agree with giving gambling platforms this level of publicity and think that the industry itself is incredibly harmful, particularly to the younger generation. I think it's poorly regulated and a largely unspoken danger to society. I have personally been very pleased that we haven't dabbled in this sector to date, as I have seen the damage that the industry can do first hand.

Do I understand the decision, absolutely. I just feel that it's a shame.

USG, CFI, Maneki. All questionable, All gambling tools, just not Blackjack and Roulette.

I'd go so far as to say a dodgy Investment firm (that was done for fraud) and a shitty meme coin are just as dangerous, if not more dangerous (and less regulated), than a UK registered online casino.