25/26 Front of shirt sponsor - Midnite

[Balham]

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?)

USG in the first two Prince-era PL seasons. Kids' shirts had Utilita instead.

 

[Berge & Chips]

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.

Can't disagree with the examples quoted - could have posted this a few times over the years, but for one reason or another I just chose today, though trading / investment is quite different to leisure gambling. Agree that all of the above were questionable to say the least.

 

[MojoMuffin]

 

[JustLookin]

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...

I have exclusive tastes.

 

[LBA_Blade]

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

A few usually because they are forced down your throat whilst watching sport which again is something that needs to be looked at. Its the aggressive marketing strategies that I disagree with behind all of the gambling firms plus the fact most are based in tax havens and get around different types of regs because of how their corporate structure are built. You could easily have 2 gambling companies ads in the same set of adverts during half time but realistically they are for the same holding company for example under the holding company Flutter Entertainment, holds the brands Paddy Power, Betfair, Tombola and Sky Betting and Gaming. The amount of times you will see 2 or more of those brands in the same set of ads but ultimately it's one of the same for the holding company, the holding company is worth around £35billion although it is floated on the New York Stock market.

 

[aBladeInTheNorthernSky]

goalkeeper shirt?

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[MojoMuffin]

goalkeeper shirt?

Just training gear I think

 

[CrookesBlade]

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.

Let’s not forget Randox who were at the centre of some Covid corruption scandal.

Not like Cantors where you could make your house a home.

 

[dexter101]

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What actually is this?

bit confused! Is that a training sweatshirt?

 

[brownblade]

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.

If you love gambling so much why don't you just fookin marry it??

 

[brownblade]

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That Midnite text logo is a basic and inoffensive "dream", in terms of not standing out or making the kit look silly (like the cat!).

 

[Greg.]

Think it's a fine sponsor, not obvious it's gambling which is good. Quick mockup on last season's away shirt (AI butchers our badge though!):

 

[SwissBlade]

They can’t even spell it rite!

I no, I was finking the saim

 

[Ron_Justice]

Graphically, it's decent. It's also encouraging that the Brand is willing to allow a change of colour depending on use-case. As has been said elsewhere, I was glad to be one of the few clubs to avoid betting sponsors, but let's be right, a Meme Coin is no less of a gamble.... Sky Bet Championship, digital hoarding that shows all sorts. The whole industry is interwoven with betting companies. At least this doesn't have the word 'bet' in the name. Lets just hope the money coming is worth the frowns.

 

[Tom Bott]

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

Midnite is after the watershed though.

 

[Jon Bon II]

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'll tell you what other 'industry' you could be perfectly describing there. Universities.

A quick gander at Glasto or any climate or left wing protest march will back up that claim.

You're welcome.

 

[steve26272]

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?

I see adds for crypto currency but don’t go buy any
How many baldies went to Istanbul having had Dr Cinik as a sponsor?

It do appreciate gambling is a problem, and if you have been affected I’m sorry for that

But truth be told 99% on here won’t give a toss if a lad bought with this sponsorship money scores the winner to send us up

 

[Gavlar]

It's close to midnight........................

 

[georgebernardshaw]

could be worse

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Buy 2, stay one jump ahead…

 

[Berkshire Blade]

I gotta be honest I don't notice the sponsors at all after a day or two regardless of what it is let alone be influenced to buy what they are selling.

A cartoon meme coin cat was last year's one and I have to be honest it barely registered whatsoever after the initial wtf

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

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That training kit looks like something my school team would provide, and I'm talking mid 1980s!

 

[Houston_Blade]

Will it mean that kids shirts have an alternate sponsor?

I know the Utilita ones the other year were the alternative ones as the first team kit had USC and kids weren’t allowed to have a gambling sponsor on.

 

[The Crab]

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.

Further to that, weren’t Randox accused of something during Covid?

 

[Bladeloyal]

That training kit looks like something my school team would provide, and I'm talking mid 1980s!

That's a goaly shirt

 

[Sportbilly /Detroit Blade]

That's a goaly shirt

It's Dogger whatever it is!

 

[The Crab]

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He looks even worse than that now…

 

[blade_ben]

That's a goaly shirt

It isn’t

 

[Bladeloyal]

It isn’t

What is it then with long sleeves ,it's not a sweatshirt

 

[Bladeloyal]

And what's it matter

 

[Houston_Blade]

Further to that, weren’t Randox accused of something during Covid?

The sponsorship got me 25% of a few Covid tests for overseas trips so it was fine by me