One league Barca are winning easily
September 11 – Barcelona have become the first football club to break the 10 million YouTube subscriber mark. The NBA (14.7million) is the only sports channel that has more followers.
Football Marketing
Milka-ing it: Mondelēz agrees Bundesliga partnership to start 2021
September 11 – US confectionary giant Mondelēz International has continued to spend its European marketing dollars on football with the announcement that it will become an official partner of Germany’s Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2.
Spurs partner with Libertex trading platform in multi-year deal
September 10 – Premier League Tottenham Hotspur, known for their well-heeled City of London working fans, have a new trading platform for them to play on.
LaLiga agrees Asia deal with bookie M88 with a focus on content-driven marketing
September 10 – LaLiga has signed a new agreement with online betting platform M88 to become the league’s Official Regional Betting Partner in Asia.
Tribus clock in with Liverpool deal in time for season start
September 10 – Swiss luxury watch brands are timing their assault on the Premier League and its clubs with precision.
Hublot takes over from Tag Heuer as Premier League timing partner
September 9 – The Premier League has unveiled Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot as its new Official Timekeeper from the start of the 2020/21 season.
Premier League u-turn opens up September matches to live TV
September 9 – All 28 English Premier League fixtures that take place in September will be televised live following pressure from the government and fans groups to maintain last season’s arrangement of wall-to-wall games when the campaign resumed behind closed doors.
AC Milan punt on regional expansion with Yabo Sports deal in Asia
September 8 – AC Milan, which has renewed focus on creating regional sponsorships, has signed a three-year deal with casino and sportsbook operator Yabo Sports as an official regional partner across Asia.
Leicester City expand Vitality partnership to newly acquired women’s team
September 8 – Premier League Leicester City, whose owners King Power completed the acquisition of the women’s team of the same name last month, have signed the first major sponsor for their new team in health and life insurance firm Vitality.
Fulham land BetVictor as main sponsor for Premier League return
September 8 – Fulham, back in the Premier League at the first time of asking, have confirmed online bookmaker BetVictor as the club’s main sponsor.
Adidas adds another six years to Belgian kit sponsorship
September 7 – FIFA’s top ranked national team Belgium have renewed their kit partnership with Adidas, taking them through to 2026.
Liverpool becomes Cadbury’s fifth Premier League club 3-year global deal
September 7 – Chocolate brand Cadbury has added a fourth Premier League club to its sponsorship roster, becoming Liverpool’s first Official Global Chocolate Partner.
Corinthians engineer stadium debt relief with 20-year Neo Química naming rights deal
September 4 – Brazil’s Corinthians have taken a significant step towards paying off the $98 million debt of its stadium development with a the signing of a naming rights deal.
Premier League asked to rethink UK TV deals to open more live games to locked out fans
August 28 – The Premier League is coming under government pressure to make more live games available to fans while stadia remain closed.
‘Buy now, pay later’ Man City sign Laybuy as payment provider sponsor
August 28 – Manchester City who just avoided falling foul of the ‘buy now, pay later’ mentality when it won its CAS appeal against UEFA’s sanction for overspending and breaking its financial fair play rules, has somewhat appropriately signed a new financial sponsor who offers exactly that kind of consumer service.