Greatest/Classic Sponsors on a Shirt

[Mumby Magic]

Taken from twitter but some have been synonymous with clubs, part of a classic shirt and some random or funny. I'll start with...

Milk at Canberra 

Jiffy Condoms France RFL

 

 

[The 4 of Us]

NORWEB 

[The 4 of Us]

PEPSI

[Gerrumonside ref]

British Coal

[Davo5]

JJB/Norweb-Wigan

ICI-Widnes

Vladivar-Wire

Philips-Balmain

City Ford-Easts

Hardie-Parra

[Madrileño]

Pepsi.

Unrivalled. 

 

[Whippet13]

THINK! on the GB shirt when Adrian Morley got caught drink driving.

[Futtocks]

23 minutes ago, The 4 of Us said:

PEPSI

Especially when Manly won the Coca-Cola World Sevens with their Pepsi shirts.

More recently, Vodafone have put a lot of money into the game over many years, both in New Zealand and Fiji.

Wigan have announced a partnership with the music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins, which is a great cause but I don't know if it counts as a shirt sponsor.

Oh, and Specsavers sponsoring our officials was quite witty, but has also acted as "evidence" for the game's bitterest tinfoil helmet-wearing bores.

Edited February 3, 2023 by Futtocks

[Chrispmartha]

Interesting topic this - as a Rhinos fan I’ve got to say its our current sponsors, we’ve had them since 2007 so that’s 16 years, but are they iconic?

i think the iconic sponsors in a lot of sports were from the 90s when sponsorship became mainstream.

[Tommygilf]

1 minute ago, Chrispmartha said:

Interesting topic this - as a Rhinos fan I’ve got to say its our current sponsors, we’ve had them since 2007 so that’s 16 years, but are they iconic?

i think the iconic sponsors in a lot of sports were from the 90s when sponsorship became mainstream.

I think the Tetley's in a Rugby Ball and Leeds Building Society (in a yellow block) must be consided as classics for Leeds, just by virtue of success in them and long standing value. 

Other than that, Carling also has the classic value and "Youngers" iirc too.

[Eddie]

ICI on Widnes’ jersey is the first one that came to mind, iconic.

So many nationally well known sponsors in the past, and so few now.  

[Archie Gordon]

8 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

... and "Youngers" iirc too.

Good call. Best Leeds kit ever.

[Davo5]

Always associate Hull with ABI Caravans.

Brisbane Broncos-Powers

[Stanley30]

Gotta be ici 

[Northern Eel]

Fox’s Biscuits. 

[JohnM]

Ladies and Gentlemen,  we have a winner.

 TotalRL.com on a Mighty Penguins shirt.

 

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

Hoover and Typhoo are decent recent ones.  I think of Sainsbury's as Trinity's stand out SL sponsor. Someone else as mentioned British Coal.

[Harry Stottle]

And one that most people will have forgotten about, doesn't come much higher profile than this,

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/leigh-fly-high-with-improbable-deal-s9zkqvvjc60

[The Phantom Horseman]

The first-ever British RL shirt sponsors, LinPac, are still Featherstone's main jersey sponsor albeit under their current name of KP.

[daz39]

DAVID BROWN GEARS

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

This is genuinely not a troll...

Having a firm with the image of 'Cash Convertors' for our 4 time champions 

The most visible team in all the newspaper shots are Roby lifting the trophy wearing that companies logo 

I don't care what they are paying.....that is reputational damage for the sport ....potentially big damage 

And before anyone kicks in I am not a snob....the perception is there whether it is right or wrong 

Edited February 4, 2023 by Bedfordshire Bronco

[Bedfordshire Bronco]

28 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

And one that most people will have forgotten about, doesn't come much higher profile than this,

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/leigh-fly-high-with-improbable-deal-s9zkqvvjc60

Surely WWF or 'Save the Serengeti Leapord' would be a very cool add on to the new theme ....genuinely 

[Tommygilf]

Fly Emirates looked classy on the Wire shirts a few years ago.

Virgin and London Broncos surely up there too

[Harry Stottle]

3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

Fly Emirates looked classy on the Wire shirts a few years ago.

Virgin and London Broncos surely up there too

Did you not read my post with the link Tommy?

[Tommygilf]

4 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Did you not read my post with the link Tommy?

I don't subscribe to the Times H, but I still don't see why that counters what I put?