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BK8 makes Championship moves with Burnley FC and Huddersfield Town

SBC News BK8 makes Championship moves with Burnley FC and Huddersfield Town

BK8 has announced sponsorship deals with both Burnley FC and Huddersfield Town following the start of the 2022/23 EFL season. The betting operator becomes the official training wear partner of Burnley. Meanwhile, the agreement with the Championship side also sees the Burnley FC in the Community charity fund receive a windfall of £15,000. The charity contribution also comes as BK8 …

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Sky Bet launches #StepUp campaign as EFL Play Offs commence

SBC News Sky Bet launches #StepUp campaign as EFL Play Offs commence

Sky Bet has launched its latest campaign as a partner of the English Football League (EFL), focusing on the upcoming Play Offs deciding the promotion hopes of several teams. The campaign, labelled #StepUp, will see the Flutter Entertainment betting and gaming brand continue the messaging around the play-offs it has displayed for the past three seasons. On-pitch activations and video …

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BK8 expands to UK market in Huddersfield Town partnership

SBC News BK8 expands to UK market in Huddersfield Town partnership

BK8 has become the official global betting partner of Championship team Huddersfield Town for the remainder of the 2021/22 season. The gambling firm’s logo is set to become visible on several club assets, including match day perimeter board advertising and on the players’ non-match day training kit. BK8’s European Managing Director, Michael Gatt, commented: “We are absolutely delighted to have …

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Paddy Power: Maintaining brand identity with daring marketing campaigns

SBC News Paddy Power: Maintaining brand identity with daring marketing campaigns

Paddy Power has undoubtedly gripped UK gamblers’ attention with quick-witted, often tongue-in-cheek marketing campaigns in recent years, most recently launching a ‘socially-distanced party’ with brand ambassador Peter Crouch. SBC spoke with Lee Price, Head of PR and Mischief at Paddy Power, to discuss the ‘unsponsorship’ of Huddersfield Town, social media engagement and tackling tough industry dynamics with daring marketing campaigns. …

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Huddersfield Town handed £50,000 fine over Paddy Power kit

SBC News Huddersfield Town handed £50,000 fine over Paddy Power kit

Huddersfield Town has been issued with a £50,000 fine from the Football Association (FA) after being found to have breached the FA’s kit and advertising regulations. The FA charges relate to Huddersfield wearing a sash-style shirt which displayed the Paddy Power logo during a friendly game against Rochdale on 17 July of this year, the shirt was found to be …

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FA charges Huddersfield Town with misconduct

SBC News FA charges Huddersfield Town with misconduct

EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association (FA) following the release of its hoax ‘Paddy Power sash kit’.  The charge is centred around a publicity stunt featuring the North Yorkshire side and the Irish bookmaker. The stunt, which saw the release of an unregulated ‘sash’ styled kit, featured a prominent Paddy Power logo printed …

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Paddy Power unveils Newport County as third SoS supporter

SBC News Paddy Power unveils Newport County as third SoS supporter

After recently unveiling both the Huddersfield Town and Motherwell kits, Paddy Power has added a third football club to it’s books, in the form of League Two side Newport County. The club, which go by the name ‘The Exiles’, announced the deal last night on TalkSPORT before taking on Weston-super-Mare in a pre-season friendly. Similarly to the statement released for …

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Paddy Power announces Motherwell as ‘Unsponsorship partner’

SBC News Paddy Power announces Motherwell as ‘Unsponsorship partner’

Motherwell of the Scottish Premier League, have joined Huddersfield Town in becoming the second professional football team to join Paddy Power’s Save Our Shirt campaign.  Unlike with ‘The Terriers’, no hoax kit was released prior to the official launch, with the news of the sponsorship receiving no media attention until now. A spokesman for Paddy Power announced the partnership: “Motherwell …

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Paddy Power launches ‘Save Our Shirt’ campaign alongside ‘real Huddersfield kit’

SBC News Paddy Power launches ‘Save Our Shirt’ campaign alongside ‘real Huddersfield kit’

Paddy Power have announced it’s controversial ‘sash’ style Huddersfield Town kit was just a hoax, releasing the real kits alongside a campaign aimed at shirt sponsors.  The campaign, titled ‘Save Our Shirt’, is calling on brands, including fellow bookmakers, to stop sponsoring football shirts.  The intention of the hoax jersey was to shine a light on the issues around shirt …

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Paddy Power breaks with marketing norms to sponsor Huddersfield Town

SBC News Paddy Power breaks with marketing norms to sponsor Huddersfield Town

Paddy Power marketing has broken with tradition after announcing that it has become the official shirt sponsor of Huddersfield Town FC for the upcoming 2019/20 Championship football season.  The partnership marks the first time that the Irish legacy bookmaker will appear on an English football shirt, with Paddy Power marketing announcing that it has secured ‘the most lucrative sponsorship deal …

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