New Major Sponsor - Zurich Insurance, 3 year deal

[demondavey]

I'm hopefully that the Richmond Clash hoo-haa in the lead up to the GF has made clubs realise that your ridiculous cash grab white monstrosity could be immortalised forever as a premiership guernsey.

I had a feeling last year when they released that white bintang piece of crap under zero fan fare that it would be temporary before something much, much better. Now they just need to leave it be from here on out.

Bin tang! Classic!

 

[RandB]

Feeling pretty neutral about this.

 

[Proper Gander]

Feeling pretty neutral about this.

Zurich is neutral.

Or was that the joke?

I need a coffee

 

[TheCount]

Feeling pretty neutral about this.

I feel like i've posted this video enough that this picture still does the job.

 

[PitchBlease]

Finally a decent clash jumper

Read this as "finally a decent cash dumpster". Either way I concur. May they have better luck than the last German speaking company launching in Australia with help from the MFC

 

[LeverPuller]

Read this as "finally a decent cash dumpster". Either way I concur. May they have better luck than the last German speaking company launching in Australia with help from the MFC

Zurich have been here a while...

 

[Bluelegs]

I'm glad the club can see past the silliness of disregarding a perfectly good clash jumper just because of the way we played wearing it 40 years ago.

The new strip looks great and I'm glad we will look like we're wearing a Melbourne Football Club jumper in every game this year.

 

[stabler]

Bailey Fritsch in the royal blue clash will be the spitting image of Robbie in his prime

 

[PitchBlease]

Zurich have been here a while...

Then their sponsorship deal is already working. Had no idea

 

[TheCount]

Then their sponsorship deal is already working. Had no idea

Haha, http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-01-22/melbourne-welcomes-zurich

"Zurich was first founded in Switzerland in 1872 and has operated in Australia since 1920."

Reasonably confident this sponsorship won't bury them!

 

[LeverPuller]

Haha, http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-01-22/melbourne-welcomes-zurich

"Zurich was first founded in Switzerland in 1872 and has operated in Australia since 1920."

Reasonably confident this sponsorship won't bury them!

Global sponsors too. Other sports (some may be past):

- Golf tournaments
- Golf players - they sponsor Jason Day
- Olympic teams
- Ice hockey in Switzerland
- Wexford Wanderers, Irish soccer

They're pretty big in the global sponsor market by the looks of it.

 

[tugga]

That royal blue clash jumper is absolute mint. Bravo to the powers that be who were behind it. Looks awesome.
Second-best clash jumper in the comp

 

[knackers29]

Then their sponsorship deal is already working. Had no idea

Seems Crimson Azure is the only one old enough to remember the Zurich ad's from the 80's

 

[Klyntonius]

Global sponsors too. Other sports (some may be past):

- Golf tournaments
- Golf players - they sponsor Jason Day
- Olympic teams
- Ice hockey in Switzerland
- Wexford Wanderers, Irish soccer

They're pretty big in the global sponsor market by the looks of it.

Were a motorcycle racing team sponsor over here twenty odd years ago as well.

 

[Topkent]

I for one would like to welcome our new swiss overlords.

 

[mrmonkey]

Feeling pretty neutral about this.

 

[slowedawg]

Infiniti mail wasn't far off it seems.

 

[TheCount]

Infiniti mail wasn't far off it seems.

What is the actual deal? Can't find anything about it

 

[CWaffles]

http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-03-19/heres-my-key-dees-land-infiniti

On the MFC website

 

[d33my]

Nice job. But gee I'm not a fan of all-caps brand names.

Reminds me of the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS.

 

[TheCount]

Nice job. But gee I'm not a fan of all-caps brand names.

Reminds me of the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS.

Haha, yeah I don't understand it personally. Nothing wrong with all caps in a logo if thats what will work best for the branding, but just in general body text like that, it just looks stupid.

 

[d33my]

Haha, yeah I don't understand it personally. Nothing wrong with all caps in a logo if thats what will work best for the branding, but just in general body text like that, it just looks stupid.

I think it's all about getting a COMPETITIVE EDGE

 

[Deemanding]

If we're talking Japanese its Lexus or Infiniti. Can't see Infiniti sponsoring an AFL club though and Toyota is the AFL sponsor so Lexus would be logical.

Close, yet so far...

Just wait for them to shut up shop here in 2 years ala Opel. Sold a whole ~800 cars last year.

 

[Tulip]

Nice job. But gee I'm not a fan of all-caps brand names.

Reminds me of the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS.

The Gold Coast SUNS is even more bizarre. At least GIANT letters look GIANT.