Toronto FC unveils its new soccer jersey.....Yuck.

The owner of the Canadians and the Liverpool soccer club is at the NASCAR race in Bristol as a guest of one of the teams...second time he's been so far...

 

I've got an order out for an Alecko Eskandarian Toronto FC shirt. I don't mind the colors, and who cares if the Bank of Montreal signed the shirt deal. It's certainly a better bank than ScotiaBank or TD.

 

Oh, good. If you love the Bank of Montreal much, can I send you the bill for my monthly service charges?

 

I actually like the jersey. The sponsor splashed right across the middle is not a surprise, outside the fact it's not Rogers or some other Toronto based business. Or is BMO now out of TO? It's been about 10 years since I switched to a local Credit Union so I have no idea anymore about BMO.

 

Bank of Montreal's head office is in Toronto.

As a sidebar, the building in the Hockey Hall of Fame that houses all the trophies is a former BMO building from the 19th century.

 

I like the new threads. And I like the sponsor logo in the middle - makes it feel more like a football side and less like a low-rent men's open league at your local sportsplex.

And I like Columbus' colors. The black and gold are always a good match.

 

I think Vodaphone used to sponsor Man Utd, as did Sharp in the early 90s.

Here are the Premiership jersey sponsors (I had to gin up this myself; couldn't find a stinking list anywhere):

Arsenal — Emirates
Aston Villa — 32red
Blackburn Rovers — Bet24
Bolton Wanderers — Reebok
Charlton Athletic — Llanera
Chelsea — Samsung
Everton — Chang Beer
Fulham — Pipex
Liverpool — Carlsberg
Man City — Thomas Cook
Man Utd — AIG
Middlesbrough — 888.com
Newcastle Utd — Northern Rock
Portsmouth — OKI
Reading — Kyocera
Sheffield Utd — CapitalOne
Tottenham Hotspur — Mansion
Watford — Loans.co.uk
West Ham Utd — Jobserve
Wigan Athletic — JJB

 

Nice work cobbling up that list... and you're right about Sharp and ManU - that sponsorship lasted from 1982 to 2000 years before they went to Vodaphone for five before they bolted after 2005-06. PSV Eindhoven has had Philips as its primary sponsor since 1983, and still going strong....

 

Don't expect PSV to ever change "sponsorship." The "P" stands for Philips as they own them.

I hope, for your sake, that all of the Esky trade rumors don't come to fruition.

 

1. Why isn't Newcastle sponsored by the beer?
2. How has GoldenPalace.com not gotten its logo on a Premiership kit yet?

 

1. I believe they are. Northern Rock, to my knowledge, is one of their brews.
2. Well, they do have Bet24!

 

Man U's all blue alternates look sweet as hell though, those should be ripped off.