An update from our Head of Commercial, Martin Thomas:
Firstly, I would like to thank all of our sponsors, partners and customers over the last few weeks. It has been a record-breaking summer at the Mazuma Mobile Stadium, and we are proud to continue the evolution of our commercial department.
SHIRT AND STADIUM SPONSORSHIPS
We are delighted that Omnia have come on board as our new Front of Shirt sponsor in a record-breaking sponsorship for us. The Omnia team visited us last week for the first time and we look forward to working with them going forward. Thank you to Conor and the team at Omnia for choosing to be part of our journey.
Furocity have also committed to a record sponsorship with us. As well as being our Back of Shirt sponsor for both our home and away kits, they are also sponsoring our warmup tops for the upcoming season. This is Tyson Fury’s biggest investment into the football club, and we are excited about some of the activations and plans we have in place with the Furocity team for the upcoming season. Again, we would like to thank Tyson, Amy and the Furocity team for working with us on this partnership.
Finally, to Mazuma. We have enjoyed a fantastic relationship with Craig and the Mazuma team over the last few years and we are delighted that they have extended their Stadium Naming Rights agreement for a further season. As a business firmly rooted in the local community it was important for us to continue our partnership and we look forward to more positive times with Mazuma this season.
We will be announcing a further new major partnership in the coming days.
SHOP AND RETAIL
This summer our shop has gone through a very big refurbishment thanks to our retail partners, The Terrace. With the refurb we were very lucky that due to the refit of another club we were able to capture the displays for minimal cost and it will give our shop a very different, modern and clean feel.
We also thank The Terrace for their work with us on this year’s kit. Carl and the team led on the design with Joma and already we have seen a remarkable uptake in both home and away shirts. This was coupled with a very modern and strong marketing campaign carried out by staff internally here at the club.
As we continue our strong relationship with The Terrace, we look forward to continuing our retail growth this season.
GALA DINNER
This year’s Gala Dinner was another fantastic evening for the Football Club. We had a great attendance and I want to thank everybody that managed to come along and support the club.
To everybody who purchased a ticket in our Gala Draw a big thank you. The draw was a great success and plays such a big part in the evening. I would also like to thank my colleagues in the Events, Bars & Catering team for providing such a wonderful meal and service for all in attendance.
Again, thank you to everybody who attended, and we hope to see you back at our Gala Dinner next summer.
CONCERTS
Our evenings with ABBA & Queen were a great success and have laid a marker for future events here at the stadium. Everybody in attendance looked to have had a brilliant experience and the entertainment certainly didn’t disappoint.
We are currently in the process of reflecting on the events and looking at the lessons we can learn at the same time as acknowledging what we did do well for future concerts that we can look to host here at the stadium.
It would be remiss not to give a big vote of thanks to my team. Anya, Nikki and Natalie have dedicated a lot of hours and work to the club during the last few months and have been integral in our success and I heap the praise on them for their support to myself, the department and the football club.
Pictured is Martin Thomas. along with him team receiving a Recognition Award from the club for a record-breaking summer.