Thread: [Merged] The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
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Old 31-08-2005, 22:35   #537
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Re: The Football Thread 2005/2006 Season
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Originally Posted by Mal
Just remembered...

There was a similar thing last year over here, I do not know if it was ever picked up by anyone. The refs in the premiership were sponsored by Emirates who also sponsored (then) Chelsea.
I hope you were joking when you were being sad about James being dropped.
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Originally Posted by Gareth
Yep, I'd noticed that... was surprised that refs should be sponsored at all, and then made the connection with Chelsea as well. I dunno... to me it just seems wrong that refs have financial backing from anyone.
In my estimation, there is a big difference between a company sponsoring the uniforms for referees by putting a little logo on them and paying ONE half a million a year!
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