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Albion to release kit with no sponsor
Wednesday 23rd July 2008, 12:00PM BST.
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Albion will unveil their new kits next week – still without a main sponsor.The Baggies are still in talks with companies over taking over from T-Mobile as main club sponsors but officials have decided not to delay the launch of next season’s kits any longer.
They will go on sale from August 1 without a sponsors’ name. Fans buying the ‘blank’ shirts were today promised a sponsors’ logo would be ‘welded’ to the shirts free at a later date.
A club statement read: “Albion can also confirm discussions regarding a new club sponsor are continuing with interested parties.
“While the negotiations are ongoing, the club is launching its new kits to ensure they go on sale before the Premier League season gets underway on August 16.
“Initially, the club will unveil and sell shirts without a sponsors’ logo. However, should the discussions with potential shirt sponsors reach a successful conclusion, supporters who have
purchased unsponsored shirts will be given the opportunity to have the new sponsors’ brand welded on at no charge at a later date.”
The officials unveiling of the home and away shirts will be held on Monday but many fans have already seen the new designs after pictures were leaked onto the internet.
The home kit will go on sale in Baggies club shops on August 1. The away kit, which is yellow and black, will be available a week later on August 8.
The Baggies have been in talks with potential new sponsors since the end of last season when T-Mobile stated they would not extend their deal after four years.
Talks have taken place with Carlsberg, Ladbrokes and Birmingham-based van-maker LDV.
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Great news!!!! :D
At least i can walk around Spain next week not looking like an advert.
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sorry this is funny!!!
“logo would be ‘welded’ to the shirts free at a later date” that will look naff, why dont they just hold back the shirt until they have a sponsor!
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Hoe embarrasing is this baggie boys?
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Come on tesco confirm your interest…
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no one whats the sponsor the albion…. what a great suprise.
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class who needs a sponsor the premiership such commercial nonsense two fingers up two this capitalist league ! WE ALL KNOW ALBION ARE FAMOUS ENOUGH BOING BOING
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Great!!! got to have a top without a Sponsor on. JP dont have a sponsor shirts looked better without some companys name splashed all over them.
I hope they dont get one between know and the 1st August
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This is absolutely ideal – I much prefer my shirts without the sponsors logo. Especially so if the sponsor ends up being Carlsberg or Ladbrokes – I don’t want to wear their logo on my chest.
I’m sure the initial run of unlogo’d shirts will become collector’s items in the future too.
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Dudley Wolf cant spell – no one WANTS TO…..
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2.. Minor point but in the printing buisness logos are welded on to garments its a technical term its how all sponsors names are attatched to all shirts
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its not nobody wants to sponsor us – its a case of big teams demand more money.
e.g little teams can be sponsored by chaucer etc etc …..
BOING BOING
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HA HA PRICELESS
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3 + 5 Learn to spell, you thick Dingle twonks !
Who needs a sponsor when your in the Prem.
I should worry about your own lot. League one here you come !
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oh the pathetic wolves digs come in!
well we have many people wanting to sponsor us our tight but very good chairman (not in an ounce of debt) is holding out for as much money as poss!
but hes still giving the fans wat they want!
and shirt!
And those who like sponsors will get thm put on FREE ;)
AND those who hate thm will get a shirt free of advertising!
u wolves fans are pathetic! can only find the tinyist thing to give sum stick!
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Cant you spell?
If you read the article it says we have Ladbrokes etc interested & JP is holding out for the best deal as possible.
Retro shirts are better anyway IMO.
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Cant really believe this to be honest last team in england to get sponsored and were in the premier league. Sort it our peace!!!
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you have all heard the VIRGIN joke.ive heard its viagra to help the albion stay up
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I wish all clubs would sell a quantity of shirts without the sponsor on. Rangers do it in Scotland and it’s great not to have a great big Carling badge plastered on the front.
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Just remind me who is that household name that sponsors Dingle Athletic? No I can’t remember them either?
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I think that fans should be given the opportunity to choose whether they would like to display the sponsors name or not.
I know that this could or would reduce the sponsors’ investment, but I think it would be interesting to find how the shirt sales would be split.
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A bag of Doritos wouldn’t go a miss at the moment……
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I’m sorry guys, but this points to a lack of forward-planning and poor negotiation on the part of the Albion, and it seems to suggest that you are Premier League club in status only. Could you imagine the likes of Liverpool or Arsenal starting the season with no shirt sponsor in the most-watched (and therefore most lucrative and marketable) league in the world? Jeez, even Stoke and Hull have this sorted!
How about Floors-2-Go for your sponsor?
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Loffin stock…again.
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why would anyone want to sponser the baggies, they are demanding premiership money with a lower league fan base, sure they get 20k in the ground and thats a credit to the loyal fans, but they dont have a gig fan base, NO SUPRISE THAT NO ONE WANTS TO PAY MONEY TO BE ON TEH ALBION SHIRT.
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3. How is this embarassing exactly?
Personally i think it’s great news! A new shirt with no bloody awful adverts on it. It’s like the good old days!
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I would have thought Albion would be more commercially sussed than to let something as financially important as this to drag on. Mind you i’d like to walk around without an advert on my shirt too(ref:SOTV)..
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dudley wolf
nice to know you can spell “wants” maybe it would have been a good idea to stay in schoolhow is the dole anyway.
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2 – Why will adding the sponsor later look “naff” ? What do you think they do anyway… ?
The logo is always added to the shirt after – at least we are doing it for free – I’m sure wolves would have charged the fans for this – we know how Jez loves a quid !!
3 – “Hoe” ??
5 “Whats” ??
I know MM thinks FIFA stands for Forget Irish Football (FIF LOL) – but I thought you lot at least understood the basics of the english language.
It doesn’t feel quite so bad when you are mocked by the terminally stupid !!
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I’m going to nip in quick and get a shirt without the sponsor on. Why would I want some corporate logo?
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sorry wolves fans what league are you in? What good players have you signed? When was the last time you beat us?
The list is endless, get a grip and come back when you have something to boast about!
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You could always get the council to sponser you again!
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oh dear oh dear!!! In the Premier and no-one wants to sponsor you?
Truly a sign of greatness… playing football the Mowbray way, with no sponsor yeah!!!!
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5 – what a surprise a wolves fan that can’t speak English, I think you’ll find that the word you were looking for is want not what! If you re-read the article, that is if you can read, you will see that Carlsberg, Ladbrokes, and LDV all want to sponsor us. All of these being international companies. Unlike Chaucer solicitors whose only other advert is at Goodison park. This is probably because it’s only the scousers who need a solicitor more than a dingle!
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at last….. wolves fans have something to goad us over.
only taken 3 years though hasnt it boys?
just a pity its not something that has a bit more meaning – such as recent results or the respective divisions we find ourselves in.
Still whatever makes you lot happy!
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as an Albion fan, I would ask all fans not to buy until a sponsors name is on the kit. JP is making the club a farce and is probably ‘penny pinching’ over the sponsorship deal. Regarding the refurbishment of the Halfords Lane, we have spoken to some of the workers, and they can’t see it being finished on time. Also, why are they putting 2 lifts in. Its not exactly a jaunt to the top (newcastle etc). Money being spent unnecessary. Is it to save Jeremy Peace’s legs with the weight of the money he doesnt spend in his pockets.
Come on JP pull your finger out and get something done instead of thinking obout your money.
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Eff me….something that we have got that they haven’t!
Mind you….i think i’d rather have a blank shirt like the good old days. Maybe they could go for that No Smoking sign from years gone by…
Mind you 2….Chaucer…wtf?
Mind you 3…..welded…?…wtf?
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lucky you lot, will look loads better without a sponsor on them. As SOTV said at least you won’t look like a walking advert, and you get the choice to put one on later if you get bored of how it looks.
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DORITOS – Division One Rubbish In Tatty Orange Shirts – Plain sounds good to me!
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@wolveswolves
>>Hoe embarrasing is this baggie boys?
hoe?
not nearly as embarrassing as not getting promoted again eh?
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i hate to say it 2 3 4 5 6 who the hell r your sponsors and at least ours wont fall off the shirts
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Clever Kevin (11)
You watch countdown as well?
Get a 4 letter word here WTAT.
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3. I am always embarrassed when I have to hoe.
5. I can see that you come from Dudley.
Just remember boys, the shirts will be worn in the premiership. Enjoy your struggle in the chumpionship.
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No Sponsor and No Pre Season wins LOL.
The futures bright.
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NO.5 MY COMMISERATIONS on your dyslexic condition. perhaps ,as we are PREMIERSHIP we have several firms vying for our favours. the best advice anyone could offer any disillusioned dingle is to take lots of valium and lie down in a dark room until may,then prepare for the next season in exactly the same way.
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A shirt without a sponsor is like a player without an agent.
Tatters, get organised.
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Ows about Mowburys Pork Pies!!
oooopps, Hartson ate them all!!
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11..Thats not me!!!!
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Seems to have got to you all down in darkest Smethwick, you all need to chill out. Suppose it’s a bit embarrassing though.Here’s an idea, why not have TERRYWALSALLBAGGIE emblazened upon your shirts, next to the Sparrer. I think that would be nice.
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How about a no smoking sign? oh you’ve already had that one
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Ha Ha Ha Ha oh this is priceless! Nobody even wants to sponsor you and no matter how much trumpeting you do about being in the prem it’s still funny. Before anybody posts back may I remind you all that you have done more than your fair share of taking the mick out of us recently and it works both ways. Anyway don’t worry I heard it was going to be dinorod!!
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Cracking News !
Get my new shirt on Friday 1st.No big logo on there.
Then larging it in Majorca for 2 weeks from Saturday 2nd !
Not sure if the new sponsors will be happy though – all these new shirts with no advertising but I’m delighted !
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12. erm its chaucer mate and they pay us a 7 figure sum for the sponsorship, the new arsenal i mean albion are struggling to get a 6 figure sum sponsorship, and to cap it all off. they want the fans to buy a shirt with no sponsor on then do a crappy iron on print at a later date!!!
so the sponsor will be ironed on and premier league badges will be stuck on using velcro so they can be easily removed next season. the shirt is going to look a right mess!! id be well £$%@!” paying £40 for that! think the club are doing the dirty on the supporters on this one!
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Wulfies – again another day where you have no news on your own AMAZING team, so you add your knowledge on all things football to this page….thanks!!
Here’s an idea, why don’t we settle for the 1st company who offers £10 (the going rate at the Custard Bowl isn’t it Mr Morgan?) to put their picture of a horse on your orange shirt as opposed to negotiating a deal or partnership!!
Martywolf, I worked out your countdown quiz, and it spelt Martywolf!
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16 GREAT COMMENT,BUT COME ON BAGGIES WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!!!THIS SHOWS HOW BAD THE WORLD/COUNTRY/ FOOTBALL IS IN interesting ronaldo could be club sponsor with one months wages and kakak with two weeks !! stupid money sorry about the capitals i know its bad form!!!
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Carling would probably be the best sponsors in the world !
Tesco would be great for me with just, “VALUE” on the front.
Value for getting Sir Tony Mowbray in when we did. Value for all the players he has bought in. Value for cheap season ticket prices, unlike the tatters down the road who pay more!
Value for the big odds of staying up in the Premier this season.
From what I’ve seen we are worth a flutter.
Chaucer is HU AR CAC
IT’S BOSTIN BEING A BAGGIE !!!
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17. Is the word “watt”, a unit of power? Or is it what I think you are?.
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shouldnt matter to much but you must be a little imbarrassed baggie boys and girls
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“No one wants to sponsor the baggies” Don’t be so stupid. our chairman is doing business, fair play I say.
Whichever company is willing to pay the £1 million pound we’re asking for, will of course have their name beamed across the world, being as we’re in the PREMIER LEAGUE, whichever company we deal with I’m sure they’ll enjoy seeing their brand being shown on shirts playing against Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal & Liverpool!
We don’t have cheap sponsors like Doritos (Division One Rubbish In Tatty Orange Shirts) or Chaucer, actually who are they? I’d never heard of Chaucer before they were shown on those orange shirts down the road.
As we all know our last 4 years have been sponsored by T-Mobile, we’re not going to sell ourselves short after having such a reputable sponsor for so long!
Anyway I don’t know why the dingles are so bothered, maybe because some of them were thinking of converting to watch real football!
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Sorry 17, should be 23 Mardywulf (the numbers are moving around as I type!). Is the word “watt”, a unit of power? Or is it what I think you are?.
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Id rather have a sponsor on the shirt but i dont really mind. And Dingles stay off our pages and worry about the rubbish your signing this season. Remember youll have to get up early of a saturday morning to watch yourselves on the championship against the likes of swansea… ooooo exciting isnt it ?
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At least we’ve given the dingles a smile!!!!
What’s this tell ya????
Yawn yawn dingles…
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32. whats imbarrased?????
Yeah are you noggin head?
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WILL THE NEW SHIRTS HAVE A PREMIERSHIP BADGE ON THE SIDE??
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Also, I couldn’t care less whether out kit has a sponsor or not, the most important thing on our shirts are going to be THE PREMIER LEAGUE BADGES!
THE FUTURES BRIGHT, ITS BLUE & WHITE!
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33. CHUACER IS BETTER THAN NOBODY WANTING TO SPONSOR YOUR CLUB.
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41 if you read Ladbrokes, LDV etc want to sponser us you Dingle.
Staying up without a sponser Boing Boing
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This news has made my day….!!!!!! And the excuses some of you Boggy Boys are coming up with is just brilliant!!!!!
11 – Crwni : “its not nobody wants to sponsor us – its a case of big teams demand more money.”
Oh, of course! How stupid us Wolves are being! That is obviously why Man. Utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Everton (etc) have no sponsors? But hang on a minute, is there a club in the Premiership without a sponsor? I wonder who it is? I bet they are a REALLY big club….
Thanks for the laughs you Boggy’s ….
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BaggieLivingInWolvo said: WILL THE NEW SHIRTS HAVE A PREMIERSHIP BADGE ON THE SIDE??
Yes, for 9 months….
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31. Shame on you for making such a ridiculous comment. Without wishing to politicise football, sponsorship is another way of big business encroaching on our national game. Most intelligent supporters dislike the sponsorship of shirts, whoever they are.
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Even the Bull & Bladder have sorted their sponsor for this season!
Loffin stock.
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22 brilliant comment, and to all the albions fans who want a shirt without a sponser you can get one from tescos free, although they maybe 5p soon.
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66. you cant spell sponsor!!!!!like ive said chaucer yea ok not huge name and i myself hadnt heard of them till they sponsored us, but they pay there 7 figure sum so they can sponsor us!!! your club should try it some time!!!
no wonder gera and phillips left for smaller/bigger clubs whatever your view is on fulham/blues they know whats going on at the poorthorns.
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67. Made your day??? What a sad pathetic creature you are…
A few things which have made my day..
My missus telling me sher loves me. aaagggrrrr.. No doubt you’re single?
Another day has passed without us being linked to Ameobi.
And on a far more serious note, my friend getting the all clear on a cancer scare.
And for you The Albion not having a sponsor.. YET!!
What a sad life you lead pal!!!
When we k off against ARSENAL we will have a sponsor.
And is it because nobody wants to or we’re holding out for a better deal?
It’s a question by the way, answers on the back of a postcard you twat.
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65 – Michael, just another silly dingle who can’t spell and obviously can’t read; there at least three BIG name companies who want sponsor us. A message to all wolves fans who persist on pointing at their keyboards trying to make a coherent (this means understandable and clear) sentence, visit http://www.learndirect.co.uk get rid of your gremlins!
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For god sake if you read the article Ladbrokes, Carlberg etc want us.
Who’s the Prem team? ;)
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Look,lets not turn this into a Wolves Albion thing. There are some stupid comments on here from Wolves fans but even the most hardcore Albion fan has to agree this is a bit of a joke.
How has this been allowed to happen?
Are you telling me that any fan that buys a shirt has to go to the effort of sending it back in a few weeks/months to get the sponsor logo put on.
Someone be big enough to admit this reflects poorly on the club.
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Well we may have won the league (in style oh yes).
we may be top scorers in england for the last two years.
We may have one of the top young managers in the country.
we may be in the premier league.
We may have spent 16 million so far in transfers.
we may have humiliated the wolves for the last ten years – time and time again, in all competitions….
…but hey…. they have got CHAUCER on their shirts so they must be better than us.
Its like living in low hill and painting ya front door – who are you kidding !!!
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Get sponsored by Magner’s cider. That goes down quickly too.
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50 Dan you could well be right with the DYNOROD sponsor we always seem to be able to to leave you behind!
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The players will look even more like tesco bags now!! Boink
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ha ha ha….even we got a sponser….remember the doritos jokes….well its time for cheerios on ur crap stripey rag!!!!
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barcelona say they have no need for a sponsor because the barcelona brand is bigger than any brand that could be put on the shirt..or something like that….u lot arent having delusions of grandeur are ya!!! ha ha
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68.. Will yours have a coke tin on…. Yes forever
I do believe Aston Villa have no sponsor they gave the space away.
Come on JP we are Premier league we dont need the money please dont have a sponsor shirts look fine without them
52.. How can you possibly like sponsors on shirts its tacky I loved the Barcalona shirt they never had sponsors (unicef last year but space was given away) on looked great and stood out from the crowd.
Carlsberg would be ok although we are definatly the best side in the Black country no probably about it
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WHO CARES WOLVES WONT BE SEEING THE NEW SHIRT ANYWAY
BOING BOING WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE
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I have a relative who is a Headteacher in Sandwell and she was explaining to me last week how there isn’t a single Bookshop in the whole of Sandwell!!
There are thick Wolves fans and thick Tesco fans but at least our children have the opportunity to read and become educated!!
“Not a Bookshop in Sandwell, Bookshop in Sandwell!”
Perhaps no corporate sponsors want to affiliate themselves to the Albion because of the supporters demographic- Uneducated, Unemployable and Undesirable!! HAHA!
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71. Don’t be silly, these are the dingles you’re talking about … they don’t do reading. They can manage the headline and the pictures but comprehension of the detail is a little beyond them.
BTW, rumour I’ve heard is that its LDV/Maxus, and the delay is because they’re owned by the billionaire Russian bloke and negotiations are complicated by takeover discussions.
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73, Having a bad day you sad loser??
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Did you know in a survey amongst Wolves players none correctly identified T-Mobile as our sponsor last year. When told they claimed to have only seen the shirt from the back!
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If we have a whip round does anyone fancy sponsoring the baggies? Ive already got the wording for the front ( Norfolk An Chance )
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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we dont realy need a sponsor have our
own ground to be proud of not like the scum down the road
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We should have WWFC on the front to help raise the profile of a smaller club suffering in the fizzy pop league. Imagine all the TV coverage they would get, SKY, MOTD, Setanta etc.
These bigger clubs should do more for grass roots football.
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c’mon Baggies this is a joke,..its a disgrace to the fans, and most of you who say its great news, I bet your faces are glowing red with embarrassment!,
By the Way, Chaucer is one of the top consulting companies around, and their owner is a Wolves fan and now on the board,..makes good sense to me!,…but you lot wouldnt have heard of consulting companies, as there’s not much call for it in emptying bins, road sweeping, and selling the big issue!
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77 HB.
Saddo.
Why oh why,don’t you go out and get a life, instead of spending 17 hours a day slagging off a club that will ALWAYS be bigger than yours
You are so sad.
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all i can say is boing boing
the wolves shouldnt worry about our sponsor they should worry how theyre going to get up next season with such a good manager, i mean come on if ferguson leaves man u its mick mcarthy all the way (SARCASTIC)
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74. i can spell and i can read probably ten times better than any of you sandwell t**ts.
i just don’t spend all my time checking my spelling on a comments page.
I have actually got a life you should try it one day.
sad idiot.
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85..EL WOLFO We tend to send our children to school(they can read the books at school after all as a tax payer I do buy them) to learn not keep them locked at home reading books.
You really are stupid my furry friend
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85. El Wolfo, I think you’re Headteacher friend is either sadly lacking in the required skills to hold such a job or winding you up. There are many bookshops in Sandwell. There’s a WH Smith in West Bromwich High Street for a start + many other specialist and used book stores. (Star-Dot-Star, Simple Pleasure, HollyBush books to name a few). There are also no less than 19 Libraries in Sandwell. Stop spreading your ill informed garbage.
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I would like to confirm that Chaucer paid a seven figure sum. £10,999.99p
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how can the farmyard thickos take the mickey they had goodyear on their dusters none of the thickos were born last time they had a good year boing boing
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I will admit, it’s rather naff that we haven’t secured sponsorship.
But the fact that we have nearly 90 comments on this shows how little wolves fans have to look forward to, well that is unless another season in mid table is worth getting excited about.
BOING BOING PREMIER LEAGUE HERE WE COME, LOVIN’ IT!!
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74. Exeter Baggie.
Should that be”who want TO sponsor us”
Well done on just making yourself look like a the biggest mug on here. Excellent.
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28. I like you’re last point Happy Baggie. It’s what they say about you all the time over on the Wolves site.
And quite right Baggie Boy, who needs a sponsor when you’re in the prem-unless you want a player without having to beg the selling club to reduce the price that is.
Still need a sponsor? What about Sandwell Council (Refuse collection department). LOL.
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85-old story,but my original reply-not many bookshops in wulferhampton either,but plenty of old comics in the custard bowl.
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27,what is a schoolhow.
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It’ll be ‘Winalot’ of course!
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Not even top 6!! : No, I’m not single PAL! I live in a 5 bed detached in St. Johns in Worcester with my wife and 5 kids. I run my own business which is doing well. Some days are harder than others. I often take “time out” to relax and read these pages (light entertainment) – and as I said this story helped make my day. If being a successfull businessman earning £72k+ a year makes me sad then so be it. And if losers like you and Crwni can’t see how how bad this story makes your MASSIVE club look then so be it.
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Why not re-sponser SANDWELL TIP again? they are rubbish as well.
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Surely this points to the fact that we are in such a good position financially that we don’t need to grab at the first offer. Yes Man U and Arsenal have their sponsors lined up in advance as they are already in the Prem. As for Stoke and Hull see point one.
92. Alfie.
Can’t remember seeing you on here before but if this is typical of your work don’t be a stranger. The only thing funnier than your effort is 96 Michael. Well done Mickey, consistently hilarious.
107. WW.
‘Some days are harder than others’ bet they’re mostly Saturdays.
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One thing you can rely on our chairman for is taking his time in financial negotiations. I think companies vying to have their names on TV around the world from the massive TV exposure that PREMIERSHIP football brings are well known. (Carlsberg, LDV/Maxus, Ladbrokes) … household names , just like T-Mobile were and a step above the likes of Chaucer. These companies probably felt they could force a deal at their price based on the imovable deadline that is the start of the season. Well JP has taken that negotiating ploy away from them by being prepared to start the season without a sponsor. If the dingles think this is embarrassing then who cares? Embarrassing is spending millions of pounds and not even making the play-offs. Embarrassing is losing time and again in your local derby. Embarrassing is seeing the South Bank boinging and being thrashed 3-0. If the sponsor thing has made some dingle’s day then it really shows how desperate their attempts to compete in the Black Country supremecy/bragging rights game that these boards have become are.
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Doing it the Mowbray way!! Down Down Baggies Baggies! Great Pre- Season btw!
“Not a bookshop in Sandwell!”
I love it!
Oh and #98 are “Star-Dot-Star, Simple Pleasure, HollyBush” really bookshops? One sounds like a porn shop, the other a pub and star-dot-star morse code!! HAHA!
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107. Are they all ‘your’ kids living in your ’5 bed detatched shed’… mate do we care if you live in a castle..?
72K? I wouldn’t get out of bed for that!!!!
I won’t go into what i do or live cause no one cares really as this is a ‘football forum’!!!!
So tell us, whats your business, big issue???? Yawn yawn… We’re all so glag you’re doing well… NOT.
Tell your missus i’ll see her the weekend while your probably working really really really REALLY hard trying to keep your tin pot business afloat…
You well educated, Alan Sugar wanabee…
P.S Are two of your kids called Sam, Butch?????
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Also hillbilly worcester wolves…
A father of 5, brilliant business man and your calling us BOGGIES????
Think it’s time to grow up.
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68 we might only have a premiership badge on the shirt 4 9 months but atleast we got 1 on there
id rather not have a sponsor than have ur manager hes the only joke in the midlands
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Big teams demand big money hehehe lmfao
Im sure sandwell coucil might help you lot out lol
just tell em you need to be ree-homed and need a grant to ree-decorate. They might sponsor you then…. wat a sham ;-)
outofdarknesswillcomethlight
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This is a bit poor and doesnt reflect well on the club,but ime sure JP knows what hes doing,I for one will get a sponsorless shirt as I prefer it without the corporate crap across the front
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It was the “yellow and black” comment that caught my eye…they’re starting to convert…!
It will be gold and black next year like the Sheff UTD away strip a few years ago..
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I guess Wolves got Chaucer because nobody else wanted it. Albion are negotiating with several interested parties, Wolves fans are wrong to assume that nobody wants to sponsor Albion, it is in fact the opposite, several want to sponsor Albion and Mr. Poundsigns Peace doesn’t mind waiting a few weeks to ensure he gets the best deal.
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107 Worcester-Wilfies, surely having a business that is “doing well” you must have some business sense? In which case you would be able to see the reasoning behind JP’s thinking (who I might add, runs a business that is also doing rather well, wouldnt you agree?) When you can afford to turn your nose up at 6 or 7 figure sponsorship deals, you really know you have made it. Five bedroomed houses are very nice, but given that seven live in it, it’s hardly a bragging right!
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107. Worcester (considerably richer than yow!) Wulfs.
Says it all, bragging about a crappy salary (for a so called successful business man) that you think is top drawer. You really are pathetic.
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Hell Wulfo. You still banging on about bookshops?.
I know where you can get a copy of the Baggies promotion season book & DVD if you’re struggling. You will be waiting a long time for the wulfs to bring theirs out but I’m sure that there are old black & white films & photo’s of when you were a big successful club. Can’t remember that far back?. Me neither.
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I live in a big house, it has windows and doors…
My neighbour is worcester dingle and he grows his own tomatoes.
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Oh come on you lot you must be a little hacked off, your the only team without a sponsor in the prem. At least when we reach the prem we will have a sponsor. Up the wolves!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oi, Mr “Bookshop obsessed” Wolfo,I just popped down West Brom High Street , I noticed WH Smith are selling a book called “An Idiot’s guide to making a good point”, sounds right up your street.
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Are wolves and Albion rivals? of course we are and we all love it.Balancing the books the peace way.
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112. ooiiim considerably richer than yow !
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123. wulfsfan. Yes your sponsor will be Slurm. You have a bit of a wait for it though.
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“How many successful business’s have you personally raised up single handedly in the West Midlands?”
“Calm down Stanley!”
“Is that a Rolex yam wearing?”
HAHAHA!
I feel sorry for the kids personally!!
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“How many successful Business’s have yow personally raised up single handedly in the West Midlands?”
“Calm down Stanley!”
“Is that a real Rolex yam wearing?”
I feel sorry for the kids!
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Is it right our massive city boy neighbours are having the following.. chaucer consulting.com.
And is it true it was a 2 year deal worth 2 million quid??
Our mascot earns more than that!!!!!!!
4(Not as much as worcester (alan sugar) dingle though!!!
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Is it also true the sponsor will be gracing the fields of vetch field, turf moor and belle vue???
loffin arrrt looooouuuuddddddddd……
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We may never know how much sponsorship revenue has been lost due to a late deal but I think that the opportunity to buy a “no logo” shirt is excellent news. I would guess that the majority of shirt buying fans from every club would opt for a logo-free replica shirt given the choice. I predict Albion will have record pre-season shirt sales as fans flock to buy the limited edition uncluttered by corporate branding.
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Hee hee this is priceless. It will make you lot even more unattractive to any would be sponsor if they know they’re going to miss out on a load of replica shirts.
Come on Tescos, dig deep! Your team needs you!
Loving it! Looking forward to seeing you lot trounced every week on the box!
Up the MIGHTY WANDERERS !!
Ho Ho Ho
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133. Is it the sun???
Mighty???
And yes guess you’ll be watching us, better than fizzy pop football!
Message to all.. IT’S NOT THAT WE CAN’T GET A SPONSOR WE’RE HOLDING OUT FOR MORE LOOT!!!!!!!
Good business that… ask worcester-dingle!!!
Sure it’ll be worth more than 2 mill over a year….. of course.
PREMIERSHIP BAGGIES…. Ooo must hurt….
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133. Sammychumpmum. When was it exactly when the wunderers were mighty?. Not much mightiness been seen lately has there?.
Practice the “ho ho ho” a little more & you can get a job at christmas working at Asda with Wuster wulf, I hear that he makes a marvellous santa & he gives all his earnings to charity ‘cos he’s well loaded being so successful an’ all…..
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To the Doghead fans who are criticising us for not having a sponsor yet. I ask these walking billboards… Whats more embarrasing having no sponsor like Barca didn’t use to, or signing Chris Iwuelmo as your star striker.
I rest my case.
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@No 68.
I find it funny… that 9 month comment… very good…
But lets do some maths
Albion
4 x 9 months = 36 months of Prem Football
Wolves
1 x 9 months = 9 months of Prem Football
Oh…
And this sponsor deal has been held up by the interested parties in buying the club. After Thursday everything will become clear.
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Ooh you’re all so riled…so rising to the bait today aren’t you :)
Methinks this really bugs you doesn’t it eh?
Hee hee Boing Bloody Boing
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136, well said mate
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BEAT THE CREDIT CRUNCH
Notice to all WBA shirt buyers-
Leave the sponsor logo welding until Xmas.
Then you can have Championship badges welding on at the same time and save money.
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123.
Yes you’ll probably be sponsored be Day Trips to Uranus Ltd.
138.
Obviously not a zillionth as much as our being in the Prem bugs you lot eh?
Hee hee Boo Bl**dy Boo.
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“STOP PRESS” The Boggies new sponsor is————————————– wait for it! THE GRIM REAPER.
Follows the dead everywhere.
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131
Who plays at Vetch Field and Belle Vue.
You Muppet
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I love all these Dingles coming on here trying to take the pish.
Baggies are in a higher division than you, we’re a better run club than you.
Go away and come back when you’ve got something worth shouting about.
Remember your wonderful deal with DORITOS? Division One Rubbish In Tatty Orange Shirts.
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GET A LIFE :)
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133. Fans walking round like permanent bill-boards isn’t the point for sponsors. Its the PREMIERSHIP TV exposure that they’re paying for. JP knows that and has a valuable asset to sell. As with all sales of assets at Albion he’ll get the best deal. (e.g. 9 Million for Curtis Davis, 6 Million Kamara,5.5 Million for Koumas …) When did Wolves last sell a player for 9Million? We have an astute chairman in charge, you have Moxey …. just another example of how West Bromwich Albion are superior to WWFC.
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Blue and white…
First off i’m also blue and white…
It was a dig at our poor neighbours… and ok whilst swansea no longer play at v field doncaster play at belle vue!!!
If you knew that you’d have knew i was a baggies fan… Muppet? Thanks…
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to all wolves fans do you know what your next sponsor is the job centre becuase your team arnt going up and your to lazy to go up there up the dole for you isnt it:D
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Blue Circle Cement would be a good sponsor !! Then you baggies fans can watch the team get further and further into it each week !! Getting Sunk the Mowbray way ;-)
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Excellent. We play the sort of stylish football not seen in the Black Country – Albion or Wolves – for nearly 30 years. Let’s get back to the future with an old-fashioned shirt, which is not plastered with advertising. Jeremy Peace should use this to his advantage, with the announcement of NO sponsor for next season. More than £40 million is already pouring in to the club from TV rights in just one year. Too many fans of all clubs have been suckered in to thinking that the shirt they love, covered with a sponsor’s logo, is something to be to be cherished. On the contrary. A shirt which carries just the club’s badge is one which should be worn with real pride, not scorn.
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no shirt will fit me
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148 Celtic Baggie!
Nevermind the dole, think you need to get back to school for some serious English lessons!! or is that good grammer north of the border?.
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152 . did you mean grammar ? How ironic!
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11. Wolverhampton is a city and west brom is a poo hole !!
get your facts rights
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dingles do you relise that chaucer stands for
CHAMPIONSHIP
HAS BEINGS
ALWAYS A
UNDERACHIEVING
CLUB
EVERYONE
RIDICULES.
SAYS IT ALL REALLY.
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opppsss,..fair play,.one spelling mistake!,..so southbankboinger are you going to tell me what celtic boggie is on about..or should that just be what is he on??? agree with previous comment,..leave having your sponsor “welded” on til xmas then you can have the coca-cola badges out back on too!…
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146 – fair point, we havent sold anyone for £9 mil but maybe thats because our most valuble players ACTUALLY WANT TO PLAY FOR US!!!
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Another fantastic draw against Cheltenham will have the premiership quaking !! How many pre season wins is that then ? errrm NONE !! Sinking Fast The Mowbray Way !! With not one iota of a spelling mistake !! Spiffing !!
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154 Jess.
That was lovely. Well done. What else did you learn at play school today?
157. GRC.
Both of them, are you sure? Not like Lescott and Keane then.
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I think all fans should be concentrating on their own clubs not picking cheap shots at each others. I am looking forward to Arsenal away, the Wolves fans should be salivating over a trip to Home Park against Plymouth
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To all you dogheads watching the awfull game the MM way down at the custard bowl in Asda car park,Ive never wanted or felt the need to read a doghead site/page,so as loyal muts go and grunt on your own (if a little bit boring)sites.
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IN 5DAYS TIME ALL WILL BE REVEALED
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158 youve missed you have missed the “L” out of spiffing
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THE REAL BULLY……CHEERS MATE,WAS BEGINNING TO THINK THE IRONY WAS LOST.(92).
THANKS FOR THE WELCOME.
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Lookingdownonthickoswhocantspell, you are a thick prat.
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No 19 Wakeybaggie. It was DORITOS, Division One Rubbish In Tatty Orange Shirts
Enough said.
IN THE PREMIERSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Worcester_Wolves 107. I bet you feel stinky now!!
A real entrepreneur
Best laugh i’ve had in ages.
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Id love this at Walsall, instead we have a terrible sponser, see you in 12 months wolves!
We are goin up say we are goin up!
And just to say, Baggies will stay up.
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140 may i point out that WBA are the only club in history to have beaten the drop after being in the bottom 3 at xmas,remember “the great escape” but as it is now,we have an excellent manager who has really proved himself time and time again with the signings he’s made and is yet to make.In Mowbray we trust,as long as we finish above the bottom 3 then i for one will be a happy baggie,but i’m sure it will be higher.( still be higher than wolves) BOING BOING.
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