FA Announce New Sponsorship Deal

By Matthew Jones
October 3 2003

The FA Premier League have announced a new three-year sponsorship deal with Barclays worth £57million in total over the three seasons. The deal will begin at the beginning of next season through to the summer of 2007.

The competition currently known as the "Barclaycard Premiership", will become known as the "Barclays Premiership".

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said: “We are very pleased to continue our association with Barclays Group.

“It is testament to the successful relationship we have enjoyed with Barclaycard as well as the continued domestic and global popularity of the FA Premier League.”

And, according to THE SUN, "the agreement also installs Barclays as sponsors of the Premier League’s proposed new community coaching programme."

Barclaycard chief executive Gary Hoffman, who negotiated the deal on behalf of Barclays, said: “This is an exciting development and underlines our long-term commitment to football as a group.”

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