With a little creativity, as a football club you can open up a whole new range of sponsorship targets. There are some examples below for what you could offer a sponsor:

• Their logos printed on your kit, equipment, minibus, sideline banners

• Their logo included on your website, email footers, letter heads

• A banner/advert of theirs

• Their company name mentioned in any events, team publicity and end of season reports

• Hold an event under the name of the sponsor, for example  “Supercraft County League”

• Hold an event at your sponsor or partner’s venue, or allow them to hold an event at your venue. For example, a ‘Beyond Storage Football Fun Day’ held at your club house during your off season

• Financial support

• Club kit, which may have their logo or company colours on it

• Discounts e.g. money off equipment or supplies ordered from their shop, a reduced admission price to events, or a discount when hiring specific services or facilities

• Facilities or a venue to host events

Many businesses sponsoring football clubs will have a link to the club, such as the owner's son or daughter playing for the team. Your members are a good first port of call for making contact with potential sponsors! You can also think about approaching

• local restaurants

• local garages

• local gyms/sport shops

• any other local businesses!

Think about the suitability of the sponsor, they should be reputable and appropriate. For example, it wouldn't be acceptable for a pub or bar to sponsor a youth team and a small-scale business to support an entire community club.