{"id":41479,"date":"2012-09-03T09:26:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T13:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?p=41479"},"modified":"2013-04-12T15:20:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T19:20:13","slug":"nike-and-english-fa-announce-five-year-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/03\/nike-and-english-fa-announce-five-year-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Nike and English FA Announce Five-Year Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NIKE, Inc. and The Football Association have announced a new partnership that will see the world\u2019s leading sports company design and create the kits for men and women\u2019s England teams at every level.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8443\/7921069414_bfb88ca045_k.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Nike and English FA Announce Five-Year Partnership\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8443\/7921069414_b2f6d75677.jpg\" width=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first England kits to bear the Nike Swoosh will be launched in Spring 2013. The partnership will run until 31st July 2018 and represents a substantial investment, which will be reinvested by The FA back into the game across all levels, from the senior team to grassroots.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8022\/6962159118_b561b06264_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Umbro Launches the St. George Collection\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8022\/6962159118_b561b06264.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The partnership includes the following elements:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Supplying kit and match balls to all of Club England\u2019s 24 football teams at every level, including the men\u2019s national teams, women\u2019s, Futsal, disability and amateur.<br \/>\n&#8211; Sponsorship and support of St George\u2019s Park, the home of the National Football Centre in Burton-upon-Trent, which in addition to hosting the England senior team will train and develop a generation of coaches, referees and medical staff every year.<br \/>\n&#8211; Supporting partner of Wembley Stadium, the home of English football.<br \/>\nSupporting partner for The FA Cup, supplying match balls for games at each level of the world\u2019s most famous club cup competition.<br \/>\n&#8211; Supply of product to The FA county organisations<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8315\/7921068518_5a12bdcebf_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Nike and English FA Announce Five-Year Partnership\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8315\/7921068518_5a12bdcebf_n.jpg\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pride and passion of England fans is renowned throughout the football world and we are delighted to partner with The FA\u201d, said Nike Brand President Charlie Denson. \u201cWe look forward to supporting England teams at every level with innovative product technology and playing our part to help develop the future of English football through our support of St George\u2019s Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5104\/5890787843_2d6fef3de8_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"England Umbro 2011\/12 Away Football Kit \/ Soccer Jersey\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5104\/5890787843_2d6fef3de8.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Football Association General Secretary Alex Horne said: \u201cI am delighted that The FA has secured this new wide-ranging and comprehensive partnership with Nike. It is an extremely exciting time for both parties with the opening of St George\u2019s Park this year and The FA\u2019s 150th anniversary in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Horne continued: \u201cI would also like to place on record our gratitude to Umbro and their significant contribution to the game, The FA and England teams, over a 60-year period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scripts.affiliatefuture.com\/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=132648&amp;merchantID=739&amp;programmeID=3052&amp;mediaID=15786&amp;tracking=&amp;url=http:\/\/www.worldsoccershop.com\/shop-by-team-england-national-soccer-team.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7242\/6963404482_a7476e1dc2_z.jpg\" width=\"500\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/03\/nike-and-english-fa-announce-five-year-partnership\/\" data-num-posts=\"20\" data-width=\"500\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIKE, Inc. and The Football Association have announced a new partnership that will see the world\u2019s leading sports company design and create the kits for men and women\u2019s England teams at every level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,27],"tags":[2138,2755,2736,2745],"class_list":["post-41479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-premier-league","category-nike","tag-english-fa","tag-english-premier-league","tag-nike","tag-umbro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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