{"id":46447,"date":"2013-02-08T12:29:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?p=46447"},"modified":"2013-02-08T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T17:30:10","slug":"blackburn-rovers-sign-with-nike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/08\/blackburn-rovers-sign-with-nike\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers Sign with Nike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blackburn Rovers has today confirmed a new partnership that will see the club\u2019s kit sponsorship move from Umbro to the Nike brand from the start of the 2013-14 season.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Umbro sponsorship, which has been in place since 2007, will continue to the end of the current 2012-13 season, after which all kit, training wear and related products will be designed, manufactured and distributed by Nike until 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7211\/7219281534_130e850204.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Blackburn Rovers Umbro 2012\/13 Home Football Kit \/ Soccer Jersey\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7211\/7219281534_130e850204_n.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The sports giant will be the official and recognised technical partner on all of Rovers\u2019 replica kits, which will go on sale later this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Coar, Rovers\u2019 Head of Commercial and Marketing, said: \u201cWe are delighted to confirm that Rovers are set to start a new partnership with Nike. We are certain that our supporters will be excited by this new partnership and will be looking forward to seeing the iconic blue-and-white halves and the world famous Nike brand on our kits this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8365\/8455482973_8ecbd4d89f_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"Blackburn Rovers Sign with Nike\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8365\/8455482973_8ecbd4d89f.jpg\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Hosford, GM Nike UK Football, said: \u201cWe are delighted to add Blackburn Rovers to the Nike football family. We look forward to building on the successful partnership the club has already enjoyed with Umbro and working closely with the club and the fans over the coming seasons.\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=105631&amp;tracking=&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7132\/7733582544_a55a636c5c_z.jpg\" width=\"623\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"http:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/08\/blackburn-rovers-sign-with-nike\/\" data-num-posts=\"20\" data-width=\"500\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackburn Rovers has today confirmed a new partnership that will see the club\u2019s kit sponsorship move from Umbro to the Nike brand from the start of the 2013-14 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2247,56,27],"tags":[234,2754,2736,1486],"class_list":["post-46447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-201314-kits-jerseys","category-english-football-league","category-nike","tag-blackburn-rovers","tag-english-football-league","tag-nike","tag-the-championship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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