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Front-and-back shirt deal struck

Thursday, May 14, 2009, 09:09

TORQUAY UNITED will announce a first-ever 'double' shirt sponsorship deal once the dust has settled on this weekend's Play-Off Final at Wembley.

The Gulls are not revealing the identities of their new backers yet, but they have agreed two-year deals with two sponsors.

One will have its name on the front of new-look United shirts and the other on the back.

They will take over from current shirt sponsor Citylink Builders, who came on board in a joint shirt and youth development deal last year.

The Citylink logo will remain for Sunday's Final against Cambridge United.

Cambridge have brought out a completely new strip — it was originally scheduled for next season — for the Play-Off showdown.

But United chief executive Colin Lee said: "We are sticking to our regular white-and-blue away strip for Sunday.

"The players like it, the fans seem to like it and we are simply adding a Wembley logo to the existing shirt.

"But we have just agreed new two-season deals for front and back shirt sponsors."

The agreements may also prompt the club to bring out new designs for both home and away shirts next season.

The original plan was to change just the home shirt.

Lee stressed: "We still haven't reached a final decision on which way we'll go.

"We are aware of supporters' feelings about shirts, but the new sponsorships next season will mean that the current shirts will be out of date, as it were, anyway."




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