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Subway in £115m Spurs deal? Surely an April fool!

News | admin | April 1, 2010 at 10:18 am
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I think we’ve just found today’s Tottenham Hotspur-related April fool’s joke.

The Tottenham Journal are claiming that sandwich chain Subway have verbally agreed a 15-year naming rights deal worth £115million for the new Spurs stadium.

A Subway insider told the Journal: “We’ve yet to put pen to paper but the deal is agreed in principal. We’re talking about the small print now and I think it’s fair to say that a formal announcement is just a matter of time.

“We need to consider certain elements of British advertising laws, how many restaurants we want to deploy in the stadium and how that will affect the structure of the finances.

“Soccer is getting bigger and bigger, not only in America but all over the world. These days everyone is watching the English Premier League, and we feel that it is time to grab a piece of the pie.

“Tottenham is the perfect match for our brand, and should they qualify for the European Champions League in the next few years, the exposure will be phenomenal. We have done our research.

“The Spurs have driven a hard bargain but we would expect nothing less from such an ambitious club. We would be fools to let this opportunity slip through our fingers, and we’ve had a big appetite for this deal from the very start.

“I think the fans will be very excited by our ideas. As we speak we are considering the possibility of having different logos on the front of the shirts for different matches – advertising the full range of the ‘Sub of the Day’.

“Fans could then have their favourite sub printed on their own shirts – the same way they put their favourite player’s name and number on the back.

“Hopefully, in two and a half years, people all around the world will be watching England international Tom Huddlestone proudly sporting his new ‘Italian BMT’ Tottenham shirt, as he walks out at the brand new Subway stadium for the first time. That would be a very proud day for everyone.

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20 Comments

  1. Ron says:
    April 1, 2010 at 9:24 am
    Blatantly an April fool. Look at the bit at the end about Hudd FFS

    Funny though

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    • kennyspur says:
      April 3, 2010 at 9:29 am
      no liverpool won the champions league when everton came 4rth. thats why they took evertons place, this is euro league its totally different
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  2. youngYID says:
    April 1, 2010 at 9:37 am
    if tottenham finish 4th and liverpool win the europa cup does that mean liverpool will be fourth automatically, and spurs will go back to 5th??????????????????????

    sum1 plz answer

    it happened to everton before they changed the rules.

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  3. Silkycentreback says:
    April 1, 2010 at 9:37 am
    nah that wasn't funny, when i read it i almost spilt my tea on my new batman pj's
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  4. DubaiYid says:
    April 1, 2010 at 9:39 am
    "The Spurs……." hahaha. Brilliant. Was reading it thinking it sounded good, then read the publisher…Matthew Marinara…the bit with Hudd topped it off.
    Very good though.
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  5. neil says:
    April 1, 2010 at 9:42 am
    i have to say, i read the original article this morning and actually believed it… until they said the bit about having your favourite sub on your shirt… couldnt think of anything worse that having 11 human billboards out there, each advertising a different bloody sandwich!
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  6. yid-flid says:
    April 1, 2010 at 9:43 am
    young YID – Thatw as when Liverpool won the Chapinos League, not the Europa/UEFA Cup.
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  7. warren says:
    April 1, 2010 at 10:01 am
    This story was so nauseating I had to sit down and have a sandwich
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  8. Artyg says:
    April 1, 2010 at 10:30 am
    Get real–very funny article and a good laugh
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  9. FOLKESTONE_YID says:
    April 1, 2010 at 10:37 am
    Almost as funny as the blog about the Spammers ground sharing our new Subway Staduim!!!! They would have the best stadium in the Championship!! The other one i rad today is that the advert FRANK was going to sponser the last game of the season so all the teams will wear a different STD on the front of their shirts to make the kids aware, i wiould have picked THRUSH for Arsnal as they are irratating c***s….COYS
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  10. Bazyid says:
    April 1, 2010 at 10:49 am
    Haha absolutely no truth in it at all, but food 4 thought, pardon da pun, they could av all da subsitutes wear a sub of da day on their shirts, first sub used in each game dats da sub of da day 4 da following Monday, haha purely no truth but still a nice thought, god I'm peckish! :-)
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  11. Mike says:
    April 1, 2010 at 11:32 am
    At least they didn't try to pretend it was going to be 'Kentucky Fried Chicken' – or Cockerel!
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  12. Steve says:
    April 1, 2010 at 12:36 pm
    Funny stuff however, i think all spurs members and season ticket holders should get discount at subway :p COYS!
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  13. Glenn says:
    April 1, 2010 at 12:01 pm
    Brilliant! Way off considering Spurs are asking for between £200m – £250m for just 10 years!
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  14. Sean says:
    April 1, 2010 at 12:10 pm
    Raed it with a straight face until I got to the bit about THudd and then burst out in involuntary laughter :- D
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  15. guest says:
    April 1, 2010 at 12:28 pm
    they can go shove it! im not going to watch tottenham at the subway stadium ffs!
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  16. tony says:
    April 2, 2010 at 9:53 am
    surely spurs would not be the right club for subway.west ham(the spammers)would be ideal for the sandwiches ,along with their meathead supporters.
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