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£250k Sponsorship Deal For Scunthorpe
By Matthew Jones
April 10 2004
Scunthorpe United have secured a new sponsorship deal. The deal, with local menswear shop, Dee Jays, is worth £250,000 and will run for siz years.
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£250k Sponsorship Deal For Scunthorpe

Current sponsors, H & L Garages, do have the option to extend their current deal to next season, but Dee Jays owner Des Comerford (a former director at the club) is has confirmed that he is hoping to start his deal from next season.

He said: "We are trying to negotiate to see if we can start next year, to save fans forking out for two shirts.

"We're a local business, I love the club like everyone else does. We feel it is nice to put somehting back into the club.

"The actual branding has still to be finalised, but there is a six year deal personally guaranteed by me.

"I have signed my documents, the club have signed theirs and we're very happy with it.

"There are ever so many benefits we can bring to the club as well as the quarter of a million pounds."

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