BISHOP AUCKLAND FOOTBALL CLUBCOMMERCIAL & SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Welcome

Opportunities for a brighter future with the Two Blues!I would like to welcome you to the Bishop Auckland FC commercial brochure for 2017-2018.

Our whole philosophy is changing when it comes to running an operation which we hope will be deemed‘truly first class’. The football club now serves a far greater demand from its supporters and from the wider

community, and as such, Bishop Auckland Football Club will become a fully operational hub to people inthe Bishop Auckland area and further afield.

We now operate largely as a semi-professional club playing at a much higher level, and while thatremains our aim on the pitch, off the pitch there is little to suggest we cannot offer a similar, (and in manycases, better) level of services than clubs already competing in leagues higher up the footballing pyramid.

We can compare our services with other clubs but our philosophy differs. When it comes to buildingrelationships with our supporters, our sponsors, our communities and our friends from business, we prefera dedicated approach to their needs. We are proud of the changes we are making; proud of the first-class

stadium we have, and that’s why we would be delighted to welcome you to Heritage Park.

In this commercial brochure, you can view the packages that we offer, allowing you to choose from a widerange of traditional and new availability to entertain your customers, friends, family and future supporters

of the club. Social media is also a huge part of the world today and with that development comesopportunity, and we have a range of options tailored to the digital market. From website sponsorship to

YouTube advertising, we feel we have the package for you that will provide a platform for you to enhanceyour brand. Our match day hospitality and commercial packages offer all guests and business partners a

first-class experience, tailored specifically to your needs.

We firmly believe that Heritage Park will be the place to be this season for entertaining and hopefullywinning football, and I am confident that our hospitality choices will offer great value for investment during

the forthcoming campaign.

Discover the wide and full range of packages Bishop Auckland Football Club can provide to you, yourguests or your business. Please feel free to contact me at commercial@bishopafc.com

Thank you for your continued support.

Dave Mills

Commercial Manager

Shirt Sponsor

SHIRT SPONSORSHIP

This is the flagship and most prestigious sponsorship product Bishop Auckland football club.

It is the opportunity to have your company logo displayed prominently on the front of the home and away shirts for the whole of the upcoming season.

This package can be negotiated and tailored to your individual request but as a guideline the package would Include:

4 complimentary executive seated season tickets.

Two course lunch at every home game for up to 4 guests

Half-time tea and biscuits

Complimentary programme for each guest

2 car park season passes

Pitch perimeter advertising board

Complimentary match sponsorship of a game of your choice

Prominent exposure on the official website as official shirt sponsor

Prominent exposure in every match day programme, including a full-page advert

Company logo on regular newsletter sent out to subscribers

£ POA

Membership

CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP

BAFC GOLD MEMBER

This is an opportunity to form a unique membership with the club, an exclusive package offering great exposure of your business.

• 4 season tickets in the main seated stand

• 2 car park passes

• Half-time tea and biscuits

• Match sponsorship at a game of your choice

• Complimentary programme for each guest

• Pitch perimeter advertising board

• Full page match day programme advert, can include a company profile

• Company logo and link on our official website as an official member of Bishop Auckland FC

• Sponsorship of a player’s shirt of your choice

£ 2000+VAT

Sponsorship

CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP

TEAMSHEET SPONSOR

Approx. 30 copies of the team sheet per game, this is a great sponsorship opportunity. This package includes

• Your company logo featured prominently on team sheet

• Listed on the official website as the official team sheet sponsor

• Optional web link to your company site

£ 150+VAT

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS SPONSOR

Video footage will be taken at every home game, away games where possible and the pre-season friendlies throughout 2017/18 season a minimum of 25 games. These highlights will be uploaded onto the official website and YouTube. This package includes:

• Your company logo featured on the banner across the bottom of the highlights, intro and outro

• Listed on the official website as the as the Video Highlights Sponsor

• Optional web link to your company site

£ 1000+VAT

Hospitality

MATCHDAY HOSPITALITY

The offerings are structured to ensure that you enhance YOUR own match day experience whilst also continuing to contribute directly into YOUR Club. By taking out a match day sponsorship, match ball sponsorship or hospitality package with your colleagues, family or friends, you can enjoy your day safe in the knowledge that 100% of the revenues that these packages generate are being re-invested in YOUR Club’s ongoing football activities. A list of the packages are below

Match Day Sponsor

Entry and executive match seating for 6 guestsTwo course lunch

All inclusive drinks (not spirits)Free tea and coffee refills

Half-time biscuits2 car park passes

Pre-match photo with Manager and player(s)Signed shirt

Complimentary programme for each guest

Vote for your MOM and have it announced along with your company name over the PA at the end of the game

along with various mentions over the PA as official match sponsor

Present the MOM award to your chosen player and have a photo taken for publication in the next home game

programme

Company name and logo (where appropriate) in the match day programme and on the club website

Tweet and Facebook post promoting your company in the lead up to the game

£ 400+VAT

Match Day Hospitality

Matchday Admission

1 car park pass

Free drink on arrival

Complimentary programme for each guest

Soup and sandwiches lunch

Free tea and coffee refills

Half-time biscuits

Inside seating available in reserved area throughout the match

£ 25+VAT(per person)

Match Ball Sponsor

Entry and executive match seating for 2 guestsTwo course lunch

All inclusive drinks (not spirits)Free tea and coffee refills

Half-time biscuits1 car park pass

Pre-match photo with player(s)Complimentary programme for each guest

Signed ball as a memento of your day

Mention over the PA system as official match ball sponsor

Company name and logo (where appropriate) in the match day programme and on the club website

Tweet and Facebook post promoting your company in the lead up to the game

£ 99+VAT(Additional guest £49+VAT)

Heritage Park

STADIUM ADVERTISING

A great way to promote your business to the fans of Bishop Auckland FC and fellow local business who also advertise around Heritage-Park. Advertising Boards are a great, traditional way to show your support for the football clubs whilst getting something in return. In order to secure a prime position which will be seen in both video and print format please contact us without delay.Sponsors of existing Boards will be entitled to a 15% discount should sponsorship continue into the 2017-18 season

LED Technology Advertising

In line with the Club’s forward thinking, we are looking for similar minded businesses who see the

value and huge potential of advertising using state of the art LED technology.

LED technology is a revolutionary new concept in stadium advertising, combining the flexibility and

impact of LED screen technology with the high visibility of advertising at a football stadium.

Using the latest in LED technology, your brand advertising can be brought to life, with high-impact,

unmissable moving images either inside and/or outside the stadium.

LED technology offers stand-out, high-impact, moving images, viewable even in direct sunlight

and because content can easily be updated at the push of a button, it allows businesses to use

stadium advertising as part of an integrated media campaign, with only a short lead time required

£ POA

External Perimeter Board

External Perimeter Board

(7’6’’ x 4’)

Designed to your specification &manufacturing included.

Also includes your company logo on the sponsors section on the official website

and in the match day programme

£ 600+VAT

Pitch Perimeter Board

Pitch Perimeter Board

(8’’ x 2’)

External Perimeter Board (8’ x 2’) designed to your speci-fication, manufacturing included

Also includes your company logo on the sponsors section on the official website

and in the match day programme

£ 400+VAT

Website

ROLL OF HONOUR

The website will have a dedicated sponsor page where all companies backing the club will

have their name and logo displayed.

If you haven’t sponsored the club in any other way you can be still be

included on this page

SINGLE PAGE SPONSOR

Company logo with clickable hy-perlink to your company website

displayed prominently on a page of your

choice

(excludes pages which have specific sponsor packages already)

MATCH REPORT SPONSOR

Company logo with clickable hy-perlink to your company website

displayed prominently on every league and cup match report that is displayed

on our official

website

SOCIAL MEDIA SPONSOR

Prominent banner / advert on our Facebook page

‘Shout outs’ for your business on both Twitter & Facebook

These will take place over the sea-son and on match days

Company logo on Facebook

Company profile news story on the official Facebook

page at least five times over the season

Hyperlink to your company website

Logo on our website showcasing you as our Social Media

Sponsor

MAIN WEBSITE SPONSOR

Prominent banner towards the top of the homepage

with clickable hyperlink to your company website

Logo on the footer of every page

Company profile news story on the official site at least

5 times over the season

Artwork to be provided by the client, or we can

recommend our preferredsupplier.

WEBSITE ADVERTISING

For an opportunity to reach out both locally and globally, website advertising is a fantastic way to achieve this. All subscribers to web advertising packages will have their company name and a web link tweeted and a link to the company website added to our Facebook page, reaching out to thousands of people.

£1000+VAT£250+VAT£100+VAT£50+VAT £1000+VAT

Player Sponsor

PLAYER SPONSORSHIP

Player sponsorship is a great way to show not only your support for the club, but also your support for an individual player. We are offering a range of packages for the coming season to suit all budgets

1ST TEAM AWAY TRAVEL KIT

PACKAGE TBC

TRAINING KIT

Invitation to the end of season get-together where you’ll be

presented with a training shirt at the end of the season

A photograph taken of you and your chosen player during the season

Your name listed against the player profile in both the match day

programme and the official website

GK GLOVE SPONSOR

The chance to sponsor the gloves of that goalkeeper who makes that last

minute penalty save

A photograph taken of you and your chosen goalkeeper during the

season.

Your name listed against the player profile in both the match day

programme and the official website.

HOME SHIRT SPONSOR

Includes an invitation to the end of season get-together where you’llbe presented with a match shirt

from the season.

A photograph taken of you and your chosen player during the season

Your name listed against the player profile in both the match day

programme and the official website

AWAY SHIRT SPONSOR

Includes an invitation to the end of season get-together where you’ll be presented with a match shirt

from the season.

A photograph taken of you and your chosen player during the season

Your name listed against the player profile in both the match day

programme and the official website

£75+VAT£75+VAT£50+VAT£150+VAT£1500+VAT

Season Tickets

SEASON TICKET SPONSORSHIP

• Company name and logo printed on every season ticket

• Company name and logo printed on tickets, for all ticket matches

• Pitch perimeter advertising board

• Match sponsorship at a game of your choice

• Company logo and link on our official website

£ POA

Programme

PROGRAMME ADVERTISING

There will be a programme produced for each of the home games during the season, the programme will comprise of colour pages and there will be at least 100 copies printed for each game. Any unsold programmes will be circulated free of charge around local schools and junior football clubs. We have a range of options for those wishing to take out programme advertising as follows :

LOGO ON SPONSOR PAGE

The programme will have a dedicated sponsor page where all

companies backing the club will have their name and logo displayed

If you haven’t sponsored the club in any other way you can be still be

included on this page

FOOTER BANNER

The footer banner displayed in every 2017/18 match day programme

on a chosen page.

Discount available for banner on multiple pages

A6 HALF PAGE ADVERT

An A6 full colour advert that will be displayed in every 2017/18 match

day programme

Artwork to be provided by the client, or we can recommend our preferred

supplier to provide the artwork

FULL PAGE ADVERT

An A5 full colour advert that will be displayed in every 2017/18 match

day programme

Artwork to be provided by the client, or we can recommend our preferred

supplier to provide the artwork

PROGRAMME SPONSOR

This package will see your company logo featured prominently on the

front of the programme as well as a full-page advert and write up of your

company in addition to:

2 complimentary director box seated tickets to a game of your

choice

Company profile and interview to be periodically run a minimum 5 times

over season

Listed on the official website as the official programme sponsor with

optional web link to your company site

£600+VAT£250+VAT£150+VAT£100+VAT£50+VAT

Function Room

FUNCTION ROOM HIRE

Our function room is perfect for all kinds of events, be it Business Meetings, Training Events, Awards Evenings, Weddings, Christenings, Birthdays, Funerals or any type of celebration we have a great range of facilities on offer, they include :

• 100 people, flexible seating arrangements

• Fantastic panoramic views overlooking the pitch

• Fully licensed bar

• Fully equipped kitchen

• Projector & large screen

• Full wi-fi facility

• Break-out room/areas

• Lift

• Toilets inc. disabled toilet

• Ample car parking

• Full Air Conditioning

barevents@bishopafc.com

Contact

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ANY OF THE PACKAGES CONTAINED IN THIS BROCHURE, PLEASE CONTACT COMMERCIAL MANAGER DAVID MILLS ON:EMAIL - COMMERCIAL@BISHOPAFC.COM

TEL - 01388 604605