Why do W.B.A. have no shirt sponsor a la Barcelona? ?

Question

Today West Bromwich Albion played Everton with no Shirt sponsor.Considering the revenue clubs get and W.B.A. could do with all the money they can get to strengthen their squad it is rather surprising. On this subject can anyone tell me of any clubs who refuse to sell their shirt to a company,even in the modern game? Bear in mind Barcelona did this for all their history and indeed THEY pay Unicef as a charitable gesture. There IS another club,who are they?

Answer 1

W.B.A are from birmingham and which sponsor in their right mind is going to want themselves associated with birmingham

Answer 2

West Brom do have a sponsor though. T- Mobile. Teams don't have to play with their sponsor on their shirt. It's probably in the terms of their contract.

Answer 3

Sammael ibn altair.. for your info West Bromwich Albion are not from Birmingham...Secondly T-Mobile are ONE of the club's various sponsors...Thirdly..LDV and Carlsberg have apparently offered £800K to become the club's shirt sponsor-Jeremy Peace(WBA Chairman) want's minimum of £1M...!! West Brom are (possibly) the only solvent club in the Premier League-a business model for other Professional Football clubs to follow, and will not break their wage-structure and bankrupt the club just to ensure survival in the top flight. They do not 'need all the money they can get to strengthen their squad' as you comment..And if you ask Albion fans they are more than happy to watch their team play without a sponsors logo emblazoned on the front of the shirt...Ps Athletico Bilbao are the other team to be Sponsor-free,they just have their club emblem on the front of their shirt..Boing Boing

Answer 4

they just didn't negotiate a deal in time, they're currently looking for a sponsor. Athletic Bilbao are the other team you are thinking of, they hvaen't had a sponsor before this season.

Answer 5

lol never again will west brom and barcelona be in the same sentence

the funny thing is, while barcelona do good by letting UNICEF appear on their shirts, west brom also did good once by having a no smoking sign on their shirts during their cyrille regis days