Classic Club Sponsors

[SANFLnut]

Who are the club sponsors that you still associate with teams even though they may no longer have an association?

For me Westies and Banner will never be separated - not sure how long they were here but Guernsey just does not look the same with out it. Sturt & AVCO through the 80's, Any other faves out there?

[gadj1976]

Norwood and AGC is one that springs to mind.

[FlyingHigh]

Think it was Standard Chartered for Port and Associated Midland for Glenelg. Had no idea what the companies are/were (guessing Port's was an Accountancy firm?), but remember them on their guernseys when I first started following footy as a kid.

[am Bays]

Associated Midland were a bank/finance company IIRC similar to AVCO and AGC.

AVCO were Sturts most "Classic" sponsors

[Dirko]

AVCO were Sturts most "Classic" sponsors

Yep, sponsored Carlton at the same time.

Associated Midland was fantastic on the Bays jumper.

[The Yetti]

John H Ellers at the Bay.

A number of guys from Glenelg were also employed by Golden Circle.

[Big Phil]

A couple that I remember well include...

Central - Pye Audio, Parabanks and of course the longest serving sponsorship in the SANFL, Holden

West - Banner, Milestone

Sturt - 777, AAPT, Unley Nissan, Bridgestone, DBC

North - Mistral, Clipsal

Glenelg - Movieland, Hallett Bricks,

South - Southgate Holden

Port - VIP Cleaning Services, Pro Paint & Panel

Ealges - Mistral

Norwood - Villis, Coopers

[on the rails]

North circa 1979 - the "new pink pages". You'll take sponsorship where you can get it!

[200 Killer Wasps]

I have a Woodville Warrior jumper with 'Easybuilt' on the front.

[CK]

I have a Woodville Warrior jumper with 'Easybuilt' on the front.

Were sponsored by Stuart Moffatt Travel in the late 70's to early 80's also.

[bulldogs]

werent the maggies once sponsored bt Jetspress

[interested observer]

werent the maggies once sponsored by Jetspress

Certainly were...
My first real employer some 28 years ago...

They employed some footballers too...

[MatteeG]

Torrens were definitely sponsored by Hallett in the early 80s

Bays had Ultra Tune in the late 80s and early 90s (Agree that the associated midland looked way better, particularly the 'dragon' looking emblem they had (83-85 I reakon)

Central Pye Audio was with the cracking racing stripe guernsey

Woodville's Easybuilt rings a bell- did that continue during the late 80s?

Reckon Norwood had Vilis during Tractor Prime's days, was too easy to sledge the big fella in a lycra guernsey.

Best one the maggies had was Cash Converters! Eerily fitting nowadays...

[FlyingHigh]

Think Easybuilt were sponsors in the early-mid 80's and in the last couple of years it was Devon Homes. Not sure whether there was a link between the two companies.

Still remember the Easybuilt "King Kong Strong" ads.

Another ad I remember was the Rymill or Raymill ads that went Raymill clap-clap-clap like a cheersquad. Were they an outdoor verandah and patio company? They used to play these during the footy replays, probably 83-86(?), but not sure whether they sponsored a team or just the footy replay.

[Sojourner]

South were supported on the Jumper by the Patawalonga Motor Inn for a few years!

[Ian]

North, 80's

Adelaide Pest Control

Dunlopillo

[SANFLnut]

So it's:

Sturt - AVCO
Bays - Assoc Midland
West - Banner
Centrals - PYE (Current sponsors disqualified from history thread)
Woodville - Devon Homes
Torrens - Hallet
Eagles - Clipsal
North - Adelaide Pest Control
Norwood - AGC
South - Pat Motor Inn
Port - Who were their sponsor through the 80's?

Any advances on this list......

[Leaping Lindner]

IIRC 1978 was the first year sponsors' logos appeared on guernseys. Here's some from memory...

North Adelaide - PHR Group of Companies
Woodville - JM insurance (79 no sponsor in 78 IIRC)
Sturt - Graham Douglas Datsun
West Adelaide - Eustice Motorcity
South Adelaide - Pentreath Insurance
Port Adelaide - Lenworth Finance
Glenelg - Anglevale Wines
West Torrens - Brecknock Finance (?) - not 100% sure on the name
Norwood - AGC
Central District - Elizabeth Town Centre (this may have been 79 and Parabanks might be 78)

The fact that I remember these is truly the sign of a wasted youth , and the power of sponsorship.

[DOC]

South- Woodley Wines

[DOC]

I think Port had Pagel Glass (might still be a sponsor)