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Are naming rights deals on the up?

This article boosts them as a growing phenomenon: Naming rights boom?

This may well be true in terms of the number of deals. Apparently Livingston and Dumbarton have had five or six over the last twenty years. Never mind the quality feel the width.

However, the real test is whether you can get deals that make a real difference financially to a club as has happened at Arsenal and Manchester City. West Ham United have been trying to get a deal for the London Stadium for some time. The real test will be whether Tottenham Hotspur can get a deal for the new White Hart Lane which will offset some of the costs, now well over budget.

I was amused to learn that they have a new line in sponsored headwear: Headwear deal Perhaps they should offer hard hats!

Meeting with members of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation at a reception at Bruce Castle attended by the Mayor of Haringey

How, it was a real pleasure to visit Haringey last week and talk with representatives of the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation about the work they are doing in the community, followed up with a phone discussion.

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