Everton merchandising.

[Khalekan]

Belfast is a city about 180 miles from Liverpool.

I have family connections in that city and my wife is a Belfast native.

I have been going back and forward there for years and I know there is a fairly substantial support for Everton.

There is a big supporters club based there, ESCNI (Everton Supporters Club Northern Ireland). I have had a pint with many of the lids who travel over to the games on a regular basis.

Last week I was in Belfast for a family funeral and I took my wife's young nephew out to buy him an Everton shirt for his birthday.

Not one sports shop that I tried stocked Everton merchandise.

One lad in one shop turned out to be a Blue and he told me that he had to send away to Everton One for his shirt.

It is no wonder we are struggling to make money when our marketing department sits back and let's us slip into anonymity. They can't even promote our "brand" in a soccer mad city just a ferry ride away....or forty five minutes in a plane.

I am wondering is it the same all around these islands.

Can one buy an Everton shirt in Glasgow? In Dublin? In Cardiff? In Portsmouth? In Halifax? In Cirencester? In Jersey? In the Isle Of Man?

I am beginning to doubt it.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Belfast is a city about 180 miles from Liverpool.

I have family connections in that city and my wife is a Belfast native.

I have been going back and forward there for years and I know there is a fairly substantial support for Everton.

There is a big supporters club based there, ESCNI (Everton Supporters Club Northern Ireland). I have had a pint with many of the lids who travel over to the games on a regular basis.

Last week I was in Belfast for a family funeral and I took my wife's young nephew out to buy him an Everton shirt for his birthday.

Not one sports shop that I tried stocked Everton merchandise.

One lad in one shop turned out to be a Blue and he told me that he had to send away to Everton One for his shirt.

It is no wonder we are struggling to make money when our marketing department sits back and let's us slip into anonymity. They can't even promote our "brand" in a soccer mad city just a ferry ride away....or forty five minutes in a plane.

I am wondering is it the same all around these islands.

Can one buy an Everton shirt in Glasgow? In Dublin? In Cardiff? In Portsmouth? In Halifax? In Cirencester? In Jersey? In the Isle Of Man?

I am beginning to doubt it.

I agree that it's stupid for the customer but EFC aren't losing any money here directly, Kitbag are.

Feel free to fume about the Kitbag deal though mate.

 

[CynicalBlue]

How many years left on the Kitbag deal?

 

[bizzaro]

How many years left on the Kitbag deal?

5 years (2018/2019) the last.

Same as the new Umbro deal (this season).


Kitbag are 100% online and catalogues.

They're like Amazon.

 

[CynicalBlue]

5 years (2018/2019) the last.

Same as the new Umbro deal (this season).

Thanks, I might be completely wrong here, but that could be another reason why a big rich tycoon has swerved us as we appear incompetent off the field.

 

[bizzaro]

Idiots havn't updated their main website though. Kitbag.com

http://www.kitbag.com/stores/kitbag/products/product_browse.aspx?category|category_root|13125=football&category|cat_13125|11142=football kits&category|cat_11142|12472=premier league&category|cat_12472|13174=everton

Bit of disgrace that.

Spurs. City. United and others all have been updated. Ours still shows last season's marketing campaign.

If I were the boss I'd be kicking arses.

 

[RaleighBlue]

Thanks, I might be completely wrong here, but that could be another reason why a big rich tycoon has swerved us as we appear incompetent off the field.

Appear?

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

Belfast is a city about 180 miles from Liverpool.

I have family connections in that city and my wife is a Belfast native.

I have been going back and forward there for years and I know there is a fairly substantial support for Everton.

There is a big supporters club based there, ESCNI (Everton Supporters Club Northern Ireland). I have had a pint with many of the lids who travel over to the games on a regular basis.

Last week I was in Belfast for a family funeral and I took my wife's young nephew out to buy him an Everton shirt for his birthday.

Not one sports shop that I tried stocked Everton merchandise.

One lad in one shop turned out to be a Blue and he told me that he had to send away to Everton One for his shirt.

It is no wonder we are struggling to make money when our marketing department sits back and let's us slip into anonymity. They can't even promote our "brand" in a soccer mad city just a ferry ride away....or forty five minutes in a plane.

I am wondering is it the same all around these islands.

Can one buy an Everton shirt in Glasgow? In Dublin? In Cardiff? In Portsmouth? In Halifax? In Cirencester? In Jersey? In the Isle Of Man?

I am beginning to doubt it.

In short..... No

 

[bizzaro]

Marketing at the club should be all over that.

Kitbag need bashing for that. Kitbag.com

Only club who's page hasn't been updated with this years kits. Everton's.

 

[CynicalBlue]

Appear?

Good point, are are incompetent off the field.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Apparently Umbro will be stocking Everton kits from early October in Elverys sports shops in the South of Ireland. At least its some progress, bit disappointed the club haven't organised a pre-season match over here this year giving the large mount of Irish players in the team. Everton still have a large following over here and potential for a whole lot more. Everton jerseys used to be plentiful years ago, I almost do a double take when I see one now.

Sad... Damn you Kitbag

 

[stevo27]

Marketing at the club should be all over that.

Kitbag need bashing for that. Kitbag.com

Only club who's page hasn't been updated with this years kits. Everton's.

Click on the link for last season's kits, goes direct to Everton Direct with the new ones

 

[thirdmantackle]

Elverys in Galway have retro 1995 Everton shirts.
No modern kits.

shirts for Man U, Spurs, Pool, Arsenal, Chelsea and a host of European clubs - ac, real, athletico, inter, barca, PSG, Bayern,

 

[bizzaro]

Click on the link for last season's kits, goes direct to Everton Direct with the new ones

Only club not to get an update

 

[Dithering Dougie]

Only club not to get an update

If you're going to buy a kit off the net wouldn't you go here first?

http://evertondirect.evertonfc.com/...lectorid=261&portal=JD6DI8IN&CMP=PSC-JD6DI8IN

rather than go to kitbag.com?