Scotland Side Seeks New Soccer Uniforms Supplier
The current Scottish team soccer jersey
The poor state of the global economy is still even affecting the game of professional soccer (even though Real Madrid seems to be flush enough.) The Scottish national side has found themselves in search of a new soccer uniforms supplier after their current supplier, Italian based Diadora, has gone into bankruptcy and all British operations have been shut down.
The Diadora deal is paid up until 2010, so the Scottish side will still be wearing Diadora soccer uniforms until the end of the World Cup Qualifiers, and into the World Cup Finals in South Africa, should Scotland make it that far.
According to a spokesman for the SFA (Scottish Football Association) they are not at all worried about finding a new soccer uniforms supplier, and are already in talks with several companies. According to that spokesman, one Rob Shorthouse ,”we’re in a good position , Scots fans are very loyal to their national team and buy shirts in huge numbers”. He also reassured fans and players alike that they had a large stock of soccer uniforms on hand so the team was in no danger of being left short of the odd pair of soccer socks.
This is not a great time for Scottish soccer in general, especially the clubs that make up the Scottish Premier League. The television station who owned the rights to broadcast SPL games, Setanta, is in huge financial trouble itself and was unable to pay for the rights to broadcast 2009/10 games. There are still talks going on to make sure that someone broadcasts these games, but the decrease in revenue that will inevitably come with it could cause serious financial trouble for the league clubs themselves.
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