COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC

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COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
COMMERCIAL
OPPORTUNITIES
2020/2021
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
Welcome to Hereford FC Commercial
Hereford FC as a community-based football club continues to strive to be the best that we can be in
every area and our commercial avenues are no different. Hereford FC covers all areas of Commercial
activities from match day hospitality to sponsorship and advertising opportunities at Edgar Street.

Hereford FC continue to combine some of the best facilities in Herefordshire with our warm friendly
staff who aim to make your experience with the football club an enjoyable one. Progression is the key
word at Hereford FC as the club moves from strength to strength both on and off the field.

Hereford FC has the vision to play football at the highest sustainable level and we believe that we
provide the ideal platform for you to promote your business, engage with customers both new and
old, reward employees and meet all your corporate social responsibilities.

Regardless of the result on the pitch, you can always rely on Hereford FC Commercial to deliver one
of the finest match day experiences in non-league football whilst covering all your business needs.
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
LOCAL
NATIONAL
INTERNATIONAL
V     Live games                    Radio Hereford FC 1,000 listeners per game
TV    & highlights                  Regular local newspaper coverage
      shown on BT Sport             Weekly coverage on BBC Hereford & Worcester

      Almost 60,000 fans have
      attended our home games      WWW     Over 2.8 million website views per year.
      throughout the season                5000 E Newsletter subscriptions.

 Facebook: over 13,000 followers             Instagram: over 4,000 followers

 Twitter: over 22,000 followers              YouTube: 3,100 subscriptions
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
Stadium Sponsorship
Edgar Street is a well-known stadium with over 95 years of history. There are
a number of rooms, stand and stadium naming rights options available for the
2020/21 season. These high-profile sponsorships also include logos on all club
documentation.
Packages start from £4,000 plus VAT.
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
First Team Kit Sponsorship
Hereford FC play over 50 games per season in
front of over 80,000 people across the UK. As
one of the biggest non-league teams in England,
there is a lot of media coverage of the football
club. Hereford FC also sell over 1,500 replica
shirts a year to supporters locally, nationally and
internationally. We have several opportunities for
the 2020/21 season such as training kit, warm up
kit, shorts, back of shirt and front of shirt sponsor.
Packages start from £1,500 plus VAT.

Player Sponsorship
This is the ideal opportunity for loyal supporters
and businesses to support their favourite Hereford
FC player. The name of the players sponsor will
appear in every match day programme and on
the club’s website for the duration of the 2020/21
season. As a player sponsor, you will receive your
players shirt at the end of the season.
This package starts from £150 plus VAT.
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
Match Sponsorship                                                Match Ball Sponsorship
The opportunity to be a match sponsor at Hereford FC             The opportunity to be a match ball sponsor at Hereford FC
allows you to entertain your guests with the full Edgar Street   allows you to entertain your guests with a slightly smaller
experience.                                                      scale Edgar Street experience.
This is an ideal way for businesses to entertain clients and     This is an ideal way for businesses to entertain clients and
friends in a relaxed atmosphere. This package also creates       friends in a relaxed atmosphere. This package also creates
an excellent opportunity to promote your business and at         an excellent opportunity to promote your business and at
the same time support Hereford FC.                               the same time support Hereford FC.

•   VIP Exposure in the RE Resource Hereford Suite.              •   VIP Exposure in the RE Resource Hereford Suite.
•   Two course meal for ten guests.                              •   Two course meal for four guests.
•   Complimentary tea and coffee.                                •   Complimentary tea and coffee.
•   Complimentary bottle of wine.                                •   Complimentary match programme.
•   Complimentary match programme.                               •   Seating in the Merton Stand to view the game.
•   Seating in the Merton Stand to view the game.                •   Signed ball presented after the game.
•   Signed shirt presented at the end of the game.               •   Company Write Up in the matchday programme.
•   Opportunity to choose Man of the match.                      •   Tannoy announcement.
•   Company Write Up in the matchday programme.                  •   Team Sheet provided.
•   Tannoy announcement.                                         •   Interviews with former players.
•   Team Sheet provided.                                         •   Team announcement before Social Media.
•   Interviews with former players.                              •   Priority bookings for cup games and corporate events.
•   Team announcement before Social Media.                       This package starts at £200 plus VAT
•   Priority bookings for cup games and corporate events.
This package starts at £450 plus VAT

“A great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. On top of the football at Edgar Street, the food is
excellent, the service and hospitality warm and friendly and the entertainment a joy. We regularly
book tables and whether we use the event to entertain business guests or reward our staff everyone
always has a good time and looks forward to being invited again.”
Roger Parckar Managing Director Dawleys.com
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
Match Day Mascot
What better Birthday or Christmas
Present than letting your son or
daughter lead out Hereford FC at
Edgar Street. Being a Hereford FC
mascot has become a very popular
package over the past few seasons as it has been
developed to give children a day that they will always
remember.

•   Tour of Edgar Street.
•   Meet the players.
•   Complimentary match programme.
•   Lead the Hereford FC team out.
•   Premium seats for two adults and the mascot.
•   2020/21 Hereford FC Kit provided for the mascot.
The package starts at £100 plus VAT

Goal Sponsor
Have your company name announced over the
tannoy every time that Hereford FC score at Edgar
Street during the 2020/21 season.
This package starts at £500 plus VAT.
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
Edgar Street Experience
Match Hospitality
The Edgar Street Experience is a very popular matchday package
at Edgar Street. This package allows both supporters and
businesses to enjoy a unique hospitality experience where there is
a blend of people discussing Hereford FC.
The Edgar Street Experience is the perfect way to entertain clients,
celebrate a special occasion or reward employees. Our hospitality
packages have been specifically designed to help create brand
awareness and raise your company profile in the local area.
•   VIP Experience in the RE Resource Hereford Suite.
•   Two course meal.
•   Complimentary tea and coffee.
•   Complimentary match programme.
•   Seating in the Merton Stand to view the game.
•   Team Sheet provided.
•   Interviews with former players.
•   Team announcement before Social Media.
•   Priority bookings for cup games and corporate events.
This package starts at £35 plus VAT
Season Ticket Upgrades start at £25 inc VAT
(Depending on the requirements of the client)

“The match day hospitality at Hereford FC’s was a joy from start to finish, with wonderful hosts
making sure that we all enjoyed a thoroughly engaging experience. The Edgar Street Experience
came with fabulous food, and a fun-filled presentation. If you’re thinking of indulging in some football
hospitality – for business, a birthday treat or a special occasion that is value-for-money, try The
Edgar Street Experience. It’s brilliant!”
Tom and Sybil Sybilruscoemedia.com
COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES - Hereford FC
Internal & External
Advertising Boards
This is a very popular way of advertising at
Hereford FC. Not only for the people in the
stadium, there is also a large media market
that can see your advert through TV highlights,
newspapers and social media photographs. There
are over 24,000 vehicles per day that drive past
Edgar Street so an external advertising board can
be the perfect way to advertise to your customers.
Packages start from £1,000 plus VAT

Dugout Sponsor
With over 2,000 supporters at every home game
and a strong focus throughout the game on
both sets of managers, the dugout sponsorship
package offers great value for money.
This package starts at £1,500 plus VAT

Pitch Sponsor
Help keep the playing surface at Edgar Street
in fantastic condition by sponsoring a square of
the pitch for £10 for the 2020/21 season. Each
square sponsored will appear in the matchday
programme and on the club website.
Sponsorship is priced at £10 per square
Website Advertising
Our website has over 2.8 million hits per year and we have
several different advertising opportunities available including
banners, adverts and video.
This package starts from £100 plus VAT

Media Sponsor
Hereford FC has one of the best media products in non-
league football with thousands of regular visitors to the
club’s website and social media channels. Radio Hereford FC
also averages 1,000 listeners for Hereford FC games.
This package starts at £3,000 plus VAT

Programme Advertising
These are a very cost-effective way of promoting your
business locally. Our programme advertising pack can
increase your sales by supporting Hereford FC. With over
600 programmes sold at home game and another 50 online,
this has become a very popular marketing tool for a lot of
well-established local businesses.
Programme advertising starts from £250 plus VAT

Programme Sponsor                                                 Programme Article Sponsor
With over 600 programme sales every home match at Edgar           Sponsor your favourite article in the official
Street, being the official matchday programme sponsor is a        matchday programme.
great way to target the local business market.                    This package starts at £100 plus VAT
This package starts at £1,000 plus VAT
Season Ticket Sponsor                                Team Sheet Sponsor
With over 1,700 season ticket holders, this is the   The Team Sheet has become very popular at
ideal way to regularly target the loyal supporters   Edgar Street with over 500 being printed at
of Hereford FC.                                      every home game. By being the team sheet
This package starts at £1,500 plus VAT               sponsor, your business primarily targets the
                                                     corporate market at Hereford FC games.
                                                     This package starts at £500 plus VAT

Match Ticket Sponsor                                 Substitution Sponsor
With regular attendances of over 2,300, being the
                                                     Have your company name announced over the
match ticket sponsor of Hereford FC allows your
                                                     tannoy every time that Hereford FC make a
business to target the people of Hereford.
                                                     substitution during the 2020/21 season
This package starts at £1,500 plus VAT
                                                     This package starts at £500 plus VAT
For commercial opportunities please contact James Watts
       Hereford FC | Edgar Street | Hereford | HR4 9JU
T 01432 268257 | M 07780 221391 | E jwatts@herefordfc.co.uk
                   www.herefordfc.co.uk
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