We have a number of sponsorship and advertising opportunities available that can benefit you and promote your business to the fans and visitors of Ballynahinch United by increasing awareness of your brand to audiences at The Millbridge, through our digital channels and to local newspaper readers.
Become a sponsor
Our sponsorship opportunities include:
- Match Sponsorship
- Player Awards
- Advertising Signage
- Player Sponsor
- Teamwear Sponsorship
- More information
- Volunteer to help
Match Sponsorship
Cost: £50
As you can imagine, we go through a lot of match balls every season, so our Match Sponsorship helps buy new balls and pay referees.
Match Sponsorship offers the perfect platform to effectively promote your business to our audiences through our digital channels and local print. This combination will provide an integrated strategy to promote your company or brand to local audiences and future customers.
This package includes:
- your inclusion on our pre-match and post-match social media posts for your chosen fixture.
- your inclusion in our match report.
- free entry and refreshment for you and a guest.
- a picture with the club captain, manager or a player of your choice.
- Pick the Ballynahinch United Man of the Match
Your sponsorship will help us pay referee fees, and go to towards maintaining our equipment and facilities.
The stats
Our social media platforms have a combined following of over 4,000 people and a annual average reach of around 45,000. Match reports appear on our website and also in the the Mourne Observer (average weekly readership: 25,000).
Player Awards
Man of the Match
Get in touch
Sponsor our Player of the Match award to promote your company and align it with the best performance’s during our matches. Ideally, we would prefer this to be an ongoing relationship. This can cover both our first, second and third team.
This package includes:
- inclusion on our man of the match graphic
- free entry and refreshment for you and a guest at the game.
- opportunity to choose the Player of the Match award.
If you cannot attend, Player of the Match awards will be chosen by a random spectator selected pre-match or by our management team.
Player of the Month
Get in touch
Become the sponsor of the best player of the month at the club, with monthly posts including a public vote to decide who the Player of the Month is, based on individual performances throughout the fixtures that month. This runs from August to April. This can cover both our first, second and team.
This package includes:
- inclusion on Player of the Month graphic and voting form
- social media spotlight about your business
Get in touch to discuss what you could provide.
Advertising Signage
We offer a simple opportunity to promote yourself through our two advertising signage options.
Roadside Signage
This is a 6×4 sized sign and is a great way to display a clear message about your business. This signage is viewable to over 35,000 daily travellers along the Drumaness Road (A24). This will be determined by where we have available space. Space is limited.
This package include:
- your business details printed on a roadside sign.
- a Match Sponsorship slot dedicated to your support.
- social media announcement of our partnership.
- appear on selected social media posts.
Cost: £350 per annum
Pitchside Signage
This is an 8×2 sized sign around the perimeter of The Millbridge pitch. This is a fantastic way to emblazon your business close to the action as well as in front of local audiences, including local papers like Down Recorder, Mourne Observer and the Daily Mirror’s Match on Tuesday pullout, or online.
This package include:
- your business details printed on a pitchside sign.
- social media announcement of our partnership.
- appear on selected social media posts.
Cost: £250 per annum
Both
Combine both of our signage options for a discounted price.
- your business details printed on a roadside sign.
- your business details printed on a pitchside sign.
- social media announcement of our partnership.
- a Match Sponsorship slot dedicated to your support.
- appear on selected social media posts.
Cost: £550
Shirt Number Sponsor
Get in touch or speak to a player you want to sponsor.
If you’re looking for a unique way to show your support, you can sponsor a shirt number for the season. All shirt numbers are currently available.
Numbers will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. You can also sponsor your favourite United player instead.
This package includes:
- Your business name included in all posts and match reports about your chosen number (or player).
- social media spotlight about your business.
- social media announcement of our partnership.
- qebsite promotion
- appear on selected social media posts.
- picture with the player in their kit, if requested.
- information about the shirt numbers end of season statistics, if requested.
Cost: £40 per month
Teamwear Sponsorship
Get your business name or brand logo on an item of our kit, tracksuit or accessories.
Tracksuits
Get in touch
Tracksuits are worn by all players and coaches to matches and in genreal use and ensure both teams look professional as we prepare on match days.
- your logo on all new tracksuits for our players.
- Social media announcement of our partnership.
- Free entry and refreshment for you to all our home games
- a Pitchside Sign (free for two-year contract, £250 per annum after).
- a Match Sponsorship slot dedicated to your support.
- your inclusion in other social media posts throughout the season.
- 3 shares per year of your own social media content / offers on Facebook and Instagram.
- social media spotlight about your business.
Polo shirts
Currently unavailable. This is sponsored STOVAX GAZCO.
These shirts are worn by all players and coaches to matches and in general use and ensure both teams look professional as we prepare on match days.
- your logo on new polo shirts for our 1st and 2nd team.
- a Pitchside Sign (free for two-year contract, £300 per annum after).
- your inclusion in other social media posts throughout the season.
Warm up t-shirts or rain jackets
These t-shirts are worn by our players and coaches as we prepare on matchday. They give the squad a professional-look and uniform while we get ready for the game ahead, and keep our subs and coaches kitted out on the sideline.
Rain jackets are used by the players in our matchday warm-ups during the wetter months and by subs and coaches during matches.
This package includes:
- your logo on all new match day warm-up t-shirts or rain jackets for our 1st team and coaches. 2nd team t-shirts and rain jackets are also available.
- Appear on all matchday related social media posts, including:
- pre-match,
- match report and
- man of the match.
- a Match Sponsorship slot dedicated to your support.
- your inclusion in other social media posts throughout the season.
- 1 share per year of your our own social media content / offers on Facebook and Instagram.
Warm up t-shirts: £300
Sub and warm up coats: £400
Kits
Not available.
Kits are worn home and away throughout the season for two to three years.
This first team kit package is not available.
Our Swifts’ kit is sponsored by Ian McClurg Learn Perform Coaching.
More information
All our sponsorship and advertising packages include Web and Social Media coverage.
Where possible, any partnership will also include an announcement in local newspapers.
If you want more information about any of our sponsorship packages, then please email ballynahinchunited@hotmail.com or message us on Facebook.
Volunteer
You can also get involved by volunteering. We always need volunteers to help out with multiple tasks on matchdays and training from welcoming spectators, cleaning, maintenance, customer service, ground maintenance and coaching senior or youth teams.
Contact us to get involved or come down to The Millbridge on a match day and speak to a Club Member.