Swindon Town Announce Puma Kit Deal
English League One club Swindon Town will wear Puma kits from the upcoming season. Swindon Town FC officially announced the new Puma Kit Deal on April 16, replacing previous shirt supplier Adidas. Adidas had been making the Swindon Town Football CLub Kits since 2009-10.
Swindon Town will likely play for promotion to English Championship as they have already secured a play-off spot.
Swindon Town FC Sign 3-Year Puma Shirt Deal
Puma will produce the new Swindon Town Kits from the 2015-16 campaign.
Puma and Swindon Town signed a three-year kit deal, which will come into effect from June 1, 2015. Puma will produce the Swindon Town Kits at least until 2017-18.
A spokesman for PUMA said: "We are happy to add Swindon Town to our growing list of football clubs in the UK. With a renewed focus on sport performance, PUMA is working to continually improve product designs and sports marketing assets with the mission to become the fastest sports brand in the world. We are proud to welcome Swindon into this new strategy."
The new Swindon Town Kit Deal allows Puma to produce the new Swindon Town 2015-16 Home, Away and Third Kits as well as the official training shirts. It's very likely that the new Swindon Town FC 2015-2016 Kits will be based on the striking Puma 15-16 Teamwear templates.
Keelan McNally, Head of Commercial at Swindon Town, speaking on behalf of the club, added: "Swindon Town FC are thrilled to be able to announce this fantastic partnership with PUMA for the 2015/16 season onwards. PUMA will bring its own unique brand and ideas to the partnership, ensuring that they can assist us both on and off the field of play.
Swindon Town joins English clubs such as Burnley, Leicester, Wolves and Dundee FC, who have signed a deal with Genesis Sports. Genesis Sports are Puma's exclusive licensee for teamsport in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
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