Ebac has sponsored the Northern League club’s home shirts for the 201718 season and the town football club is in a spin over this record-breaking sponsorship deal with the Aycliffe company. The washing machine manufacturer has sponsored Aycliffe’s in an agreement with chairman Allan Oliver. . Revealing the club’s newlook, two-tone blue strips,
Newton Aycliffe FC chairman Allan Oliver (left) with Ebac chairman John Elliott Oliver said it’s a major breakthrough for the club. “Ebac have helped us out massively and it has taken a weight off my shoulders.” “We do want more people through the gate, but to do that you need a winning team. I always compare it to the cinema – if it’s not entertaining, you don’t go. If you have a winning team, they will come, and that’s what we’re striving for.

“Support like this will certainly help and with the size of our business park, we’d be eternally grateful if other businesses also got on board. There are a lot of places up and down the country where you’ve never been, but you’ve heard of the football team, and we’d like to put Aycliffe on the map. Ebac, which also manufacturers dehumidifiers and water coolers at its Aycliffe site, already sponsors the Northern League as well as Durham County Cricket Club’s Academy. The company’s chairman John Elliott said: “I think it’s very important to support grass-roots sport in the North-East. We’re famous for sport, we’re very good at it and the more we can do to support it the better”. “Newton Aycliffe is Ebac’s local team and I think Allan Oliver has done a great job there over many years. I’ve known him for a few years and I think he’s really performed well.

It’s a real grass-roots club with real people working together.” John Elliott urges other business to follow suit and back the town’s local club. “You mustn’t look at this as a commercial venture,” he added. It’s not about making money, it’s about putting money back into the community.” Businesses interested in sponsoring Newton Aycliffe FC can contact Dave Stickland on 07857 905257.