Stevenage Football Club...Our matchday hospitality packages are a great way to entertain clients, employees, friends and family. ... Food Options Finger Buffets from £9.25 per person

Stevenage Football Club Commercial Opportunities

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Welcome

Our Market

Digital Advertising

Sponsorship

Hospitality Packages

Conferencing & Events

VVenue Hire

Academy

Foundation

[email protected] 01438 223223 stevenagefc.com /StevenageFC

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An authentic football experience, on your doorstep

Commercial OpportunitiesWelcome

Support the club at the heart of your community and let your business benefit.

Stevenage Football Club is a professional club embedded within its community, with a tradition and proven track record of achieving success and developing players through its exceptional player development pathway.

WWe provide the business community with a platform to promote their products and services, engage with the community, reward employees, build their reputation and grow their business.

Through networking, partnership delivery, dual initiatives and brand collaboration, Stevenage Football Club is the leading local commercial platform for businesses to enjoy.

Professional football in the heart of your community, with a leading commercial platform.

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Commercial OpportunitiesOur Market

Stevenage Football Club is one of the biggest brands in the local community and receives extensive levels of exposure across local, national and international platforms.

National & International Exposure

• Stevenage FC play in the English Football League, the third most watched sporting league in the world.

•• Our match highlights feature on Freeview Channel Quest which is sold to 204 countries each week and seen by a million viewers worldwide.

• Additional coverage of our FA Cup fixtures is also shown on BBC and BT Sport and can be in excess of 8 million for ties against Premier League opposition.

Regional & Local Exposure

•• Television highlights and weekly updates through BBC Look East and live match commentary by BBC Three Counties.

• Weekly print and daily digital coverage by local newspapers The Comet and The Advertiser.

• Daily Club updates and features by radio stations Bob FM and SG1 Radio.

• 60,000 local people attending home league matches

Why advertise with us?

• Receive high level exposure through live TV coverage, match highlights and our social/digital platforms.

• Experience brand awareness, recognition and association.

• Achieve your Corporate Social Responsibility objectives

• An exciting and alternative way to reach your target audience

•• Value For Money

• Invitation to our stadium-based networking Events

• Opportunity to market your company or brand on matchdays

through prizes and competitions

• Opportunity to build your prospective customer base

[email protected] 01438 223223 stevenagefc.com

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Gain exposure through our widely accessible and valued business platform.

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Commercial OpportunitiesDigital Advertising ////////////

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Engage your brand with our digital platforms and products to reach specific target audiences and directly link them to your business.

Our platforms not only engage, entertain and inform our supporters, but provide you with the opportunity to interact with our thousands of followers and subscribers.

WEBSITE VIEWS | 25,000 unique visitors per month

FACEBOOK LIKES | 71,000

TWITTER FOLLOWERS | 56,000

YOUTUBE SUBSCRIBERS | 3,000

INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS | 13,000

E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS | 4,000

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Website Advertising

With over 300,000 visitors per year, our commercially designed main club website provides a wide range of opportunities to advertise your business and directly link our supporters to your products and services.

Official SponsorFFeature AdvertsBanner AdvertsFooter Sponsor

Similar opportunities are also available on our Retail, Ticketing, Foundation and Shephalbury Sports Academy websites.

£1,000 - £10,000 + VAT per season£125 + VAT per month£125 - £250 + VAT per month£250 - £500 + VAT per season

£5,000 + VAT per season£500 + VAT per month£250 + VAT per month

Social Media Advertising

Socially speaking we believe our content across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube is original, engaging and often viral. Place your brand alongside ours on these digital platforms which are followed by over 143,000 people and be a part of the trend.

Platform SponsoPlatform SponsorshipPlatform Monthly AdvertsPlatform Sponsored Features

E-Newsletters

Why not put youWhy not put your brand in front of our supporters and customers on a weekly basis through our E-Newsletters? Select your target market from one of our ten interest groups and place your brand directly next to our own.

Prices from £600 - £1,500 per season + VAT

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Interactive Matchday Programme

In 2018 we became the first professional club to trial an Interactive Matchday Programme. Equipped with player interviews, match highlights and behind the scenes content all in video format, our new piece of football tradition is now available to supporters via their mobile, tablet and desktop.

FFollowing its success and with over 2,500 reads per edition, from August 2019 we will be offering this ground-breaking digital format for all our fixtures, providing businesses with the opportunity to engage with supporters through video and embedded digital links to their websites.

FFrom less than £45 per match, you can interact directly with our supporters using changeable content for each edition and take them straight to your products and services.

Full Page Interactive AdvertsFeatured Sponsored Articles

£1,250 + VAT per season£1,000 + VAT per season

£2,250 + VAT per season£1,250 + VAT per season

Video Screen & Scoreboard Advertising

Our in-stadium Video Screen and Scoreboards provide a great platform for businesses to advertise through both static adverts and video to our supporters.

30 Second Video Advert30 Second Static Advert

FFurther opportunities to enhance your brand are available through our audio and PA systems, including goal, substitution and team line up sponsors.

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Commercial OpportunitiesSponsorship ////////////

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Place your brand across our diverse platforms and see it up in lights, next to the pitch or on the shirt of the players.

Perimeter Pitch Side Advertising

Get your brand seen on TV, by our supporters and by our non-matchdays stadium visitors.

Pitchside TV Facing From £1,950 per season

Pitchside nonPitchside non-TV Facing From 1,500 per season

Crowd Facing From £500 per season

First Team Players

CCreate an even closer connection by sponsoring one of the Club’s First Team players for the season. See your name or company logo featured alongside your chosen player in our Match Day Programme and on the Players online website profile, as well as receive a signed shirt from your player at the end of the season.

£250 per season

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Commercial OpportunitiesSponsorships ////////////

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Ticketing

With over 1,200 Season Tickets and 60,000 Match Tickets sold every season, our tickets provide a tangible opportunity to get your brand in the hands of our supporters.

Season Ticket Cards £1,200 per age category, per season

Paper Match Day Tickets £1,200 per season (home/away)

Digital Match Day Tickets £1,200 per season (home/away)

MonthlyMonthly Awards

Become the brand behind the glory by sponsoring our Goal of the Month and Player of the Month Awards. Receive the opportunity to present the awards in person at the Club’s Training Ground and gain extensive media coverage across our media platforms.

Monthly Award - £250 per month


Commercial OpportunitiesHospitality ////////////

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Our matchday hospitality packages are a great way to entertain clients, employees, friends and family.

Our packages provide the opportunity to put you at the heart of the Club and are the perfect platform to entertain, network and watch the action in style.

Matchday Sponsorship Package - Price: Available upon request

• Two course meal for 16 people•• Half Time tea & coffee • Access to a pay bar • 16 Premium Seats• Official Team Sheets • 3 onsite reserved car parking spaces • Pre & Post match social media coverage • Company logo displayed on video screen•• PA coverage of Match Sponsorship

Match Ball Sponsorship Package - Price: Available upon request

• Two course meal for 4 people• Half Time tea & coffee• Access to a pay bar• 4 Premium Seats• Official Team Sheets •• 1 onsite reserved car parking space • Pre & Post match social media coverage • Company logo displayed on video screen• PA coverage of Match Sponsorship

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Commercial OpportunitiesHospitality ////////////

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Hospitality Box Package - Price: Available upon request

• Two course meal for 10 people• Half Time tea & coffee • Hospitality bar access• 10 Premium Seats• Official Team Sheets •• 2 onsite reserved car parking space

(Seasonal prices available upon request, subject to availability)

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Commercial OpportunitiesConferencing & Events ////////////

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Make The Lamex Stadium your chosen venue for your next business event, whether it be corporate team building, business presentations or training seminars.

Located two minutes from the A1(M) and a twenty-minute walk from Stevenage Railway Station, our wide range of facilities set within a professional sporting environment offer a unique and inspirational venue.

AlAll our Suites on the groundfloor have disabled access, natural daylight & air conditioning. Our on-site caterers provide an excellent service ranging from tea, coffee & sandwiches, working buffet lunch through to a three course meal. We cater to your exact needs.

AlAll packages come with free parking, a screen & projector and an events co-ordinator on the day.

All prices are shown excluding VAT.

Venue

Venue

Broadhall Suite* Executive Suite* Premium Hospitality Boxes

Standard Hospitaltiy Boxes

*Disabled access.

Capacity

Suitable for up to 200 guests




Half Day £250.00

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Full Day £400.00

£275.00

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£120.00

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If you are planning a celebration or remembering a love one, The Lamex Stadium has a wide variety of facilities to suit your needs.

Our packages are flexible and allow you to build your perfect event to mark any occasion.

Venue

Broadhall Suite

All hire charges include, onsite parking and an Event Coordinator. DJ, Door Staff and Decor prices available upon request.

Food Options

Finger Buffets from £9.25 per person

Sit Down Meal from £20.95 per person

Capacity


Price Available upon request


Commercial OpportunitiesSFC Academy ////////////

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Stevenage Football Club is committed to developing players to support and enhance its first team squad, through its four tier Player Development Pathway which is open to over500 players aged 7 to 19 years old.

Since 2010 the Club has operated an EFL EPPP Category 3 Academy providing high quality performance and educational programmes which has produced over 25 players for the first team squad.

GGraduates have included Ben Wilmot (Watford FC) and George Boyd (Sheffield Wednesday) who have featured in the EFL Championship, the Premier League and Serie A, as well as current first team players Arthur Iontton, Mark Mckee, Liam Smyth and Ben Kennedy.

Academy Sponsor

Put your brand alongside one of the best Academies in the Football League and help support us in creating a future generation of players for the first team squad.

This This key partner opportunity provides an extensive selection of branding inventory, as well as the chance to see players progress and develop through the Player Development Pathway.

Price: Available upon request

Age Group Sponsor

Our Age Group Sponsor Package allows you to support a specific age group within our Academy and see your brand on the front of the team’s shirt.

£2,000 + VAT Per Season

Player Sponsor

Choose to support one of our Academy Players and see your name or company logo featured alongside your chosen player in our Match Day Programme and on the Players online website profile.

££100 per season


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Our Foundation

Stevenage FC Foundation is the Club’s Official Registered Charity which delivers a variety of sporting and educational based activities in order to help improve the standard of living across Stevenage, North Hertfordshire, East Hertfordshire and Welwyn & Hatfield.

The Vision

TTo provide opportunities for our community to realise their potential.

The Mission

To offer sustainable programmes that create active and healthier lifestyles, improve opportunities to reach individual and collective potential, and positively impact all areas of our community.

As one of Hertfordshire's key sport, community and education themed charities your business can be a part of our ambition to help our local community to realise their potential.

With over 5,000 hours a year of face to face community exposure the staff are ever present in Stevenage and surrounding towns/villages, working directly with over 1,600 participants a week aged 2 years to 85 years old!

WhetheWhether you have a corporate social responsibility agenda to meet, employees to nurture and develop or you just want to give back and engage with the community you operate in, we have the right programme for you to support.

How to Get Involved

FFor more information about how you can get involved in supporting our Foundation through financial support, personal donations or volunteering please contact the Foundation directly.

[email protected]

01438 223223

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Lamex Stadium, Broadhall Way,Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8RH

01438 223223 [email protected]

www.stevenagefc.com

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Stevenage Football Club...Our matchday hospitality packages are a great way to entertain clients, employees, friends and family. ... Food Options Finger Buffets from £9.25 per person