Port Vale unveil new strip and sponsor

by Joe Hadden

Today saw Bill Bratt announce that Harlequin Property will be printed across the face of Port Vale shirts for the next 2 seasons in what he called a “record sponsorship deal” for the club.

Harlequin Properties are a property investment company specialising in 5 star hotels in the Caribbean. The company’s spokesman seemed optimistic that they would take the club to higher levels – on and off the pitch – and seemed happy to be part of the Vale.

As for the players, they will be sporting a brand new black and white striped shirt at Vale Park next season, which sprung an “oooohhh” from the crowd there today. The away kit didn’t manage to put everybody quite in as much awe as the home kit did, but marketing manager Mike Aldridge assured us that both of them are going fast.

Eager to impress, Harlequin’s spokespeople continued to praise the Vale, and explained how Vale Park would be fit for the likes of top-flight football. It seemed as if optimism was in the air, as Bill Bratt went on to say; “We didn’t have a very good season, did we… but no one is going to knock Port Vale down”. He said that Stoke people and Port Vale fans in particular are the “best people in the country”

Its not as if Port Vale is Harlequin’s biggest claim to fame though, they are the largest employer of Caribbean Island St. Vincent after the government, and apparently they are taking the property business by storm. Questioners quickly asked whether Burslem could be the next tourist hotspot and while they weren’t giving anything away yet, they did say they “already had plans” and will be making more announcements over the next few weeks.

Afterwards Lee Sinnott mingled with fans and sponsors, and explained that he is “happy his neighbours are in the premiership” but then questioned how this will affect the Valiant’s success next season. Good? Bad? Only time will tell.