Pop icon Ed Sheeran announces he will be sponsoring beloved League One Ipswich Town next season with album names on kit
ED SHEERAN has given Ipswich Town fans some Perfect news by announcing he will sponsor his beloved club next season. And the music megastar has dropped a big hint he is ready to go on tour again via the logo that will be on the front of the Tractor Boys shirts. The message ‘+-=÷x TOUR’ […]
ED SHEERAN has given Ipswich Town fans some Perfect news by announcing he will sponsor his beloved club next season.
And the music megastar has dropped a big hint he is ready to go on tour again via the logo that will be on the front of the Tractor Boys shirts.
The message ‘+-=÷x TOUR’ will appear on the men’s and women’s teams’ jerseys, in reference to his previous albums.
Sheeran, who is worth an estimated £200million, has agreed an initial one-year deal with Ipswich.
When pressed on what the logo means, the Shape of You sensation replied cryptically: “All will be revealed in time.”
Sheeran was born in Yorkshire but grew up in Suffolk and has been a huge Ipswich supporter since he was young.
The 30-year-old was a regular to Portman Road during the 2019-20 season following the end of his ÷ tour.
He went to at least ten games with his mates, who are also big Town fans, despite the club being in League One and even attended a Leasing.com Trophy match.
Sheeran used a Suffolk phrase ‘sloightly on the huh’ – meaning ‘slightly off kilter’ – in his message to fans upon the revealing of his shirt-sponsorship deal as he predicted better times ahead for his hometown team.
The world-famous singer-songwriter added: “The football club is a big part of the local community and this is my way of showing my support.
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“I have always enjoyed my trips to Portman Road and I’m looking forward to going back there as soon as supporters are allowed into stadiums again.
“With the new owners from the US coming in, there are sure to be exciting times ahead for Ipswich fans, including myself. Hopefully we can stop being sloightly on the huh!”
Flame-haired Sheeran also also posted a picture of himself as a youngster in an Ipswich shirt on his Instagram account, which has a whopping 31.9million followers.
The ‘A Team’ star accompanied it with a post which read: “This bloke is the new sponsor of @ipswichtown football club. Do well”.
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