THE Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday unveiled their new kit ahead of their senior National Men’s Football team (Golden Jaguars) 2018 World Cup Qualifier against St Vincent and the Grenadines on June 10 and 14. According to the GFF’s marketing and communication director Rawle Toney, the Federation is more than pleased to partner with Admiral Sportswear to be its official uniform and kit provider for the next four years.
“Admiral is a highly respected international brand and one which the GFF is proud to be associated with and to have our entire national and league teams outfitted in,” Toney said, while speaking to the media yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium where the simple but significant event was held.
Admiral, the second-largest football brand supplying professional teams in the U.S. and Canada, in addition to supplying competitive and recreational teams will outfit our National sides with a unique kit for their 2016 Olympic qualifiers and 2018 World Cup qualifier.
The Golden Jaguars will debut their new Admiral kit in their 2018 World Cup qualifier on June 10 against St Vincent.
Both the Men’s and Women’s U-23 teams will also be wearing Admiral during the CFU 2016 Olympic qualifiers at the end of June and August respectively.
“The deal was done in such a strategic way, that the GFF could benefit. Admiral will sell the products online and the Federation gets a percentage from that sale. But also, the GFF already has fan wear and those are being sold for $2 000 and the player’s replica will cost $6 000. All items are sold only at the GFF’s head office in Campbellville,” Toney said.
Admiral itself is a legendary brand, being worn by some of the biggest names in the sporting world.
The England National Team, Manchester United, New York Cosmos and most recently the West Indies Cricket team are just some of the teams that once donned Admiral.
In fact, Admiral has supplied most of the current English Premier League (EPL) teams in addition to being the largest brand in the original North American Soccer League (NASL).
Today Admiral is a major player in the North American and international markets.