"The FA Cup with Budweiser" (!)

Svlad Cjelli · by **Svlad Cjelli** » 16 Jun 2011 13:34

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13792977

US beer company Budweiser has been named as the first US sponsor of English football's FA Cup, in a three-year deal.

The amount of money paid by the firm, owned by St Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, has not been disclosed.

Budweiser has been a sponsor of the football World Cup for 25 years and also backs US motorsport.

The FA Cup had been sponsored by energy giant E.On for five years, from 2006 to 2011.

The competition will now be known as the FA Cup with Budweiser.

"We are extremely pleased to have secured an iconic brand such as Budweiser to be the lead partner of the FA Cup," said FA General Secretary Alex Horne.

The cup, currently held by Manchester City after they beat Stoke City in May's final, is the world's oldest domestic competition.

It mean's England's two domestic cups are now sponsored by beer brands, with Carling the title sponsor of the League Cup.

soggy biscuit · by **soggy biscuit** » 16 Jun 2011 13:52

maybe the worst tasting beer in the world.

Terminal Boardom · by **Terminal Boardom** » 16 Jun 2011 14:16

Everything about this is wrong. And there is a worse tasting beer. It's called Miller Shite.

TBM · by **TBM** » 16 Jun 2011 14:52

Waaaaaaaaaaaats up

roadrunner · by **roadrunner** » 16 Jun 2011 15:04

TBM Waaaaaaaaaaaats up

^ this.

Silver Fox · by **Silver Fox** » 16 Jun 2011 15:22

TBM Waaaaaaaaaaaats up

TRUE

Wax Jacket · by **Wax Jacket** » 16 Jun 2011 15:25

wasabi?

handbags_harris · by **handbags_harris** » 16 Jun 2011 20:01

Strange isn't it? Budweiser and Stella Artois are similarly ABV'd but you can drink 10 pints of Budweiser and still feel sober, yet you drink ten pints of Stella Artois and you'd be uncontrollably smashing your Mrs's face in

Mr Angry · by **Mr Angry** » 16 Jun 2011 21:40

It could be worse I suppose.......

"The FA Cup sponsored by Tesco own brand maxi sanitary pads"

Row Z Royal · by **Row Z Royal** » 16 Jun 2011 22:25

Silver Fox
TBM Waaaaaaaaaaaats up

TRUE

Word

No Fixed Abode · by **No Fixed Abode** » 16 Jun 2011 22:41

Bud light is better than normal Bud.

Y21_Royal · by **Y21_Royal** » 16 Jun 2011 22:59

A watered down version of the real thing that you only go for when you've run out of other options, seems about right as a sponsor to me

SpaceCruiser · by **SpaceCruiser** » 16 Jun 2011 23:18

SHAMBLES

Compo's Hat · by **Compo's Hat** » 17 Jun 2011 01:37

Mr Angry It could be worse I suppose.......

"The FA Cup sponsored by Tesco own brand maxi sanitary pads"

The mascot might end up looking like this!

TheMaraudingDog · by **TheMaraudingDog** » 17 Jun 2011 12:11

LOL @ corporate jolly man moaning about a corporate sponsor.

i'll_be_there · by **i'll_be_there** » 17 Jun 2011 12:56

Yuck I tried Bud Light, never again. It was foul! Normal But FTW

papereyes · by **papereyes** » 17 Jun 2011 14:40

TheMaraudingDog LOL @ corporate jolly man moaning about a corporate sponsor.

What's the difference between this and EON?

Ian Royal · by **Ian Royal** » 17 Jun 2011 22:39

I think Buds actually ok for a lager.

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