MANCHESTER, December 14, 2006  –  Village Manchester FC, the city’s gay football club, has clinched a major three-year sponsorship deal with Recon.com, a fetish site for gay men.

The deal was announced by Philip Hamil, managing director of Recon and head of communications at Village Manchester, Jason McAuley.

Both the first and second teams at the club are involved in the deal which will see Village Manchester change their traditional blue ‘home’ shirts in favour of a new red one emblazoned with the Recon logo.

The three-year deal announced on Monday 11th December, 2006 by recon’s Managing Director Philip Hamill and VMFC Head of communications Jason McAuley makes recon the Principle Club Sponsor for the VMFC 1st and 2nd Teams, and will see the club change their traditional blue ‘home’ shirts in favour of a sexy new red one emblazoned with the recon logo.

“[We] see this partnership as complementary to the growth of our membership as we attract an increasing number of younger gay men to recon, many of whom have a particular interest in football or sports-gear,” commented Mr. Hamill.

“VMFC have had a great deal of success in local and national leagues, and will be attending the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association (IGLFA) World Cup in Argentina during 2007, we anticipate that this deal will open up some excellent opportunities for us both.”

Mr. McAuley expressed “delight” the prospect of working with the recon team over the next 3 years.

“[We will be] exploring the many exciting opportunities both organisations now have both on and off the pitch,” he added.

Last year, Village Manchester came close to clinching the International Gay and Lesbian Football Association’s world championship title in Copenhagen.

The club powered their way to the final where they met Paris PAEC.  Manchester scored first for a 1-0 halftime lead.  But Paris equalised on the hour.  And it stayed 1-1 to the end, with Manchester succumbing to the French side 4-2 in the penalty shoot-out for second place in championships.

The club did not compete in this year’s championship, held in Chicago during the Gay Games – but the London’s Stonewall FC “won gold” and the title by beating Florida Storm 3-1 in the final.

Plans are well underway for Village Manchester to take part in the IGLFA World Championships next year in Buenos Aries.

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