The FA Cup with Budweiser!

[Sluffy]

Well that is what it is going to be called for the next few years.


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.

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

[Chris Rabz]

Hopefully we'll all get a free beer when we go to FA Cup games.

[Martinbwfc]

Hopefully we'll all get a free beer when we go to FA Cup games.

Did'nt get any from Carling.

[Chris Rabz]

Good, I wouldn't want any from Carling Black Pisswater.

[ReebokTrotter]

I can still remember the Milk Cup. Better for your health as well.

[Chris Rabz]

If we played in the LDV Vans Trophy would we have got a free transit?

[Sluffy]

We did when we won the Sherpa Van Final!

[DaveBWFC]

A van and a trophy presented by Elton John. Doesn't get much better than that imo.