Cobh Ramblers launch sponsorship deal with Metropole Hotel for new season

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020 - 10:55

John O'Shea

THE Metropole Hotel are the new main sponsors of Cobh Ramblers for the season.

Ramblers made the official announcement at their 2020 season launch, held in the hotel on last evening.

Ramblers’ first game under the new sponsorship will be against Drogheda United at St Colman’s Park (7pm) on Saturday.

Ria Greaves, Deputy Gen. Manager at the Hotel is pictured with club players, Pierce Phillips (left) and Dave Hurley (right) and (back, from left) Shane O'Shea, Stuart O'Rourke, Stephen O'Connor, Fionn Duggan, Bryan Murphy and Michael O'Rourke. Picture: Brian Lougheed

Speaking on the sponsorship, Ramblers chairman Billy O’Leary commented:

“To be sponsored by such an iconic and historic hotel in Cork is important to us on so many levels as we approach our centenary year in 2022 and as we celebrate our history while embracing our future.

“Tellingly, both the hotel and us as a club are undergoing positive changes and we believe this win-win collaboration will deliver great benefits for both of us.”

Gerry McAnaney, FAI President, attended the Cobh Ramblers event in the Metropole Hotel to launch the new season.

Ramblers boss Stuart Ashton and a number of the Cobh first-team players were at the launch.

“For us, it will be our first game of the season. It is at home, so we are hoping for a good crowd there and we want to show the crowd what we are about,” Ashton told The Echo.