SKINS Teams Up with English Premier League Club STOKE CITY in ground-breaking Partnership

International Compression Wear group SKINS is to supply its state of the art compression and recovery wear to Premier League football club Stoke City for the next 3 years.

SKINS will become the club’s Official Compression Partner when the deal commences at the start of next season and will supply the club’s first team and Academy players and staff.

Stoke have consolidated their position among English football’s elite in recent seasons and ended this year's Premier League campaign with their highest ever finish by claiming ninth place. The partnership re-enforces SKINS’ position within international sport and means that Stoke City will now join a partnership roll-call of teams and athletes from across world sport including the Wallabies Australian Rugby Union team, Bath Rugby, Exeter Chiefs and a series of internationals athletes from sports such as Alpine Skiing, Cycling and Triathlon.

The deal was arranged by SKINS’ UK division and General Manager David Ling said; ‘’This is a tremendous opportunity to be involved with one of England’s premier soccer clubs and one who’s fan base and general visibility stretches across the entire globe. The Premier League is a truly global product and Stoke City’s association with historic names such as Sir Stanley Matthews and Gordon Banks, together with the international status of its current squad reinforces our presence in the world’s most popular team sport.’’  

SKINS will supply compression clothing which helps to improve muscle performance and reduce training and playing induced soft tissue damage. In addition, SKINS will supply recovery garments that will enhance a player’s ability to quickly return to maximum, regular-season levels of physical performance.

The club’s Head of Commercial Andrew Billingham said: "We are always looking to innovate and create new partnerships at Stoke City and we believe this will be the first partnership of its kind in football, giving us a competitive edge in the industry. We are looking forward to the players using SKINS to aid their physical performance and recovery programmes during the rigours of a nine-month English season.

The SKINS range will be available for purchase in all Stoke City club stores. 

For a full list of SKINS partners please visit: 

http://www.skins.net/en-GB/whos_wearing_skins/athletes-and-partners.aspx

Further information:

SKINS Contact: Dan Smith, Marketing and Sales Coordinator, 01543 420 550

ABOUT SKINS – A BRAND BORN OUT OF AMBITION

In 1996 a keen Aussie skier had a bold ambition – to develop a garment that would improve sports performance and aid recovery. Consulting with NASA scientists and other experts, it took five years of design, testing and finessing before the first pair of SKINS tights were launched in Australia in 2002.

Word spread fast that SKINS help you perform better and recover faster. Basically, they make you feel like a super hero – and look a bit like one too.  Pro athletes were the first to get into them and before long amateur athletes joined the party.

The company has grown rapidly over the last decade, and continues to lead the innovation of the sports performance category it created, but our attitude has not changed a bit. SKINS’ mission is simple: to radically improve the world of sport, one pair of tights at a time. Let’s face it, when you’ve got a product that’s scientifically proven by numerous independent studies, you just say it how it is. No hype required.

Nowadays, SKINS’ global headquarters sit in Switzerland but our Aussie roots remain with a regional office in Sydney. Global growth has also seen regional offices open in the UK, USA, France and Germany and we have a distributor network that spans every major region around the globe.

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