Diadora goes bust – SFA need new shirt supplier

Written by Smithy on July 14th, 2009

Diadora's UK division announced on Monday that it was going in to liquidation.  Current members of staff have been made redundant and a receiver has been appointed.

Diadora have been supplying Scotland shirts for the past 7 years and had one more year to run on it's £1 million a year contract.  Once the company went in to liquidation the SFA terminated the contract.

The SFA have added their name to a list of creditors of Diadora in the hope of recovering part of the final year instalment.

The SFA have confirmed they've enough shirts to last them through the current qualification games later this year which includes Norway, Macedonia and the Netherlands.  Some readers may remember when Fila went bust back in 2002 - the SFA had to remove strips from their own shop in the Hampden Museum in order to provide enough tops for the games.

It's believed the SFA have started negotiations with other suppliers who may be interested in supplying the Scotland national kit. Names in the hat include Umbro, Reebok, Puma and Nike.

It's also been announced that the Scotland Rugby Union (SRU) supplier Caterbury has also gone in to administration.


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Genuine SCOTLAND 2008-10 Diadora New Football Shirt S Condition - New with tags Delivery - £2.99 More Info...	£13.99 0
Scotland DIADORA Home Football Shirt [L] 2008/09 CLASS Condition - Used Delivery - £3.00 More Info...	£5.50 2
Diadora Scotland Training Football Shirt 05-06 Condition - Used Delivery - £3.00 More Info...	£3.99 1

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