{"id":8422,"date":"2023-09-14T01:46:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/14\/laliga-now-sponsors-a-small-welsh-team-with-a-very-very-big-name\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T01:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T01:46:15","slug":"laliga-now-sponsors-a-small-welsh-team-with-a-very-very-big-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/14\/laliga-now-sponsors-a-small-welsh-team-with-a-very-very-big-name\/","title":{"rendered":"LaLiga now sponsors a small Welsh team with a very, very big name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Jude Bellingham, Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modri\u0107 \u2013 those are just some of the big names currently playing in LaLiga.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Now, the Spanish soccer league has linked up with the biggest name in the sport. Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb P\u00eal Droed Llanfair\u00adpwllgwyngyll\u00adgogery\u00adchwyrn\u00addrobwll\u00adllan\u00adtysilio\u00adgogo\u00adgoch Football Club.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The team, based in North Wales and more commonly known as CPD Llanfairpwll FC, is set to be sponsored by LaLiga throughout the current season.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The league\u2019s \u201cLL\u201d logo will appear on the front of Llanfairpwll\u2019s jerseys, which also bear the town\u2019s full, 58-letter name on the club crest.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThis really is an outstanding partnership for us,\u201d Samantha Jones-Smith, the club\u2019s chairwoman, said as part of a LaLiga press release. \u201cNot only is it the most exciting collaboration the club has ever had, but it also allows us to improve both on and off the field.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      According to the press release, the jersey will debut on Saturday as Llanfairpwll, currently playing in the fifth tier of Welsh soccer, faces Holyhead Town.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cWe\u2019ve got a great group here who are really committed to bringing success to the club,\u201d said manager Gwydaf Hughes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      \u201cThis new partnership with LaLiga brings further professionalism to our side, and I know the lads can\u2019t wait to wear the new kit with pride from this Saturday and throughout the season.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      The coastal village, located on island of Anglesey, is said to have the longest town name in Europe. It\u2019s not the original name, but was devised in the nineteenth century by a local cobbler as a way to attract tourists to the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">      Llanfairpwll, which next year celebrates its 125th anniversary, isn\u2019t the only Welsh team to achieve international distinction. Wrexham, under the ownership of Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has become a globally recognized name in recent years and last season gained promotion to League Two, the fourth tier of English soccer.  <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jude Bellingham, Robert Lewandowski, Luka Modri\u0107 \u2013 those are just some of the big names currently playing in LaLiga. Now, the Spanish soccer league has linked up with the biggest name in the sport. Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb P\u00eal Droed Llanfair\u00adpwllgwyngyll\u00adgogery\u00adchwyrn\u00addrobwll\u00adllan\u00adtysilio\u00adgogo\u00adgoch Football Club. The team, based in North Wales and <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}