Stalybridge Celtic are delighted to announce that they will have new shirt sponsors for the 2013/2014 season.

Alan Kypriadis is not only one of the main board directors, but he's also been an academy director for the past 12 months and has worked closely with Kirklees College over that period. He is as committed to the whole academy concept as I am.

Alan has kindly offered to sponsor the first team shirt for the forthcoming season and although he has his own company and he could have even simply chosen to have his own family name on the front of the shirt, Alan has been tremendously generous (and visionary) and has decided to have the name of Kirklees College on the shirt instead.

Kirklees are, naturally, delighted with the idea and this will only cement our relationship going forward. Moreover, should this prove to be a success for them this year, they have already said that they may very well look to actually sponsor the shirt themselves in the future.

A big thanks to Alan for his generosity.