Meet the Fridge Magnate Who's Putting a Cool Gbp 2m Into the Cup for No Return First Minister Hails Haughey's 'Philanthropy' Over Branding of Homecoming Scottish Cup

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GOVERNMENTAL intervention in economic crises extended to Scottish football yesterday when Holyrood, in alliance with Glasgow businessman Willie Haughey, took over the sponsorship of the Scottish Cup, in the process easing the financial burden of the SFA.

Haughey, the owner of Glasgow business City Refrigeration, is taking the remarkable step of putting up GBP 1 million a year over the next two years without wanting the naming rights, allowing the Scottish Government to use the Homecoming 2009 banner in the re- branding of the competition as the Homecoming Scottish Cup. The Homecoming programme will mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns and, through it, the government aims to promote healthy living and good citizenship, among other causes.

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Meet the Fridge Magnate Who's Putting a Cool Gbp 2m Into the Cup for No Return First Minister Hails Haughey's 'Philanthropy' Over Branding of Homecoming Scottish Cup

The national association, guardians of the country's oldest tournament, had been forced to support the cup to the tune of GBP 1.25 million a year since Tenne...

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