Aston Villa
Aston Villa yesterday became the first Premier League side to ditcha Aston Villa yesterday became the first Premier League side to ditcha multimillion Advertising Shirt sponsor to help a charity instead. Shirts at the Birmingham club had earned £2million a year fromadvertising online gambling. Next season they will promote Acornschildren's hospices for free. Villa executive Duncan Riddle said: "The shirts have monetaryvalue. They also have emotional value to fans and this is somethingto give back to the community." An Acorns spokesman said they were "over the moon."
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