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reserve team's shirt, which now plays in Liga. Sportingbet also sponsored division 1 Victorian amateur football team
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announced a 3-year sponsoring deal. As a result, the logo of the company appeared on the club's shirts for the 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons of the
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from the 2009–10 season until the 2013–14 season. This link-up with a football club first began in
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