Soccer Savings has today (6th November 2006) been named the Official Savings Partner of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club and, in conjunction with their product provider, Dunfermline Building Society, will offer club branded savings accounts to Caley Thistle fans.

To mark the launch of the Inverness Caledonian Thistle Soccer Savings account all Caley Thistle fans attending Monday’s match with Aberdeen will be given a free five pounds voucher to open a ictfcsaver account.

Soccer Savings has today (6th November 2006) been named the Official Savings Partner of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club and, in conjunction with their product provider, Dunfermline Building Society, will offer club branded savings accounts to Caley Thistle fans.

To mark the launch of the Inverness Caledonian Thistle Soccer Savings account all Caley Thistle fans attending Monday’s match with Aberdeen will be given a free five pounds voucher to open a ictfcsaver account.

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And Inverness Caledonian Thistle fans will score over supporters of Manchester United, and other leading English clubs, with a more attractive standard rate of interest on their savings.

The accounts will provide fans with a new way to save and support Caley Thistle by offering a competitive rate of interest which will, in turn, generate an income for the club.

Mark Moran, Sales & Marketing Director of Glasgow-based Soccer Savings said: “ We are delighted to be selected as the official savings partner of Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club. In addition, to help kick start the scheme we are giving away a £5 voucher to all Caley Thistle fans at the match versus Aberdeen on Monday 6th November to help them start saving for both their and the club’s future.”

In a week when a survey of 1,000 Scots revealed that £180 million pounds worth of interest is being lost by Scots who wanted to save but didn’t get around to opening a savings account; the ictfcsaver account benefits fans and the club.

Mark Moran said: “This is a new and exciting way to encourage people to save because it’s more than just a savings account. The ictfcsaver account gives fans “money can’t buy” opportunities such as meeting Caley Thistle former players and other offers exclusive to account holders and it does raise the question why would a Caley Thistle fan save anywhere else?”

Brian Morton, Sales and Marketing Director of Dunfermline Building Society commented: “ The Soccer Savings initiative is a savings scheme  we are very proud to support. Having a team like Inverness Caledonian Thistle onboard is a fantastic way to raise the profile of this affinity savings product which help all the Soccer Savings teams in Scotland”

Some Soccer Savings Stats 

• Soccer Savings is the UK’s largest independent provider of affinity-based savings accounts to football fans in the UK.
• Soccer Savings was set up to help clubs raise additional revenue through traditional savings products.
• These accounts provide fans with a savings account with a competitive rate of interest and club branded literature and passbook covers.
• Clubs earn an income based on the amount their fans have on deposit. The more money their fans have in a soccersaver account, the more the club benefits.
• The company was formed in April 2005 and to date has twelve Scottish Football clubs participating in the scheme. (Aberdeen, Celtic, Dundee, Dundee Utd, Dunfermline, Falkirk, Hamilton, Kilmarnock, ICT (now), QOS, St Johnstone, St Mirren).
• The fans savings are held by the Dunfermline Building Society which has 74 outlets throughout Scotland.
• Similar schemes exist throughout the country with many of the UK’s largest clubs involved including Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal.