New Shamrock Rovers Away Kit 11/12 Umbro Black

This is the new Shamrock Rovers 11/12 Away Kit. The new Shamrock away strip has been manufactured by Umbro and is black in colour. The 2011 Shamrock Rovers away kit is the first one in the Irish league to feature Umbro’s new comfort performance material that has been used by the Irish national football team.

Woodies’ DIY are the kit sponsors for Shamrock. The kit has both the Umbro logo and the Rovers club crest along with a gold star.

To the back of the shirt, the Irish flag is featured under the collar and a print stating “Ireland’s Number 1” is at the bottom of the shirt.

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Godaddy CEO Bob Parsons Killing Elephant Video 2011

The CEO of domain registrar Godaddy, Bob Parsons, is facing flak for a video showing him killing an elephant in Zimbabwe that has surfaced in the media.

This isn’t the kind of news we’d normally cover at a soccer blog, but Parsons’ company is the registrar and host of several soccer domains on the internet.

Parson’s elephant killing video has spread virally on the internet, and the reactions, as you’d expect are not very friendly. PETA has condemned Parsons and has given him the scummiest CEO of the year award. PETA have also announced the closure of their domain account with Godaddy. Competitor Namecheap has introduced a transfer coupon to entice several hurt Godaddy customers to switch and so has domain.com.

Parsons however did have a permit to hunt the elephant and said he killed the elephant to help the Zimbabwean villagers, but the video of him standing over the dead animal has provoked furious reactions among animal lovers.

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