The silent auction for the shirt sponsorship of the Corby Town maroon away shirt is now underway.

The Steelmen, currently sixth in the Blue Square Bet North, have made a solid start to the new campaign. An opening day victory at title favourites AFC Halifax Town was followed up by a 6-1 win over Bishop's Stortford in the first competitive league fixture at Steel Park. Despite suffering a disappointing defeat in their next match to leaders Hyde - who remain unbeaten to this day - Graham Drury's side have continued to impress in front of goal, beating an Eastwood team who had lost only twice in 25 games heading into the match, 5-0 and Worcester 2-0 over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Acting Chairman David Mallinger explained how the opportunity has come about: “We have been in negotiations with a national company for sometime regarding the opportunity for them to sponsor our away shirts. Whilst we're not in a position to confirm who this business is at this point, we have reached a stage in negotiations where they have been impressed by what we have to offer and have made it clear they would like to support the club in other areas, therefore we're at a point where the advertising space on our away strip has unexpectedly become available.

"The club has made a good start to the new campaign and after an eye catching win at Halifax on the opening day, where we wore the quality Joma kit for the first time, we have continued to lay the foundations for what we hope will be a successful season.

“This is an exciting time to be involved with the club, the new stadium has seen increased number of supporters coming through the gate and the community and the town are more actively engaged with what the club is looking to achieve than ever before. We believe we now have a strong local and national media profile and with that comes opportunities. We have a lot to offer a potential sponsor so we are now looking to partner up with a similarly minded ambitious business, and to demonstrate our innovative approach we thought this would be a different way to do things.”

The club are inviting companies to place a bid for the shirt sponsorship of the away strip in a silent auction. 

The bidding will close at 5pm on Wednesday 14th September and at that point the winning bid, which will need to be in excess of the club's reserve – which will remain private - will be contacted. At no point during the window of when bids can be registered will the club be commenting specifically about how the process is going. 

To place a bid, companies are asked to email david@corbytownfc.co.uk with their offer, or to write to the club at Steel Park, Rockingham Road, Corby, Northamptonshire NN17 2AE on company letter headed paper with their bid.

After the winner has been determined and on receipt of cleared funds and the appropriate artwork, the sponsored kit will then be worn for an away match at the earliest opportunity.

Anyone interested in further information, or who wishes to see the playing strip, is encouraged to contact Commercial Manager Paul McAuley on 01536 406640. Paul will be happy to meet with interested parties to expand on the deal prior to them registering a bid, if required.