Amazon Takes Ryan Reynolds' Advice, Replaces Burger King as Stevenage FC Sponsor

The lower league soccer team has now had two major sponsors

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Amazon has followed the lead of Hollywood actor and co-owner of Wrexham Football Club Ryan Reynolds in sponsoring a lower league soccer team in England, with Amazon’s Prime Gaming replacing Burger King as the sponsor of Stevenage FC for the next two years.

For a club in the fourth division of English soccer, to gain the attention of such major brands is rare with its average home crowd of around 3,000 fans and little television coverage.

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