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B&Q Competition Winner announced
« on: May 24, 2005, 02:01:15 pm »
The winners of the RAWK and B&Q's Match Perfect Paint competition are Carl and Cathy Culling and family. They won £150 and their living room painted in a perfect Liverpool Red ahead of the Champions League Final.



RED IS THE COLOUR
Football fans paint Britain red

It seems blue is no longer the colour as football fans go crazy for red ‘football strip’ paint colours. Since the launch of its ‘Match Perfect Paint’ service just four weeks ago, B&Q has seen a 23% increase in sales of red paint as Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool fans prayed for success in the FA Cup Final and UEFA Champions League. 

The service, where paint is mixed to the exact colour of your football team strip, has proved most popular in the North West – home of UEFA Champions League finalists, Liverpool.  With B&Q stores in the area reporting a high level of interest in ‘Liverpool’ red paint and a B&Q survey showing that a third of Liverpool fans are fanatical about their team, it isn’t surprising to see them sporting their team’s colours in their own homes. 

Liverpool supporter, Carl Culling (40), from Southport is so passionate about his team that he proposed to wife, Cathy in the centre circle at Anfield and has now painted his home in ‘Liverpool’ red to show his support in the run up to the Champions League Final.  Carl said: “I've been looking for a big way to celebrate the boys getting into the final, so I was made up when I heard about this new B&Q service.  I took my shirt straight into store to have the paint mixed up.  It’s a great way to show how much I love Liverpool FC and I feel as though I'm permanently on the Kop now!   If we beat AC Milan on Wednesday it won't be just my house I'll be painting red!”

Red paint sales have also rocketed in the North East since Sunderland’s promotion to the Premiership and Middlesbrough’s battle for a place in the UEFA cup next season. 

What’s more, as Norwich and West Bromwich fought for survival in the premiership, tins of yellow and green paint also flew off the shelves – B&Q has seen a 5% rise of both colours.  But if passionate fans spur their team to victory, Wigan look set to beat Premiership Champions Chelsea next season – blue paint sales are 3:1 higher in the North West than in the Capital. 

Post Match Analysis
In the last four weeks, B&Q has sold:

Over 13,000 litres of ‘football strip’ red paint, enough to cover 21 Anfield’s
Over 5,350 litres of ‘football strip’ yellow paint, enough to cover 9 Carrow Road’s
Over 2,000 litres of ‘football strip’ blue paint, enough to cover 4 Stamford Bridge’s

The service is proving to be the latest craze in supporting your team, as research1 that led to the initiative showed that of the 35 million footie fans in the UK, 75% would use their team’s colours when decorating their home. 

The research also revealed that twice as many women (50%) as men said they would paint their house in their football team’s colours. The over 60s were set to get red carded by the neighbours as they said they would be more likely to paint the whole interior and exterior of their homes with their team colours.

The bedroom was voted the most popular room to decorate in ‘Match Perfect Paint’ gaining possession of 67% of the votes. Bathrooms came second but, most surprisingly, the whole house and the house exterior were twice as likely to get a football strip makeover as kitchens and living rooms.

Lorian Coutts, director of communications at B&Q, said: “The initial research showed that Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool are the most popular premiership teams.  As a result, we predicted a sales increase in red paint of 20% within the first six months, but we never expected to achieve a bigger increase within just four weeks! It’s proof we really are a nation of football enthusiasts.”

B&Q launched ‘Match Perfect Paint’ in response to customer demand. To match paint to your football team strip simply take your shirt into your local B&Q Warehouse. To find out if your local B&Q offers a paint mixing service visit www.diy.com

© B&Q/RAWK 2005
« Last Edit: May 24, 2005, 02:08:45 pm by Rushian »
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2005, 02:27:44 pm »
Thats a quality picture. Thought i was on the wrong site for a moment :)

Would be dead funny to paint some Bitters room all red too :lmao

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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2005, 02:30:21 pm »
Actually looks quite good.

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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2005, 02:36:27 pm »
whose the head the ball with the teddy in the background!??

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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2005, 03:13:23 pm »
I've got the full res pic which was sent to us on my PC and it is superb quality - much too large to include in the story so had to create a smaller jpg.
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2005, 05:05:01 pm »
Yeah it does.. Looks better than I thought it would look..  :-\

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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2005, 05:08:49 pm »
I thought it was a great offer - basically getting your living room painted Red first for the pics then whatever colour you wanted for free plus £150 in your back pocket.
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« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2005, 05:58:50 pm »
I thought it was a great offer - basically getting your living room painted Red first for the pics then whatever colour you wanted for free plus £150 in your back pocket.

and a weekly Sunday phonecall from B&Q telling you of all the other great offers going.... ;)


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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2005, 06:22:44 pm »
they don't know about that yet ;)
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2005, 07:34:24 pm »
Looks great, can I put that picture on the fans forum Steve, got our own LFC section
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« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2005, 07:45:04 pm »
That looks superb! Thankfully tho it reminds me of LFC an not the shity scuderia...
Da lassa 39 angeli con lo sguardo fiero. Tifate con noi siete, l'orgoglio del popolo bianco nero...
From lapse 39 angels with the proud look. You be a fan with those yourselves, the pride of the white and black people...
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2005, 08:03:28 pm »
Just clocked the boots, WTF ;D
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« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2005, 08:17:52 pm »
Yeah! WTF!?! :o ;D
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2005, 08:31:09 pm »
A wonderful picture! It brings a big smile to my face! :scarf
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2005, 08:57:43 pm »
Bit bright but I am a jealous c*nt at the moment! :(

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« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2005, 09:17:55 pm »
Is Carl Culling a RAWKite?

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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #16 on: May 25, 2005, 05:29:48 pm »
Should beg my parents to let me paint our garage door red :P
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2005, 07:07:30 pm »
Should beg my parents to let me paint our garage door red :P

Or decorate it when they are out :P

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« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2005, 12:03:16 am »
We did it Rafa! Thank you!
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Re: B&Q Competition Winner announced
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2005, 10:13:02 pm »
That's my house!

I've got a full tin of Dulux specially mixed 'Liverpool Red' left that cost B&Q £60

It's free to a good home - go on paint a room you know you want to.

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« Reply #20 on: June 21, 2005, 04:57:41 pm »
A wonderful picture! It brings a big smile to my face! :scarf
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« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2005, 01:06:01 am »
 ;) :champ
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« Reply #22 on: May 31, 2006, 03:34:30 am »
Sorry but only just found this whilst looking round -

This this really happen?  The mad colour, the forum member who won with only one post, the mad bulging eyes on the "winners" - all point to a Gingan Guily to moi.

Just GO you Yank twats.