Simod is an Italian

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manufacturer, based in

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. The company specialises in sports

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, such as training shoes, running shoes and

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, although they also design casual footwear not intended for use in sport. Simod sponsored the English

Full Members Cup The Full Members' Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992. T ...

professional

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competition from 1987 to 1989, during which time the competition was known as the Simod Cup.

Minardi Formula One (1985–1993)

Amongst other sponsorships, they were a named sponsor of the Italian

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Formula 1 team for a number of years during the 1980s. 2005 Brands Hatch A1GP 25 Sept Rodrigo Gallego Minardi F1 185

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