I suppose, at the end of the day, it's an indirect complement to the club that people are worried we'll have an unimpressive logo on our shirts.

I mean they could have more serious things to be upset about:

Unimpressive team. Unimpressive captain. Unimpressive coach. Unimpressive support coaches. Unimpressive chairman. Unimpressive youth arm. Unimpressive track record. Unimpressive business plan. Unimpressive attendances. Unimpressive ambitions ...

I just think that some people assume that a well known name on the front of a shirt equals a good sponsorship deal which could not be further from the truth.

Part of the sponsorship is corporate hospitality hope the organization would have under privileged people as guests rather than a blue chip company giving a jolly to its directors .

Quote ="jaws1"This is not a local company in fact it is a NATIONAL company [url www.housesforhomes.co.uk/[/urlPart of the sponsorship is corporate hospitality hope the organization would have under privileged people as guests rather than a blue chip company giving a jolly to its directors .'" Hows about under privileged kids on free educational schemes in partnership with community reps and Wigan Warriors?

Quote ="jaws1"This is not a local company in fact it is a NATIONAL company [url www.housesforhomes.co.uk/[/urlPart of the sponsorship is corporate hospitality hope the organization would have under privileged people as guests rather than a blue chip company giving a jolly to its directors .'" Hows about under privileged kids on free educational schemes in partnership with community reps and Wigan Warriors?

Wigan Warriors are delighted to announce a new agreement which will see ‘Houses for Homes' become Main Club Partners for 2014.

The agreement will see the Houses for Homes logo appear on both the home and away players' and replica shirts during the forthcoming campaign when the Warriors aim to successfully defend their Super League Title and Tetley's Challenge Cup which were won at Old Trafford and Wembley respectively during 2013.

The initial one-year agreement has been struck due to the strong community values that both organisations share. The focus of the partnership will be firmly on how the two organisations and their respective charitable Foundations will collaborate on a wide range of innovative community projects.

Houses for Homes is a national company which is based in Wigan and has grown steadily since its formation in 2002. The company supplies social and extra care housing stock and accommodation to people across the country through registered housing providers, turning houses into homes and estates into thriving communities.

The philosophy behind Houses for Homes has always been one of affordability and sustainability; supplying social housing for the community to a high standard of quality. The company works in partnership with all of its stakeholders; development partners, housing providers, local authorities and care providers to achieve this.

Double winners Wigan Warriors also hold strong community beliefs, not only in developing Rugby League throughout the region but also using their world-famous brand to make a positive difference to the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and fans nationally every year.

Speaking about the agreement, Wigan Warriors Commercial Director Geoff Warburton said;

"We are delighted to announce Houses for Homes as our new Main Club Partners for 2014. HfH is a fantastic company which provides ordinary people with opportunities for better housing and in doing so it shares a unique synergy with our own beliefs. There is no doubt this partnership is a completely different proposition to the traditional sports sponsorship models that are out there and it will make a difference to communities throughout the country."

Ann Fairhurst, Director of Houses for Homes added;

"Our CEO Phil Shanks and I have always been impressed with the club's work and commitment to communities both in Wigan and further afield. Becoming Wigan Warriors' Main Club Partner will hopefully continue many years into the future as one of the cornerstones of the Houses for Homes Foundation project which will see us reinvest our partnership assets to support local communities and charitable initiatives across the country."



I dont think half the posters in this thread have actually read this on the website...its the reason the club went for this sponsor , and it should be applauded , not moaned about

How much have this tiny little company paid us? Surely less than Vodafone, Coca Cola et al offered?

I have read the entire thread and all the opinions for and against so this it not a gut reaction...

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The money a sponsor give you is only part of the equation. It's the exposure they give [iyou[/i as a club (and the sport as well).

When companies sponsor sport they also promote it! It features in all their advertising (....sponsors of Wigan RL). They arrange corporate events and so on.

Have you seen the sponsors plans for promoting the club, locally and nationally? If it was Coca Cola, they'd have Wigan RL printed on all of their cans, right?

You mean like the Stobart deal?

I do not know the details of the deal but I can only assume it is the best for Wigan and our strategy.

It is not Wigan's responsibility to promote the code. First and foremost we look after ourselves.

If you look at the recent success if the World Cup this in my opinion was bourne out of being realistic and not overly ambitious, it was pitched at the right level.

You would have to think given the way the club is run this deal is best for us.

I get the corporate promotional aspect of a sponsorship deal but realistically what would you expect from this. Nike are not going to drop Tiger Woods image and replace it for Harison Hanson, Pepsi are not going to suddenly start slapping pictures of Locky on its cans in place of Messi. I appreciate you would probably get a bit more exposure but if the model of the Stobart deal is to be followed you would have to be a very brave Chairman indeed given the epic failure if that with the RFL.

We are in good hands and this may well be another step on the road to a multinational sponsorship deal in the future, but right now the powers that be that have all the financial and marketing information to hand have decided this is the best deal for us.

I am comfortable to assume that our club has made the right decision for where we are right now and where we want to be in 5 years time etc.

I have not seen any tea bags with a red V across them, I have not seen anything other than their ground or shirts with the tea bags name across It. think you may be going a little OTT again. Its a sponsor who will be putting money into the club, unlike the last one who failed to pay their last few instalments because they went belly up. Get over it and move on.

Give over! Warrington Wolves are not going to feature in all Emirates advertising. Warrington get paid to promote Emirates, not the other way round

i seriously doubt it...if Coca Cola printed everyone they sponsor on the can there would be no room left to put Coca Cola on it

Whooosh!

The Apple deal fell through when Wigan wanted a laptop to be called the iPie.

What a load of rubbish, where do people get these rumours from? It was actually going to be called the ApplePie!

No I don't mean the Stobart deal. The RFL's incompetence regarding that deal is supposed to be one of the reasons IL is unhappy with the RFL, which I completely agree with him on.

For him to then arrange what must be from a financial point of view a similar deal for Wigan is poor.

How do you know what the deal is?

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"How do you know what the deal is?'" Yeah I'm sure they're just throwing money at us.. companycheck.co.uk/company/04594406

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"How do you know what the deal is?'" Yeah I'm sure they're just throwing money at us.. companycheck.co.uk/company/04594406

No No No

I think you'll find it was called the "pIe Pad"!

You're wasting your time. This is the start of the 2014 Head of Steam, which will gradually build and build throughout the season until Wigan either win nothing, at which point it will explode, or they win something, at which point it will mysteriously dissipate with red faces all round but no apologies offered.

I know there are doom mongers on here who are ready to give IL both barrells everytime he farts, but some of us are quite capable of criticising one aspect of the club without thinking that there's a major crisis!

I'm looking forward to next season, we've got a talented, young squad with plenty of strength in depth, some excellent prospects coming in through the academy, 6 new signings and we've got 2 trophies to defend, plus a WCC in Australia for the first time in 20 years. I simply think the club could have done better with their main shirt sponsor, as do others, this has no bearing on how I think we'll perform on the pitch, and doesn't stop me from knowing that we are leading the way in so many other off-field areas.

The evidence suggests that we have struggled somewhat to obtain a shirt sponsor for this coming season when really this shouldn't be the case. Some people are happy with the deal, others aren't, but it now seems on here you either get tarred with the happyclapper tag or the doom monger tag simply for voicing an opinion on one aspect of the club.

As a supporter of a club that really seems to be on the up in recent years, I'm just tired of the endless prophecies of doom from so many different quarters, all of which seem to stem from a baseline assumption that 9 times out of 10 the club will get things wrong, and yet almost none of which ever come to fruition.

It doesn't really matter who does it or why, there is so much of it that it tends to blend into one predicable monotonous drone of disapproval, which occasionally rises to spectacular climaxes of silliness - the Gareth Hock affair, the chairman 'trousering club profits' ... so I'm certainly not going to apologise if one-off complainants get lumped in with all the usual suspects

I've got two views on this sponsorship deal. We don't know anything about it yet, so how can we get upset (yet more negative assumptions)? And actually does it matter that much? - will Wigan RL go under, are we in the gutter, will it diminish our brand when we've done the double and are now set to play the Aussie champs in Sydney?

I just think it's yet another yawn-inducing storm in a teacup.

I can't think of one single multi-national company that I would be proud to have emblazoned on the Wigan shirt.

How about Energy companies? Banks? The dubious working practices and non-union recognition of leading IT companies like Amazon?

Emirates? I'm sorry I don't want to be associated with companies backed by regimes with such appalling human rights records.

Why not use the Wigan name to support something good the way Barcelona do? Failing that I'm happy to support local business. I reckon Wigan are doing just fine.

Such as?