Gentlemen, you could not be more wrong. And I type this with a smile.

The Shirts cost more than you think, I know this as I've just had the 1 MERCIAN RL kit produced, and bespoke replicas (Name and Number) ... (available at a later date). They are being sold at £41 with a £5 donation being made to the Royal British Legion for each sale. We (the Battalion) are making ... ZIP ... nil ... nada ... profit on each shirt. I know that the Warrington Shirts are a better quality than ours ... as I've got one of the new Warrington ones here with me now

If you would rather give £45 straight to the charity then I applaud you ... however, In all probability ('bit of a sweeping statement I know) you wouldn't. By Buyng the new Warrington shirt you're supporting your club, Help for Heroes and the Mercian Regiment Benevolent Charity (There's your 'local' charity bit) ... AND you get a great shirt into the bargain!

The cynical marketing comment left a bitter taste. The Club and in particular Dave Hutchinson and Andy Topham have been incredibly supportive to our injured soldiers and bereaved families behind the scenes. They wanted to put this event on to publicly show thair support AND raise some money at the same time.

Watch this space for more details on the Castleford game ... theres much more to come .. and none of it has been done cynicaly.

Yours

From a very hot Lashkar Gah ... honestly!

A Mercian

I understand that bespoke shirts are expensive but the template/design etc is already in place and its just different coloured material being used.
Yes I know they are doing a great thing for a good cause but I just wondered how much the club was actually getting compared to the 'heroes' and their families.

If that were ever to happen, the world would end as a consequence.

That's it! I'm "baggsing" the rights to Highlander IV:Here's Morley

One thing's for sure, I'm not having Sean Canary in it! You can imagine the dialogue

"Lishen, Adrian...thish fellow Norrish, he's no pusshy. He'sh got armsh like tree trunksh, but he'sh older than Shtanley Gene, kick hish arshe"

So is that not the same for every single sports kit made then?


Well, what do you mean "getting"? How much have they had to pay for the shirts in the first place? Should the question be, how many shirts have to be sold for them to break even? Are they only giving the fiver when they've sold enough shirts to make a profit? I doubt it.

If the adult shirts are £40 and you take the VAT off, then take off the donation, how much is left? The kids shirts are also a fiver donation but are cheaper to buy, yet cost more to produce than the adult sizes, probably not going to make any money on them at all, in fact they may cost the club.

I wonder if those people who think a fiver is stingy and get a 10% diso will happily give the saving to charity...

Either way, it's a great gesture from club to offer the shirt and fans to purchase alike.

Yep I seen him even when he was pretending it wasnt him and his lady friend kept nudging him sayin "Thats you they are on about"i seen him!!
you know its no big deal but quite a few off this forum use to go out say once a month for a few beers and a laugh even in fancy dress kinda thing we are not secret agents are we try it sometime its fun!!!