Well I hope the kit has a body of white and a return to a chevron.

Our best seasons are when we have a kit like that...?

I think he was born in Leigh ?

And he is certainly still connected with Emirates - VC.

You have actually posted something factual and interesting < falls off chair>. As you say, it could well be the reason that the deal was brokered. And if we (Wire) can get free flights to Oz, perhaps the team will manage a pre-season down under.

If that is correct, then that would be a min of £million 0.5 / year. That would be a lot more than Brookson and a really important deal for the club.

Unless it was over 5 years



All sounds very impressive

I was lead to believe that the sponsorship deal on the stadium is or was only worth around £60,000 over 5 years.

Pretty poor if correct, around £1000 p/m. ??

No, it was £60,000 (approx) a year, with a modest increase each year from what I can remember.

Is this the HJ deal?

Ben Jones Bishop evidently signed before he went to South Africa with the England team

the original HJ deal was 75k a year for 10 years

thanks for that

Even so, a bargain £1000 p/w for a stadium that over the period has had almost blanket sky games and world cup football, semi finals, championship finals.

£1000 per second on tv...so £1000 for sky 90mins plus repeats.
Good business.

ruddy hell!!

BJB isnt in the England squad. I thought only Ferres was travelling as a reserve?