According to bilko on facebook our new shirt sponser is "houses for homes".

www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

www.wiganwarriors.com/WContent.a ... &type=news

I'll probably get shot down with "what does it matter as long as they've offerred the most" but I really don't understand how we are not able to attract a decent offer from a national company that's a household name.

I think it's pretty obvious that isn't the plan for Wigan's shirt sponsorship. It's about promoting local companies, nationally; it's refreshing to see.

As I have just posted on the FB announcement...

Sponsors are about business and money, don't get me wrong, it's lovely when clubs such as ours do charity shirts (Wigan & Leigh Hospice, Joining Jack, etc) but sponsors are about revenue and revenue only. I struggle to see and quite honestly don't believe that a local social housing project offers financial gains equal or greater to that of the biggest airline in the middle east and one of the top ten in the world.

Wigan, the biggest RL club in the Northern Hemisphere and the most well known name in RL history on a double winning season, a massive missed opportunity to bring a big money, big name, multi national corporation sponsor not only to the team but to the Super League itself. Decided to show a compassionate side instead, yes the sentiment is lovely, but Wigan RLFC is a rugby team and a business, not a charity.

Great news, maybe they can sort the Warriors out with a home of their own

Local sponsors are much more involved, both also have charitable initiatives which if you look at the announcement is the main point of this by investing into that

I'd rather have O2, Sky, Vodafone, Ford and get a bit less than have Big Bobs Beans or Derek's Chippy and them pay more if I'm honest.

what about paddywagon tours?

Have to agree with this also.

Whinge, whinge, moan.

Oh dear, you lot really will moan about ANYTHING!

Who Cares!!!! Wigan are a business and it will have been whoever offered the best deal.

For the people complaining, what is the turnover of this 'local' company? How much are they paying us? And what are the other commercial benefits involved in the deal?

I can't see it being a six figure sum, yet again we lose the chance to market the Wigan name, no doubt the fans will have to pay extra elsewhere to offset the loss for a mediocre shirt sponsor

I am absolutely fuming with this news. I am sick of us having sponsors nobody's ever heard of. It's got us nowhere in the last few years. We'd win a trophy or 2 if Coca-Cola was on our shirt.