MEN article says that Under Armour has served the club with an order for £39,300. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ar_twitter

MEN article says that Under Armour has served the club with an order for £39,300. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ar_twitter

Another bit of blatant e stirring Neil and obviously.

All in that.

Brilliant.

Journalistic.

Style.

Of.

Yours.

Quote ="MarioRugby"MEN article says that Under Armour has served the club with an order for £39,300. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ar_twitter'" Well done. That was in the Salford Star on Tuesday.

Quote ="MarioRugby"MEN article says that Under Armour has served the club with an order for £39,300. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... ar_twitter'" Well done. That was in the Salford Star on Tuesday.

Blimey I wonder who will be the kit supplier next year? The Red Cross or Oxfam?

The Samaritans

Next drama! People need to stop hiding there heads in the sand, there is something seriously fcucked up at our club and the at the top is losing control. I pray to god someone comes in to buy him out before he kills us!

If you are going to the press conference on Tuesday,it might be a good idea to take a bed.

And a lawyer, just in case.

This is the same kit deal that Dr Koukash announced in October 2014 saying it was worth £1m right ?

Is this the kit Salford have been trying to get rid of, 20% off, then Doubled up to 40% off then 50% off. Seems like they ordered to much, expecting to make a million in sales, ?,

Just doesn't make sense. Do we pay them for us to advertise their brand or do they pay us to advertise their brand. I've never heard of any team in any sport getting a shirt sponsor deal and then owing them money, never mind it happening twice. Only thing I can think of is the club shop merchandise we shift on. Not great news.

Wouldn't Under Armour be your kit manufacturer? So if you do in fact owe them money it would surely be for the manufacturing of the kits rather then sponsor money?

I recall when the announcement was made about Under Armour it was stated they would be involved with Schools,colleges and junior clubs.

Has there been any involvement with schools,colleges and junior clubs?

There's been a lot more activity with amateur clubs, juniors and schools through the Foundation team so maybe UA funds has paid for it?

They're not our shirt sponsor.

Under armour is the Kit supplier,
But why in football do football clubs make money from their shirt deals, i.e utd?

Appreciate that it isn't on the same scale but surely to get your brand noticed and associated with a sport they should be giving stuff to you?

Not saying not paying them was right just a thought

It's all to do with replica shirt sales. United sell millions and Salford sell hundreds.

Appreciate it but still oppotunity?
surely someone like sondico or a smaller firm would love to get this type of business?

Like i said just a thought

From my understanding a kit manufacturer will generally have to agree to supply about 30-40K per season of free clothing for all the players, coaches and medical staff. This will include not only team kit but training wear, polo shirts and jackets etc. Further to this they will supply shirts at say £15 to the club who can then can sell for a higher price and make a profit. The question is as much as it's great advertising for smaller sports clothing brands it's also a large initial outlay (Even at cost to them) and they will have to sell quite a lot of shirts just to break even.

I wonder if it is anything to do with the poor quality of off field items, I know it is a gripe most seasons but this years stock is dire. When you see the quality of some of the stuff UA sell it is appalling, not one decent golf/polo shirt, a baseball cap or t shirt with the club logo and UA branding.

There was a real chance this season to get some gear that kids and people away from the hard core of support might have wanted to buy.

The CCJ could simply be the result of a dispute between the club and UA. For that matter for all we know so could the other CCJ's.

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There's often sponsorship and a franchising agreement in higher sports deals where clubs make money out of it. It just wouldn't be worthwhile for anyone to do something similar at Salford. I doubt any RL club has something like that.

My reading of the CCJs is that Marwan doesn't like paying his bills in the timescales the suppliers set. 'Better in my bank than yours' approach. If he pushes the suppliers for longer gaps between invoice and payment and the supplier doesn't accept it then a CCJS is the way to force his hand. Not uncommon but not the best way to do business. Big companies like supermarkets can set the terms for when smaller suppliers get paid and the suppliers just have to suck it up providing the supermarket pays when it should. Not sure Salford are in a strong enough position to force their hand in that way yet and big suppliers (like UA) will have standard procedures for their smaller contracts like ours