Grandson has got the home kit, son has some of the training gear and I have one of the polo shirts. No doubt it'll be another £100 shop at the opening home game!!

Why shouldn't i want a sponsor on the front of my shirt and no i am not being paid to advertise,it's poor planning from Wigan not to already have the sponsor in place so that supporters such as those that don't live local to Wigan can buy a shirt without having to send it back through the post to have the sponsor printed on the front

The sponsor hasn't paid their most recent payment so until they do, they're not going on the shirts. I assume Wigan are now looking for an alternative sponsor. Not an ideal situation but no business would pay the full 2 year sponsorship upfront. It would always be on a scheduled payment basis. It's just unfortunate that IQONIQ, like a lot of other companies, are struggling post Covid.

When i spoke to the woman in the shop she said that it was in the hands of the legal people,like you say it's an unfortunate situation but hopefully it will get sorted soon

That's a shame, when the kit was released it did sound like Iqoniq's money issues had been resolved (they even thanked the club for their patience).

I just hope that things are resolved one way or another by the start of the season, by way of existing or new sponsor entirely. The club is entering an era whereby revenue is getting harder to come by and costs are increasing. A main shirt sponsor paying the going rate is a must.

Why is it so hard for Lenners to find a proper decent sponsor, other clubs have them, Any of the following would be acceptable, Lenners just has to put the work in
Unilever
Toolstation
Screwfix
Heinz
Bosch
Sofology
Victorias Secret
Randstad
Trelleborg
Argos
Iceland
Marstons
B&Q
Premier Inn
Canon
Harley Davidson
and others

Perhaps you should offer your sevices as a sponsor finder if you think it's so easy, for a consultation fee obviously.

Victoria's Secret?!

Imagine the publicity

I couldn't do any worse than the person who secured the fantastic sponsor Animalates

Why do you actually even bother supporting Wigan? Do you actually supprt Wigan? Or just criticise from the safety of your keyboard?

Weren't they a short term sponsor for the playoffs after Applicado went bust?

Iqoniq gone into liquidation

What we need is a well established household name but no doubt Lenners will sign us with a tractor seat manufacturers or someone else just as daft and obscure, unless he gives it away for free

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1e23 ... b12715d44e Quote Its liquidation was officially confirmed in Monaco on Christmas Eve. Investigations by The Times have established that IQONIQ failed to pay sporting partners on time and Atilla confirmed that it had suffered financial problems.'" The club will have been aware of the situation at Christmas, I'm sure there will be a short term deal in place with a new sponsor at least. The logos are pretty easily ironed on as the club shop have previously explained so wouldn't see this as a major issue.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/1e23 ... b12715d44e Quote Its liquidation was officially confirmed in Monaco on Christmas Eve. Investigations by The Times have established that IQONIQ failed to pay sporting partners on time and Atilla confirmed that it had suffered financial problems.'" The club will have been aware of the situation at Christmas, I'm sure there will be a short term deal in place with a new sponsor at least. The logos are pretty easily ironed on as the club shop have previously explained so wouldn't see this as a major issue.

You've said this before as if it's that easy

Tell you what - Set up the deal - And I'm sure Lenners will turn up to sign it

Lenegan's ill fated company - TBF hadn't the short sponsor gone bust mid season? Couldn't play a GF with no sponsor!

I won't be happy unless we secure one of the following:

Apple
Google
Tesla
Microsoft
Amazon

In administration apparently

Jeff Bezos can launch his rocket at half time against Leeds and take Lenagan up for a trip to space. Maybe sell raffle tickets for any spare seats on the bridge pre match.

Surely your main sponsor going bump and not paying you is a pretty major issue, I’d imagine being able to iron on a new sponsor logo is the least of the problem.
They now have to negotiate a deal very late in the day to a company that will know that a lot of fans will have already bought shirts and thus reducing the reach and advertising from the deal so reducing the worth of the deal on their side.

Greenhalgh’s nailed on, surely?

That's what I meant. The process of ironing on the logos on the shop is not a major issue. Losing your main sponsor is a blow of course.

I see no reason why we can't have Heinz or Continental, both have big factories in Wigan.

Whilst you are correct the hard part is convincing either company to shell out a six figure sum for a twelve month deal. By the way I'm not sure what the 'going rate' is for a Main Shirt Sponsor for a top SL club per annum but it won't be pennies.