Pictured are Terry Barton, MD of Kingdom, with Wigan midfielder Emyr Huws with one of the football club’s new shirts, sponsored by the St Helens-based guarding company. Kingdom has announced a partnership with Wigan Athletic, becoming the Championship club’s first training kit sponsor.
The Kingdom logo will appear on all of the first team training apparel during the 2014-15 season, as well as on interview backdrops and across various other media. The partnership sees the development of a relationship between the Championship club and Kingdom which dates back years, as Kingdom Managing Director Terry Barton is a lifelong Latics fan.
Kingdom, which was established in St Helens in 1993, offers a variety of services, including security, mobile patrol, commercial cleaning, alarm response and environmental protection. Terry Barton said: “I have personally supported the Latics for nearly 40 years and have witnessed the dramatic rise from very humble beginnings to the stature of the Club as it is now. My company has followed a similar path, and is now a large national service provider. I am delighted Kingdom can put its name on the kit of such a great success story.”
And Wigan Athletic Head of Commercial, Ian Laithwaite, said: “We are delighted to welcome Kingdom on board for what we hope will be a successful and memorable season. Terry and Kingdom have enjoyed a long history with the Club so it is especially pleasing to be able to strengthen those ties with the business.”
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