Lancashire Cricket Club's ground is being renamed

11:17am Thursday 28th February 2013 in News

Lancashire Cricket Club's stadium is being renamed in a deal with an airline firm.

The ground at Old Trafford ground will become known as Emirates Old Trafford as part of a 10-year partnership with airline firm Emirates.

The brand will appear on Lancashire's Twenty20 kit and the ground will host the third Ashes Test between England and Australia in August - the first time it has staged a Test since 2010.

A multi-million pound redevelopment is due to be completed ahead of that game.

Commercial director Geoff Durbin said: “We want the most successful team out there and this will certainly help in that direction."

Comments (11)

12:42pm Thu 28 Feb 13

boltonnut says...

My God old chap,this isn't cricket what.We civilize these beggars and this is how they repay us,bunch of fakirs I say, old chum.
My God old chap,this isn't cricket what.We civilize these beggars and this is how they repay us,bunch of fakirs I say, old chum. boltonnut

1:01pm Thu 28 Feb 13

underwater says...

Sad Sad Sad , another bit of the England we knew and loved has gone.
Sad Sad Sad , another bit of the England we knew and loved has gone. underwater

1:01pm Thu 28 Feb 13

underwater says...

Sad Sad Sad , another bit of the England we knew and loved has gone.
Sad Sad Sad , another bit of the England we knew and loved has gone. underwater

2:13pm Thu 28 Feb 13

CumbrianTrotter says...

Great coup for LCCC to secure a global sponsor of this magnitude , they should be congratulated . The newly developed ground will be one of the very best in world cricket , supported by a huge global brand in Emirates - and we have a Bolton lad as Cricket Director in Mike Watkinson , all round top bloke and Trotters season ticket holder .
Great coup for LCCC to secure a global sponsor of this magnitude , they should be congratulated . The newly developed ground will be one of the very best in world cricket , supported by a huge global brand in Emirates - and we have a Bolton lad as Cricket Director in Mike Watkinson , all round top bloke and Trotters season ticket holder . CumbrianTrotter

3:13pm Thu 28 Feb 13

stantheman133 says...

Why not just call it Emirates Cricket Ground and drop the old trafford bit, It will always been known as that for years to come so this bit could of been dropped.
Why not just call it Emirates Cricket Ground and drop the old trafford bit, It will always been known as that for years to come so this bit could of been dropped. stantheman133

4:43pm Thu 28 Feb 13

BWFC71 says...

boltonnut wrote:
My God old chap,this isn't cricket what.We civilize these beggars and this is how they repay us,bunch of fakirs I say, old chum.
If it wasn't for these beggars spreading from the point of where humans were first recorded there would be no England, nor Lancashire Cricket Club!!!
[quote][p][bold]boltonnut[/bold] wrote: My God old chap,this isn't cricket what.We civilize these beggars and this is how they repay us,bunch of fakirs I say, old chum.[/p][/quote]If it wasn't for these beggars spreading from the point of where humans were first recorded there would be no England, nor Lancashire Cricket Club!!! BWFC71

4:51pm Thu 28 Feb 13

wsw69 says...

Corporate greed. That is probably the main reason the world is in such a dire financial state.

Not be long before LCC cricketers are drawing Rooneyesque like weekly salaries, and the poverty stricken supporters will be paying through the nose for it.

As for cricket ....................
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Corporate greed. That is probably the main reason the world is in such a dire financial state. Not be long before LCC cricketers are drawing Rooneyesque like weekly salaries, and the poverty stricken supporters will be paying through the nose for it. As for cricket .................... .................... ..... wsw69

4:55pm Thu 28 Feb 13

BWFC71 says...

wsw69 wrote:
Corporate greed. That is probably the main reason the world is in such a dire financial state.

Not be long before LCC cricketers are drawing Rooneyesque like weekly salaries, and the poverty stricken supporters will be paying through the nose for it.

As for cricket ....................

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Corporate greed that will take LCCCout of the red and start have a decent bank balance once again - the court case and the re-building virtually destroyed the club, financially speaking!

Therefoe, before you decide to think its a bad thing, just think of teh repercussions if it hadn't had happened - basically if the gates for the Ashes test were not going to be good enough then basically the cloub would have to enter administration - that how close it was to bankruptcy, before this deal!!!
[quote][p][bold]wsw69[/bold] wrote: Corporate greed. That is probably the main reason the world is in such a dire financial state. Not be long before LCC cricketers are drawing Rooneyesque like weekly salaries, and the poverty stricken supporters will be paying through the nose for it. As for cricket .................... .................... .....[/p][/quote]Corporate greed that will take LCCCout of the red and start have a decent bank balance once again - the court case and the re-building virtually destroyed the club, financially speaking! Therefoe, before you decide to think its a bad thing, just think of teh repercussions if it hadn't had happened - basically if the gates for the Ashes test were not going to be good enough then basically the cloub would have to enter administration - that how close it was to bankruptcy, before this deal!!! BWFC71

5:54pm Thu 28 Feb 13

Wigan Trotter says...

At least they have kept Old Trafford in the Title which is more then what happened at the City of Manchester Stadium.
At least they have kept Old Trafford in the Title which is more then what happened at the City of Manchester Stadium. Wigan Trotter

8:57pm Thu 28 Feb 13

boltonnut says...

Wrong again BWFC71, the first recorded humans came from central Africa,most of the people your talking about abused their southern bretheren,hardly human,hardly cricket what,young chap.From BWFC46.
Wrong again BWFC71, the first recorded humans came from central Africa,most of the people your talking about abused their southern bretheren,hardly human,hardly cricket what,young chap.From BWFC46. boltonnut

10:53pm Thu 28 Feb 13

BWFC71 says...

Boltonnut - I think you need to check your history. It was generally regards that we once came from Central Africa but over the last 20 years there are records to show that the Human Race originated in the Middle East (and according to records at least 20,000 years before the Central African humans!)


And I will forgoive you for thinking that I am wrong yet again, I know it cannot be helped in thinking that you are right!
Boltonnut - I think you need to check your history. It was generally regards that we once came from Central Africa but over the last 20 years there are records to show that the Human Race originated in the Middle East (and according to records at least 20,000 years before the Central African humans!) And I will forgoive you for thinking that I am wrong yet again, I know it cannot be helped in thinking that you are right! BWFC71

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