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Football: United fans aim for right to buy Old Trafford

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 13:31
A Manchester United supporters group has made an application to be given the opportunity to buy Old Trafford should the iconic stadium ever be put up for sale. United's owners, the Glazer family, are not looking to sell United's world-famous home, where they have played since 1910. But that has not stopped the Manchester United Supporters Trust (MUST) submitting a nomination to the local Trafford Council for the ground to be registered as an 'Asset of Community Value'.

Football: Manchester United factfile

Agence France-PresseApril 22, 2013 17:16
Factfile on Manchester United, who won an unprecedented 20th English top-flight title on Monday: Name: Manchester United Football Club Founded: 1878 (as Newton Heath LYR) Stadium: Old Trafford, Manchester (capacity: 75,765) Nickname: Red Devils Colours: red shirts, white shorts, black socks Estimated value: $3.3 billion (Forbes magazine, January 2013) Chairmen: Joel and Avram Glazer (USA) Chief executive: David Gill (ENG) Manager: Alex Ferguson (SCO) Assistant manager: Mike Phelan (ENG)

Football: Man Utd, Aon sign training ground deal

April 8, 2013 05:45
Manchester United on Monday said they had signed an eight-year deal worth a reported £156 million ($240 million) with US insurance broker Aon to sponsor the club's training ground and training kit. The English Premier League leaders' Carrington training ground will be renamed the Aon Training Complex and the insurer will replace logistics firm DHL as training kit sponsor, according to a statement on manutd.com. It has previously been announced that Aon will become the main partner of the Manchester United Business Network and sponsor the Manchester United Foundation.

Insurer Aon to sponsor Manchester United training kit

April 7, 2013 20:45
By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - Insurer Aon will sponsor Manchester United's training kit and have its name attached to the club's training ground under a new eight-year agreement announced on Monday. The commercial appeal of the Premier League giants means they can do separate sponsorship deals for their training kit and the famous red shirts they play in. It is the first time United have sold naming rights to their training ground in Carrington on the outskirts of Manchester in northern England.

UPDATE 1-Sponsors put Man Utd on course to meet financial goals

February 14, 2013 09:32
By Keith Weir Feb 14 (Reuters) - Deals with new sponsors put English soccer club Manchester United on course to hit financial targets this year, matching the club's success on the pitch so far this season. United, top of the Premier League, signed six new sponsorship deals with companies around the globe in the last three months of 2012, one of the busiest periods in the soccer calendar.

UPDATE 1-Man Utd buys out BSkyB stake in club's TV channel

January 22, 2013 09:15
LONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Premier League soccer club Manchester United have taken full ownership of their in-house television channel by buying out a minority stake held by pay TV broadcaster BSkyB. MUTV was set up as a three-way joint venture in 1998 between the club, BSkyB and commercial broadcaster ITV. United acquired ITV's stake in 2007 and said the latest deal would allow it control over content and distribution of a channel available in 57 countries.

Man Utd broadens palette with Japanese paint sponsorship

January 18, 2013 11:00
By Keith Weir LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Manchester United signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Japanese paint maker Kansai on Friday, proving the English soccer club's global fan base gives it an appeal stretching way beyond consumer brands. Not surprisingly, Kansai is the first official paint partner signed up by United, 19 times English champions and nicknamed "The Red Devils".
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