da bet7k： Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are planning to link up with with NottsCounty FC and Boots plc to become joint owners of the Boots Sports Ground atLady Bay
da dobrowin： Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club04-Dec-2002Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club are planning to link up with with NottsCounty FC and Boots plc to become joint owners of the Boots Sports Ground atLady Bay.But the Cricket Club have strongly denied suggestions that links with NottsCounty could become far more extensive and may even involve the sharing ofstaff.A statement issued from Trent Bridge today said: “We wish to make it clearthat discussions relating to ‘joining forces’ with Notts County are solelyfocussed on the possibility of joint ownership with the Boots plc SportsGround as an academy/Second XI facility.”Such an arrangement would be of immense benefit to all parties. By poolingthe expertise and resources of the partners and sharing of investment in newfacilities, the Lady Bay Complex could become a centre of excellence for anumber of sports, particularly football and cricket.”Discussions between Boots plc, Notts County FC and Notts CCC are on-goingand it is hoped that arrangements can be progressed by the end of this year.It is naturally assumed that the Football Club will no longer be inadministration before the joint ownership can be concluded.”The invitation of Cricket Club Chairman Albert Bocking to stand forelection as a Director of Notts County FC will assist in the development ofthe proposed project at Lady Bay.”Notts County FC already market International Cricket Match tickets and theCricket Club has a similar mutually beneficial relationship with NottinghamForest FC.”Notts CCC have been leasing Boots Sports Ground, which is situated a fewhundred yards from Trent Bridge, for the past few years with the club’sground staff overseeing the preparation of pitches.The facilities are already used extensively for hosting Second XI and countyrepresentative team matches and practise.
