Shorts: Norwich City, Reading Fc, Nufc
English Football League (EFL) Championship football club Norwich City has called a general meeting for shareholders to vote on appointing Milwaukee Brewer owner Mark Attanasio as a director at the club.
Attanasio, who has owned the Major League Baseball side since 2004, has been in advanced negotiations over the purchase of Michael Foulger’s 15.9% minority stake in the club, with an agreement seemingly being reached to take on the shares of the Canaries’ deputy club chairman.
The Canaries’ current majority shareholders are chef Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones.
The vote on Attanasio’s role within the club will take place on 12th September, with the club stating that it will issue a further announcement following the conclusion of the shareholders meeting in three weeks’ time.
English Football League (EFL) Championship football club Reading FC has announced heating and air conditioning manufacturers Midea Cooling & Heating (UK & Ireland) as its official renewables partner for the 2022/23 season.
Head of Commercial at Reading Football Club, Tim Kilpatrick, said, “I am very pleased to welcome a global brand of the stature of Midea to Reading Football Club.
“We will be pleased to help Midea use our proximity to the capital and the south of the country to better connect with its employees and customers and we hope an innovative organisation like Midea will also help us take positive steps forward in tackling actions within our new Environmental Sustainability strategy.”
Newcastle United Women has agreed a new front-of-shirt partnership with North-East construction firm Straightline NE Ltd for the 2022/23 season.
After recently moving under the ownership of Newcastle United Football Club, the Lady Magpies had Straightline branding appear on the team’s shirts for its first FA Women’s National League Division One game of the season at newly promoted Merseyrail Ladies on Sunday 21st August.
Director of Newcastle United Women, Su Cumming, said, “Newcastle United Women has ambitions to grow both on and off the pitch and welcoming Straightline NE Ltd to the club is another historic step forward.”
