Old Trafford news

Premier League giants Manchester United have tabled plans to create a safe-standing area at its Old Trafford stadium. The club has made an application to ... More

Trafford Council has approved plans to build a new 4,850-seater stand at Emirates Old Trafford – the home of Lancashire Cricket. The new stand will ... More

Emirates Old Trafford – the home ground of Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) – has appointed a visitor attraction specialist as its new operations director. ... More

This year's "summer of sport" has shown how the UK's sports infrastructure is capable of producing a plethora of events that attract fans from around ... More

Minority sports featured heavily among the winners of this year's Sports Business Awards. The Professional Darts Corporation won the Best Match (or Game) Day Experience ... More

Old Trafford in Manchester will host the "finals day" of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2021). The home of Manchester United is one of ... More

Sports charity Sported has teamed up with TSB Bank to launch a community sports programme looking to nurture the "next generation of community leaders". The ... More

Manchester United and England midfielder Michael Carrick has helped launch a project offering young people free football sessions in the inner city of Manchester. Working ... More

The opening of a new hotel at its Old Trafford ground has helped Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) post a 92 per cent increase in ... More

New facilities including the stadium being planned for Premier League football club Everton FC and a proposed 50 metre swimming pool are at the heart ... More

Level Playing Field has expressed "disappointment" with Manchester United after the football club announced a three-year phased approach to accommodate increased disabled seating at Old ... More

England will host the Rugby League World Cup in 2021 after being selected ahead of a joint bid from the US and Canada. Making the ... More

The government has pledged to plough £10m (US$13.2m, €12m) into rugby league infrastructure in the north of England as part of a bid to host ... More

Chelsea Football Club’s (CFC) proposal to build a stadium comparable to those of its top-tier Premier League rivals has been submitted to the council. The ... More

The global popularity of the Premier League helped bring in £684m worth of spending last year from international tourists. According to a new report from ... More

Singapore-based real estate and investment company Rowsley – controlled by billionaire Peter Lim – has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Hotel Football in ... More

The Surrey County Cricket Club Bond, launched on 17 August to obtain funds towards the redevelopment of the Oval Cricket Ground, has raised £2m in ... More

Welsh capital Cardiff will host the biggest game in European club football, the final of the UEFA Champions League (UCL), in 2017. The UK Government ... More

Hotel values in Europe increased for the fifth year in succession during 2014, with properties in the UK and Southern Europe seeing some of the ... More

A quintet of Manchester United legends led by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have unveiled their latest trophy this week – the world’s first ever ... More

Manchester United Football Club’s (MUFC) groundskeeping team has been named among the winners of the annual Institute of Groundsmanship’s (IOG) annual awards. The awards ceremony, ... More

A supporters group for Newcastle United Football Club has won its bid to protect the club’s home ground of St James’ Park in case the ... More

The quintet of former Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) stars behind the highly-anticipated Hotel Football project – near the club's Old Trafford stadium – have ... More

Lancashire County Cricket Club (LCCC) has launched a new retail bond in the hope of raising £3m to build a new hotel at its Old ... More

Manchester United Football Club (MUFC) has moved to ban iPads from the club’s stadium, at a time when many sports clubs are embracing technology as ... More