Quote: rubber duckie "The former Emirates Chairman lived in Warrington (from Leigh), he brokered that deal, but he has since passed.'"
Are you sure Maurice Flanagan brokered that deal? He was already well into his eighties at that point and had long since handed over the reigns of EK to Tim Clarke, who hails from the midlands.
I think EK were already involved in a RFL deal for the transport of the national team and warm-weather training in Jebel Ali before they got involved with Warrington, so I’m not sure that involved Sir Maurice, more a cheap marketing opportunity.
Anyway, great if we can keep them but a sponsor like Amazon would be equally as good for the club. No cheap trips to Aus for pre-season training but that hasn’t helped us in the last anyway. We should train with the marines in the Brecon Beacons.