Middlesbrough FC Gibson explains dropping Riverside attendances
Steve Gibson chairman of Middlesbrough Football Club fears that attendances at the Riverside will keep falling as a result of Redcar’s Corus closure.
Steve Gibson was born in Middlesbrough, he is passionately fighting to prevent the closure of the steelworks, Corus have announced 1700 redundancies, and Gibson said Corus closing will have a massive negative knock [...]
Corus set to close
North East Steelmaker Corus has confirmed that it will bring down production at its Teesside Cast Products manufactory, This will mean that 1700 workers will be made unemployed.
It had been declared in May that the 150-year-old Redcar plant was to be mothballed.
The plant had been at danger since a 10-year deal abruptly fell flat.
Business Secretary [...]