Energy firm takes naming rights to Partick Thistle stadium

Scottish Premiership football club Partick Thistle has awarded energy efficiency firm The Energy Check naming rights to its home ground, Firhill Stadium.

The ground will officially be known as The Energy Check Stadium at Firhill as part of the three-year deal.

Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Partick said a six-figure deal has been signed.

The club’s managing director, Ian Maxwell, said: “It is essential that we continue to explore as many new commercial opportunities as we can and this represents a significant level of new income for the club. As a board, we recognise the need to move with the times in order to match the resource available to other clubs. But we also recognise the importance of history and tradition in football. So that meant retaining Firhill as part of the new name and I am pleased that Energy Check understood the significance too.

“The investment from The Energy Check opens up an entirely fresh source of commercial revenue for Partick Thistle and it really is superb to have a completely new partner on board.”