Gidney: It’s all looking rosy at Lancs
international cricket the club has ever had,” Gidney said.
“We have a sevenyear order book now of international matches.
“It really sets us up for the future.
“It is a reward for the cricket public of the north west who have been very patient.
“Once you have difficult times, it makes you appreciate the good times more.
“There was an international match in 2009 here that was abandoned because of issues with the run-ups.
“The club went through a very, very dark period.
“If you could design a perfect storm of things that could go wrong, the club had them.
“Everything was thrown at the club.
“Most businesses would have failed. That’s why this is so much more than a business.
“We have a rich heritage and there were people on the board here who refused stubbornly to just roll over.
“They found a way to steer the club through that financial crisis, to find a way to withstand a very difficult and unpleasant legal action, and also coping without having Test match status.
“To go so long without Test cricket, to have the losses we did, the legal battle we faced, the costs of using temporary facilities – it would have broken most organisations. But that’s not Lancashire cricket.
“The way we have come through now with the stadium we have, we are in a fantastic place and it is something we can all be proud of.
“We are in a fantastic position.
“We were entirely reliant on six days of international cricket to pay the bills.
“We set out that by 2020 we wanted to be financially sustainable outside international cricket revenue, and we will achieve that.”