Barry Hearn and Matchroom back Brentwood Town’s bid to reach National League
Brentwood Town FC are targeting promotion to the National League for the first time after fresh investment from Barry Hearn and Matchroom in his local football club.
Brentwood-based Matchroom has renewed its deal as the club’s main sponsor for a further five years as part of a “significant investment” designed to boost their chances of reaching the fifth tier following promotion to the seventh tier in 2025.
“Whilst obviously the financial support from the partnership helps the club, it is genuinely having Barry and Matchroom behind us and part of our set up that is the real silver bullet,” said Brentwood chairman Jez Dickinson.
“We have assembled once again this year a team equipped to play National League football now and whilst promotion is never a given, the clear and focussed objective now is promotion and National League football.”
Dickinson added that plans were in place to develop their stadium by adding new stands, changing rooms and club house over the coming year, in order to meet National League standards.
Hearn, Matchroom and football
Multi-sport promoter Matchroom is best known for staging high-profile boxing events involving the likes of Anthony Joshua but also runs the professional circuits in darts and snooker.
Previously, Hearn, 78, owned Leyton Orient for almost two decades before selling the east London club in 2014.
“As a global sporting empire which was founded here in Essex and has thrived for over 40 years since, we are incredibly proud to significantly boost our partnership with Brentwood Town FC,” said Hearn.
“Sport has the power to change lives. We have lived and breathed that for decades here at Matchroom, working with some of the very best to ever do it. So, as a business based in Brentwood, we are very passionate about supporting local initiatives that will leave a long lasting impact on the community.
“We have a shared vision to work closely with Brentwood Town FC to ultimately unlock sporting excellence, from grassroots through to the first teams, and aspire to deliver crucial developments off the pitch, in collaboration with the local authorities, that will inspire and, eventually, unearth the next generation of sporting superstars from this area.”