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Brewdog failure leaves Lords cricket ground with large debt & West Ham FC with a much smaller one

In Uncategorized on April 18, 2026 by kmflett

In 2024 Lords Cricket Ground took the perhaps surprising step of announcing Brewdog has their beer partner for the ground in the 2025 season. Reportedly things went well and 750,000 pints were sold.

However subsequently things did not go so well. Brewdog went into administration on March 2nd 2026 and was bought by US outfit Tilray. At this point Lords opted out of the agreement and announced they were going out to tender for a new beer partner. Who that will be has yet to be announced.

Brewdog went under with £550m of debts. The administrators have now filed a (long) list of creditors on the Companies House website. Among them is Lords cricket ground which is owed £420,000. Since the debt is unsecured Lords are likely to get less than a penny in the pound back of what they are owed, around £4,000.

Another London sporting venue where Brewdog got the beer franchise (and still have it) is West Ham’s London Stadium at Stratford. Here the debt, £12,000, is much smaller….

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