Farsley Celtic Agree Move To Buxton After Pitch Problems

The National League North club have suffered set-backs after stalled work on installing a new 4G pitch at The Citadel.

The Celts have so far played all their matches either away from home or at hired venues because of the delays.

They have used Alfreton, Guiseley and Bradford (Park Avenue) as short-term ground shares since September.

Now they will travel to Derbyshire for the next two months.

Despite the upheaval, Farsley are enjoying an encouraging season on the pitch and tonight face a trip to Scunthorpe United.

A statement confirmed: “We are happy to confirm that following recent conversations with our friends at Buxton Football Club and The National League, that the two clubs have agreed to a groundshare at the Tarmac Silverlands Stadium, for an initial period to December 2024.
“This agreement will see us play our five scheduled home fixtures at the Tarmac Silverlands Stadium, up to and including their fixture with Brackley Town on Saturday 21st December 2024.

“It is then expected we will return home to The Citadel to fulfill our remaining fixtures. However as per league requirements we have agreed that this deal can be extended up until the end of the 2024/2025 season.

“Obviously from a geographical perspective this isn’t the ideal solution, however this time last week we thought we had an agreement in place with BPA, but they were unable to accept one of the terms put forward by the league so that agreement had to be cancelled.

“This gave us a very short period to find an alternative solution, and there are very few grounds close to us that meet the ground grading requirements by the league, and even fewer that were willing to help.

“So we are hugely grateful to Buxton for their assistance in this matter and we very much look forward to using their facility for our forthcoming matches.”