Plastic Fantastic! Seagulls Given The 3G Green Light

The club have announced they have been given permission to put down at 3G following months of hard work.

Although the Woodspring Stadium grass will remain, this new training facility will be of huge benefit to the community.

Managing director Oli Bliss confirmed: “The club are excited to be able to make the announcement that everyone has been waiting for, we are now in a position to start the works on the 3G.

“As fans will remember we were offered a grant by the Football Foundation of 77% to go towards the costs of the 3G in May 2016.

“Since then we have been working hard to tidy up a land swap arrangement, and from the land swap update our lease. This process involved several companies and therefore several different company’s solicitors.

“It has been a frustrating period I would like to thank the Football Foundation for bearing with us during this time so that we could tidy these items and now move on to what everyone has been waiting for, a new 3G surface for all the Academy and Community to enjoy.”

Bliss added: “This has been a long journey for the Club dating back to 2011 when we first decided that a 3G surface would benefit both the club and community.

“Although at times it looked like this would never happen, and I’m sure lots of you had thought the same, I am so happy to now be able to say that the project will be starting.”

Weston hope they can begin the building work in January.