Saints Suffering As Fire Guts Their St James Park Home

In the early hours of Thursday morning the National League North side’s clubhouse was destroyed by a blaze.

That cast an obvious shadow over their planned announcement that former Luton striker Holman would wear their shirt next season.

“At around about 3am this morning a fire broke out at the club. We believe at this moment in time the main clubhouse building has been destroyed,” a statement read.

“Obviously this is a very traumatic time for everyone at the club and all involved.

“We do believe that the football side of the business will be able to operate without too much upheaval as we hope the changing room block has not been affected.

“Also we believe that the new build has not been damaged and this could be up and running within 6 to 8 weeks.

“We will make a further statement once we have been able to gain access to the site to assess the situation and the issues we will be dealing with.”

On the signing of Holman, manager Kevin Wilkin said: “When I found out Dan was available I made it my priority to bring him in.

“This is a player who has scored goals wherever he has been, for instance at Cheltenham Town only three seasons ago he scored the goals that got them promoted to the Football League winning the Golden Boot in the same season.

“I am really pleased to get our first new signing of the season done.”