Southwell City keen to make ground changes to help 'safeguard future'
Southwell City have applied for planning permission to revamp their facilities in a move they say will help secure its future.
The club, which is based at the Centenary Sports Ground in Fiskerton Road, Brinkley, also hopes the new pitch and spectator areas will help “improve the health and well-being of the local community.”
The club is asking for permission from Newark and Sherwood District Council to install a new synthetic turf pitch, as well as goal storage. new spectator areas and an expanded clubhouse.
Jonny Upton, the manager of the club, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “It will help future-proof the club and will be a massive asset for the juniors.
“It should help take some of the burden off for games in the winter. It may attract even better players to help us progress up.
“The existing pitch is being replaced on a like-for-like footprint with a synthetic turf surface. The provision of the new pitch will provide increased potential usage in comparison to the existing natural turf surfaced pitch, for benefit of current and potential future users of the facility, both during the day and evenings and weekends via pre-arranged and structured community access.
“Synthetic turf pitches are more durable compared to natural turf, especially during winter weather conditions, which offers increased opportunity for sports use to improve the health and well-being of the local community.”
Southwell City Football Club was formed in 1893 and currently play in the United Counties Football League in Division One.
The proposed development also includes a modest kitchen extension to provide a practical, well-organised kitchen space to the club pavilion building.