Need
There was a shortage of facilities for sport and for children and young people to use in the Eccleshall area. Eccleshall, whilst a great place to live and work - performing well in terms of employment, health, income, education and crime - featured in the top 5% of areas most deprived in the UK for access to housing and services (- according to the Office of National Statistics)
At the same stage, Eccleshall Eagles Junior Football Club was growing at 25% pa and had 200 members playing for the Club on 8 sites across North and West Staffordshire - from Cotes Heath and Stone, through to Woodseaves and Gnosall including Stafford. To visit all the sites in one day would have taken a 52 mile round trip. The Club owned no facilities and played on begged and borrowed pitches
At the same stage, Eccleshall Eagles Junior Football Club was growing at 25% pa and had 200 members playing for the Club on 8 sites across North and West Staffordshire - from Cotes Heath and Stone, through to Woodseaves and Gnosall including Stafford. To visit all the sites in one day would have taken a 52 mile round trip. The Club owned no facilities and played on begged and borrowed pitches
Solution
To find at least 10 acres of land to build a variety of different sized football pitches for the Club to establish a base and continue to invest in and develop for the long term
At the outset we thought that this would cost @ £150k to deliver. In fact the reality was over £1m of investment over ten years from inception to actually playing on the pitches
We could not have delivered this vision without our many supporters, - thank you all
At the outset we thought that this would cost @ £150k to deliver. In fact the reality was over £1m of investment over ten years from inception to actually playing on the pitches
We could not have delivered this vision without our many supporters, - thank you all
Eccleshall Eagles Junior Football Club - Football Foundation Grant
Cheque presentation by the Football Foundation to Eccleshall Eagles Junior Football Club - receiving it Chairman, Jon Busfield (right) and Community Liaison Officer, Jeremy Pert (far right) - Jan 2013
Photography courtesy of The Sentinel
Cheque presentation by Sport England - part of the Protecting Playing Fields Fund and Olympic legacy funding - March 2012. Part of over £1,000,000 raised to develop new grass pitches and a club house at Eagles Park
on Staffordshire County and Stafford Borough Councils
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