PRESS RELEASE
CITY SECURE CORINIUM GROUND SHARE FOR NEXT SEASON
Gloucester City have secured a
ground share agreement with
Cirencester Town to play at their Corinium Stadium next season.
City, who have been based at Forest Green Rovers New Lawn ground since the
devastating summer floods are currently in negotiations with several parties to
secure a new ground, but have agreed this deal in order to secure their league
status for next season. Chairman Dave Phillips commented "we have been hugely
grateful for the continuing help and support of Forest Green Rovers this season,
and we will continue to strive to be model tenants through to the end of the
season. Cirencester's ground has the necessary facilities to allow promotion
should we achieve that, and will be an easier ground for us to run on match-days
given our smaller crowds. As this season, we will do all we can to help fans get
to games in this period before we move back to the city.
On the subject of the new permanent home for The Tigers Dave Phillips reports
that progress is being made; "progress with such matters is always a seemingly
slow process from the outside, but negotiations continue, and we are satisfied
with the way they are progressing at the moment. We are grateful for the
continued support of our MP (Parmjit Dhanda) and Council, and hope to be able to
make more substantive announcements in the coming weeks and months. We are
confident that we will be in a new ground sooner rather than later, and continue
to drive that intention forward, but in the mean time we look forward to working
with Cirencester to make that deal a successful one".
The groundshare deal is for a two year period, to give the club some stability
in planning. Dave Phillips commented, "we would expect to have a new ground
agreed and built within that time period, but are delighted to have secured this
deal - the fans can now rest assured that whatever happens we have secured the
clubs immediate future at this or the next level, which allows us to plan with
clarity.
