Cllr Ken Moss, Cabinet Member for Leisure, said; “This is great news for the Club and the local sporting community. The lease will enable the Club to establish this land as their home ground and to apply for funding from Sport England and the Lancashire Football Association, who require a twenty-five year lease as an essential part of any funding application. If funding is approved this money will enable them to develop the sports ground and promote sport, and in particular football for the local community.”
Chic Kelly, Chair of Rishton United Football Club, said; “The club currently have 21 teams both young and old and have had to travel all over the borough to play their home games for far too long. The club is very excited at Hyndburn Borough Council leasing the land and the prospects of one day that football will be in Rishton once again. There is still a lot of work to be done before this can happen but the granting of the lease is a huge step towards it. “
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