Pictured at the opening are, from left, young players Tom Neryd, Shannon Walshaw, and George Edwards, with groundsman Jim Ferguson, chairman Mike Walshaw and secretary George Edwards
The new £500,000 sports complex at Poppleton Junior Football Club was officially opened yesterday.
The new facilities, part-funded by a £225,000 Football Foundation grant and £150,000 from the Football Association, include a new four-changing room clubhouse, with meeting and training facilities, as well as officials’ changing rooms and catering facilities.
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