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Anyone familiar with the old Haslingden FC / Stand Athletic FC  football ground ? 

Seen in the local paper its for sale - only 6 miles or so north of Bury 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18170984.stand-athletics-former-football-ground-goes-sale/

Apparently its down by the sewage treatment centre 

Looks ideal for their phoenix club - architecturally similar to Gigg Lane 

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Suitable for housing- nice site, but look at the proximity to the river.

Hope they build the houses up high, with flood defences.

Just been told that it's been for sale for some time but they're struggling to get shut because of the flood risk- planning etc.

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42 minutes ago, Benny The Ball said:

Anyone familiar with the old Haslingden FC / Stand Athletic FC  football ground ? 

Seen in the local paper its for sale - only 6 miles or so north of Bury 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18170984.stand-athletics-former-football-ground-goes-sale/

Apparently its down by the sewage treatment centre 

Looks ideal for their phoenix club - architecturally similar to Gigg Lane 

The Bolton News:The Bolton News:

Been past it on the steam train countless times. If they were moving so far out of town then they might as well just share with Rammy. It would take years for a phoenix club to raise enough cash for a site like that anyway, as FC United are still finding out. 

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1 hour ago, Benny The Ball said:

Anyone familiar with the old Haslingden FC / Stand Athletic FC  football ground ? 

Seen in the local paper its for sale - only 6 miles or so north of Bury 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18170984.stand-athletics-former-football-ground-goes-sale/

Apparently its down by the sewage treatment centre 

Looks ideal for their phoenix club - architecturally similar to Gigg Lane 

The Bolton News:The Bolton News:

Put a football pitch at the foot of the stand on that top pic and you've got the away end at Springfield Park!! 

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2 hours ago, Benny The Ball said:

Anyone familiar with the old Haslingden FC / Stand Athletic FC  football ground ? 

Seen in the local paper its for sale - only 6 miles or so north of Bury 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/18170984.stand-athletics-former-football-ground-goes-sale/

Apparently its down by the sewage treatment centre 

Looks ideal for their phoenix club - architecturally similar to Gigg Lane 

The Bolton News:The Bolton News:

What sort of idiots would build a new ground 6 miles North of the town . . .

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It would make more sense for them to share with Rammy or Radcliffe Borough with the aim to get back to Giggle Lane if the chance arises.  There's a few over sentimental numpties who wont consider playing anywhere else. Some of these berks were shouting for a new ground at Pilsworth a few years ago when they were claiming to be, ahem, 'heading for the championship'.

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39 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

It would make more sense for them to share with Rammy or Radcliffe Borough with the aim to get back to Giggle Lane if the chance arises.  There's a few over sentimental numpties who wont consider playing anywhere else. Some of these berks were shouting for a new ground at Pilsworth a few years ago when they were claiming to be, ahem, 'heading for the championship'.

In fairness I kind of see where they’re coming from, as the ground is pretty much the only connection any phoenix will have with the original club. The different factions that are appearing and uncertainty over what (and where) the future holds is exactly what I feared would happen if we had gone under. 

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9 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

In fairness I kind of see where they’re coming from, as the ground is pretty much the only connection any phoenix will have with the original club. The different factions that are appearing and uncertainty over what (and where) the future holds is exactly what I feared would happen if we had gone under. 

Aye but they need to wise up.  They cant have both.  Bury FC to all intents and purposes no longer exists.  Get a team sorted to represent the town first.  A permanent ground can follow later.  Not that I give a feck any longer - reading some of them arguing for us to be kicked out of the league, relishing our every defeat - feck em. Tin pot tossers 

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Its a strange situation.  If the club still exists and needs to apply for entry to a league, its got to be more straight forward than a so-called Phoenix club trying to get accepted.  Obviously there's the small matter of sorting out which ground they use.  Makes our situation seem straight forward, but I wish them good luck.

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There's two factions and they're both falling out with each other. 1 group is hoping a consortium can buy out Dale and take over the existing club. The other are trying to set up a Phoenix club to step in once the original club is finally wound up.

Whatever the outcome, Bury FC or AFC Bury wont be starting any higher than the North West Counties.  

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15 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Its a strange situation.  If the club still exists and needs to apply for entry to a league, its got to be more straight forward than a so-called Phoenix club trying to get accepted.  Obviously there's the small matter of sorting out which ground they use.  Makes our situation seem straight forward, but I wish them good luck.

Although retaining the FA registration will come in handy for taking part in the FA competitions (new clubs can't enter in their first year of existence), there isn't much difference from a league point of view as they no longer hold membership of a league.

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