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Campaign to save Hallen Football Club

Time is running out to save a popular amateur football club in Almondsbury. Hallen FC says it will have to fold, after the Parish Council announced plans to stop funding the facilities.

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Hallen Football Club could be saved

A football club under threat of closure could be saved after lawyers unearthed a document securing the future of the club.

Hallen Football Club were told they may have to fold after Almondsbury Parish Council announced it was closing it's 40-year-old complex.

Hallen has used the ground for more than 40 years

The club, who play in the Toolstation Premier and have several junior teams, say The Hallen Centre is used by the whole community. But the council said it has provided support to the club, but the centre could not be made financially viable.

Today the club announced solicitors working for the Paris Council had found a document securing Hallen AFC being able to stay and play at Hallen.

The agreement was drawn up years ago after the club gave up its original Clubhouse, Bar, Changing Rooms and playing rights so the Hallen Centre could be to be built.

We are now currently in talks with the solicitors of Almondsbury Parish Council regarding the future of our position at Hallen. This we hope will lead to the club having a long term future at Hallen.

– Hallen AFC

The club were quick to dismiss rumours of having signed a lease and say instead there is much still to sort out.

There is still much to sort out and many things to discuss although it is a great relief to know that we are not leaving Hallen and that our adult and junior teams can continue to play at Moorhouse Lane after doing so for over 40 years previously.

– Hallen AFC

5,000 sign petition to save Hallen FC

Hallen has used the ground for more than 40 years. Credit: ITV News West Country

Supporters of a football club under threat of closure will be handing a petition of 5,000 signatures to Almondsbury Parish Council tonight.

Hallen FC were supposed to hand the keys to the council at the weekend but refused.

They want councillors to discuss a solution to secure the future of the club, and have put in an offer to buy the ground.

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Dozens of people attend meeting to save Hallen Football Club

Dozens of people attended a public meeting tonight to try and save an amateur football club near Bristol.

Hallen FC may have to fold after Almondsbury Parish Council announced it was closing it's forty year old complex. More than twenty thousand pounds is needed to keep the Hallen Centre open, and the club says it's given a number of solutions - including the help of two other organisations - to the council.

But the Council insists the centre isn't financially viable.

Hallen Football Club to fold after council closes ground

Hallen has used the ground for more than 40 years. Credit: ITV News

An amateur football club near Bristol says it will have to fold after being "evicted" from the ground it has used for more than 40 years.

Hallen Football Club, who play in the Toolstation Premier and have several junior teams, say Almondsbury Parish Council is closing The Hallen Centre, which is used by the whole community.

The council said it has provided support to the club, but the centre could not be made financially viable.

It's easy to say we're not viable, but at the end of the day it's for the people and parishioners of Hallen. And yes there's people out there who probably don't live in the parish of Almonsbury, but they are children. They are there and they are enjoying their sports.

– Frank Fairman, Hallen FC Vice-Chairman
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