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