Stadium
The club's ground and facilities are to undergo major refurbishment in the coming years. Chairman Rob Yong revealed he has been in negotiations with Broxtowe Borough Council to purchase the ground or agree a 99 year lease and he expects a positive result over the next few months.
For survival in the Conference North, a number of issues need addressing. However these are not insurmountable and the club will have the required 'B' grade by March 10, 2010.
In addition there has been a lot of work done in the background and plans have been drawn up to bring the ground up to the 'A' grade required to enter the Conference National. Rob also presented drawings to the forum, the plans showed new terracing holding 1900 fans behind both goals and a new seated stand replacing the Mabe Allan Stand almost down the entire length of the pitch. This will give the club three fully enclosed stands and a capacity of well over 5,000.
With the plans for the academy and the other projects, the club are in negotiations with the local authorities to take over the existing all weather pitch situated within Coro Park along with the changing rooms. The plan is to redevelop the pitch into a full sized 3G pitch, with the adjoining area being developed into an outdoor juniors pitch for use of the community and Eastwood Town Juniors. This will give the club the infrastructure to attract the best local youngsters as well as players released from professional clubs academies.
The club have received a few complaints from residents on Chewton Street about the increased problems associated with matchday parking and this is another issue that has been raised and negotiations are in progress with the council to address the situation, with the objective of providing more car parking facilities at the club. The club are also in discussions with the council about additional signage off the A610, and the end of Chewton Street.
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