A football club has announced it has secured its future after reaching an agreement to allow them to extend their stay at their Stoke Lane ground in Carlton.
Carlton Town have agreed a lease extension that will see them play their home games at the Bill Stokeld Stadium until 2031.
The club are led to believe that will in fact extend to 2036, but that is not likely to be confirmed in the near future.
Chairman Mick Garton and Strategic Development Officer Dave Hodgson negotiated on for 12 months on behalf of the club.
Mick Garton said: “We wanted to get the new agreement over the line before the existing lease ran out, which would have left the club vulnerable; we have now managed to secure that. Ideally, we were hoping to get our future secured until 2036, which would have been more helpful in our quest to secure grants for upgraded floodlighting but unfortunately their current stance on the kind of lease we have made that impossible”
“There were a number of challenges to overcome to secure the new deal and in this area, I’m particularly proud of the work the club and our legal team did to secure this deal and the club’s immediate future.
“I would like to thank Severn Trent for listening to our issues and helping us get this deal finalised “
