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Barnet
FC & the Future!
 
A press
conference will be held on Thursday of this week.
Talks have been ongoing
between the club and the council; some agreement has been
reached. The club has arranged a public meeting at 7.30pm
on Monday 24th November at Ravenscroft School, Barnet
Lane to explain the details.
We are all guilty of
leaving things to others, but not this time, it is
important that you as Barnet fans attend this meeting to:
a) find out what's
happening
and
b) show your support for
the club.
Come
on you Bees!
The following is an
article that appeared in the Nationwide Conference
Weekend Preview, Week 14:
Barnet have
achieved a breakthrough in their negotiations with the
local council over plans to build a new ground in the
borough.
Chairman Tony Kleanthous
and council leader Victor Lyon have agreed a way forward
for the club which ends months of deadlock.
Dennis Signy, consultant
to the Barnet board, said: "Together they have
agreed a possible way forward.
"A public meeting
is to be held by the club on Monday, November 24, at
Ravenscroft School beginning at 7.30pm, with the council
in attendance, to explain the latest proposals and see
whether they have the broad support of the local
community.
"Barnet FC and the
chairman have always submitted that they have no
political allegiances and that the issue should not be
looked at politically."
The proposals form a
10-year master plan aimed at eventually finding Barnet a
council-backed site for a new ground. Under the
agreement, improvements will be made to the club's
Underhill Stadium to increase capacity to the 6,000
required for promotion to the Football League.
Barnet will also be
allowed to develop a new training facility in the borough
for use by the first-team squad, the club's youth
players, Barnet Ladies and the community. Talks are also
ongoing about a football academy in the borough.
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