There is no doubt that the relocation of GTFC is absolutely key if the Club is ever going to exist on a sustainable basis. We also know that following our recent survey and the recent petition there is overwhelming support for relocation from the supporters of the Club. To that end we have been working with the Club to understand what we can do to help make the relocation happen.
There is a lot of work going on in the background and with some serious interest now from potential enabling developers, the key hurdle to overcome is achieving the support of local politicians and the local community. Without the will of the council this project simply will not happen and so we are appealing for EVERYONE to really get behind this project and create the demand needed to achieve councillors’ support.
We are writing to every single existing councillor, plus candidates in the upcoming election, to promote the scheme and understand their current views. We also plan to leaflet drop to EVERY single household in the Grimsby & Cleethorpes borough but to do this we need YOUR help. This is a massive undertaking and to achieve it we need an army of volunteers to deliver leaflets over the next 2-3 weeks.
The first batch arrives on Tuesday and so we would like as many people as possible to come down to the Trust bar on Tuesday evening 6th May between 5pm and 7pm so that we can allocate areas to cover. We will then repeat the exercise over the following few nights.
If you cannot distribute the leaflets there is something simple you can do which will help the campaign in a big way. The Club have now set up an official petition in support of the Community Stadium Complex and we need as many people to sign it as possible. The link is here www.gtfccommunitystadium.co.uk . Please sign it and get as many of your family friends to do so as well, it only takes 2 minutes. This will be absolutely key when the time comes to putting in a planning application which will benefit enormously if accompanied by thousands of signatures in support.
We acknowledge that there are some concerns in some quarters about the project and we fully respect that. All we would say at this stage is please keep an open mind and have faith in the planning system to ensure satisfactory solutions to any problems identified. We believe the time for debate about the detail comes further down the line at the planning stage and the first objective is to get to that point.
In all the years this has been going on there has never been a better time to make this happen and as supporters we have a massive role to play. Please help us achieve something that we, and future generations, can be proud of and let’s stop looking in envy at the likes of Doncaster, Rotherham, Chesterfield, York and Scunthorpe. Surely if those towns can do it so can we. UTM !!
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