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Re: NEW GROUND NEXT SEASON

By SDG (SDG (Ks))18/3 19:00Wed Mar 18 19:00:08 2026In response to Re: NEW GROUND NEXT SEASON

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I think there probably is a degree of resignation, yeah, and this wasn't exactly unexpected. Vale said over a year ago that, "Essentially, the Ks supporters are coming to the games in far fewer numbers, and spending less whist at the ground, than we had projected" and that the arrangement had fallen, "Well short of our expectations." Added to the pitch difficulties I think everyone knew this was coming.

It might well be that we had little choice of grounds with other options being unaffordable or flat out unavailable - and despite trying to sound positive about it in the press release, the board must know it's too far and our crowds are going to drop at least to Mitcham levels. So it might not be a bad decision this week but it is a sad culmination of decisions taken over the last 20 years under multiple ownership regimes.

What it really means is that we absolutely have to get the permanent ground sorted this time. To be honest if we had a spade in the ground and were actually going to be in a new ground in 2028 then for two seasons we could share with Berwick Rangers for all I care. But if it doesn't happen, and soon, then it's obvious how much trouble the club is in playing so far from Kingston.

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