Henley completes purchase of ground
It seems every club (and their uncle) is trying to buy their grounds these days
Will
25-Feb-2013
It seems every club (and their uncle) is trying to buy their grounds these days. While Yorkshire's purchase is less than certain (again), a rather smaller club - Henley in Oxfordshire - have raised the required £462,000 to buy theirs:
Pub company, Brakspear, which owned the ground, finally agreed to sell it last year and both sides exchanged contracts on Monday.
More than 130 private and local business donors generated £60,000, South Oxfordshire District Council donated £48,000, Henley Town Council and Brakspear donated £25,000 each and club fund-raising activities generated a further £100,000. The town council also signed over a £200,000 loan to the club last week to help it buy the ground.