Unfortunately, the news regarding Tony's broken leg isn't very good. Whilst playing football on Sunday his studs have stuck in the ground, resulting in him snapping his ankle bone. He has also broke his Fibula just above his ankle and his Tibula just below the knee (or the other way round) and both these bones have penatrated the skin. On Monday he underwent a five and a half hour operation, in which he had a metal rod inserted from his ankle up to his knee. He has been told he can not put any weight on his leg for 8 weeks. Everyone associated with the club would like to wish Tony all the best, and hope he is on the mend soon.

At the Development Control Committee meeting held this evening, planning permission was granted for our new Ground at Halton Sports. This important step will now be reported through to the Football Foundation, as it is a prerequisite for a successful application to the Football Stadia Improvement Fund. We are still on track to hear the outcome of our FSIF application in early/mid December, and look to start the construction, most likely, early in the New Year.

Some people may remember that we were successful when applying for an area Forum grant back when the new Ground was to be located at the Riverside Campus of Halton College. The monies granted by the local Area Forums are to improve the local area, and so we obviously had to refuse that grant when we changed location of the new Ground to Halton Sports, as it falls within a different ward. However, we have applied to our Local Area Forum for a grant, and we have received word today that our application was successful.

We have managed to secure a grant of just over £12,400 for use in the new clubhouse, which will pay for a kitchen facility, and also pay for tables, chairs, and a new floor covering for the main function room. We'd like to extend our thanks to the Norton North, Norton South, Halton Castle and Windmill Hill Forum and Beechwood and Halton Lea Forum for being so generous, and supporting our project.

We had news late last night from Tony Roscoe that he was in hospital with a broken leg. We don't have lots of details, but it appears that it's a bad break that requires an operation today, and could see Tony out of action for over 3 months. Obviously, everybody at the club would like to wish Tony well, and are hoping for a successful operation with a full and speedy recovery.