York City manager Gary Mills cuts the first sod in front of a group of county and local football officials and Nether Poppleton Parish Councillors to officially start building work on the Poppleton Community Sports Pavillion
YORK City boss Gary Mills turned the first sod at a ceremony to mark the start of work to build Poppleton Tigers’ new clubhouse.
When the Millfield Lane site is finished, it will boast a new four-changing room clubhouse, with meeting and training facilities, as well as officials changing rooms, a kitchen and toilets.
It was made possible with a £225,000 grant from the Football Foundation with an additional grant of £150,000 coming from the FA.
Val Duggan, Poppleton JFC secretary, said: “Poppleton JFC were delighted to welcome Gary Mills to help commemorate the start of building works on our new clubhouse.
“We know that Gary’s schedule is extremely busy so we were especially grateful to him for his time.”
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