Welwyn Garden City FC forced to close bar
A FOOTBALL club has been forced to reduce the opening hours of its bar to cut costs. At an emergency general meeting held on Sunday, WGC FC took the decision to only open the ground to social customers on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The bar will also
A FOOTBALL club has been forced to reduce the opening hours of its bar to cut costs.
At an emergency general meeting held on Sunday, WGC FC took the decision to only open the ground to social customers on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
The bar will also be open during mid week games.
Sources close to the Herns Way club, which plays in the Spartan South Midlands Premier Division, have said debts of around �127,000 played a large part in the decision to reduce opening hours.
You may also want to watch:
Football secretary Malcolm Kiely reassured fans the team would continue as normal, and that the next home game against Colney Heath would go ahead on Saturday as planned.
"There's no issue in terms of us being closed down," said Mr Kiely. "We just feel it is not affordable to keep the ground open all the time.
Most Read
- 1 Planning application submitted for 173-space car park and mobile café at park
- 2 Preparation works under way for Stonehills revamp
- 3 Man suffers fractured skull and bleed on the brain after pub assault
- 4 What to do if you see these hazardous caterpillars in a park
- 5 Delight for performing arts school as song hits number one in iTunes classical charts
- 6 Mum's proud of soldier son's guard of honour role at Prince Philip's funeral
- 7 Rail passengers warned of three-day closure at London King's Cross station
- 8 'These heroes deserve a proper pay rise' - Demonstration of support for NHS workers to be held outside New QEII
- 9 The latest court results for Welwyn Hatfield and Potters Bar
- 10 NHS hired conman on £320,000 five months after he was unmasked
"Like many businesses right now, we need to cut our overheads.
