The Fleet Lane project is something that Rothwell Juniors is extremely proud of. With our friends from the Football Foundation and Leeds City Council we will soon be delievering a state of the art facility for not only our own use but for the use of the local community. More information and regular updates will be appearing online.
July 08- Work has begun but its slow progress in the rain..
Groundwork well underway. This is the bottom of the site where the grass pitches will be.
Drains and tarmac for the STP
Fences up around the 60x40 STP. Tarmac surface is down. These pictures were taken 26/11/2008
Car Park and foundations for clubhouse.
STP. This is where all of the teams will train under floodlights during the winter months.
The foundations for the clubhouse are in and the brickies start work...
Latest pictures (Tuesday 16th December). The Carpet is down on the STP.
Floodlights have started to go up and can be seen on the far side ......
Changing Rooms/Clubhouse shell is taking shape and the CarPark is almost there.....
Jan 7th 2009....The site looks like a very different place now.......There are walls and Bob the Builder.
Chris Froggett of Steve Wells Associates looking over the Social area....
STP From the Entrance roadway....Floodlights now in place but sadly no power.
Through the fence.....Looks magnificent....
21st January - Roof is almost there!!
February 26th - Roof is on and work is well underway inside..
STP Is marked out - Just need power to the lights now!!
April - Nearing Completion - Showers are tiled.
Now the rain has let up, work on the pitches has started.
The Project will cost just short of 1.5Million Pounds and is due for completion by March of 2009. The project is running a little behind schedule due mostly to the terrible summer this year. In August the site was more of a swimming pool than a Football club..
Funding for the Project has come from the Football Foundation (around 80%) and Leeds City Council (around 10% of the capital). Thanks to both of those bodies for their support. The club is footing the rest of the bill and we are always looking for sponsorship and fund raising ideas.
We expect this to be a flagship club of the future and would urge anyone interested in local football at whatever level to get involved, Male and Female of all ages.
Projects like this are a massive undertaking and involve all kinds of skills. Our special thanks go to Chris Froggett of Steve Wells Associates for his assitance in guiding us through this process, and a special thanks to Brian Walker, former councillor and Leader of Leeds City Council who has managed to move mountains where others were either unable or unwilling to do so. Even out of office his willingness to help and his energy are impressive.