In a sport where the World Cup hosts are seemingly determined by who has the most money and the elite clubs in the UK and Europe are looking across the globe to find new supporters, one club is merely trying to return home to after several years relying on hosting arrangements with neighbouring clubs.

Eight years after the 2007 floods ruined Meadow Park, Gloucester City are still not home. Following the latest setback, Gloucester City will not return home until the 2017/18 season! Every year the club is away from Gloucester, more young fans are lost, the revenue of away fans who would otherwise be frequenting the nearby Quays and City Centre is lost, and the city is without its own football club to support and get behind. With a promising young squad and well respected manager, when the club returns to the city there is no reason to believe that it couldn't earn promotion to compete with the likes of Cheltenham Town and Forest Green in the National League in what would a brilliant moment for the county's footballing fans.

We call upon Gloucester City Council to allow Gloucester City AFC to return home for the 2016/17 season with the stadium part built to minimum standards as previously planned with the remainder of the stadium to be built subsequently.