Burnley buy their ground back

Burnley Football Club have taken Turf Moor and Gawthorpe back under the club’s ownership following the completion of a buy-back campaign developed by co-chairmen John Banaszkiewicz and Mike Garlick. The campaign raised £3.5m.

With the welcome involvement of a number of key supporters, and further investment from the club, both facilities come back under the umbrella of Burnley FC with immediate effect. The deal means there will be no rent to pay and an eventual saving of half a million pounds a year.

Burnley Football Club have taken Turf Moor and Gawthorpe back under the club’s ownership following the completion of a buy-back campaign developed by co-chairmen John Banaszkiewicz and Mike Garlick. The campaign raised £3.5m.

With the welcome involvement of a number of key supporters, and further investment from the club, both facilities come back under the umbrella of Burnley FC with immediate effect. The deal means there will be no rent to pay and an eventual saving of half a million pounds a year.

Turf Moor, a real old style football ground and the Clarets’ home for over 130 years, and the Gawthorpe training ground were sold in 2006 to Longside Properties to resolve financial problems following the ITV Digital crisis.