Getting planning permission to build a screen fence round a ground may not seem a major step forward, but it is nevertheless an important one for Highland League outfit Strathspey Thistle. The club plays at Seafield Park in Grantown-on-Spey. It is the first in a series of steps forward:
- If a ground is not completely enclosed in a way that means the pitch is not visible from the outside, the club concerned cannot join the Scottish Football Association (SFA).
- If you are not a member of the SFA, you cannot enter the Scottish Cup which gives smaller clubs profile and can raise modest but important sums of money.
- SFA membership entitles a club to receive cash payments and even in a less severe winter Highland League fixtures are vulnerable to the weather.
Getting planning permission to build a screen fence round a ground may not seem a major step forward, but it is nevertheless an important one for Highland League outfit Strathspey Thistle. The club plays at Seafield Park in Grantown-on-Spey. It is the first in a series of steps forward:
The next step is to provide some turnstiles, a permanent site for the tea bar and ‘proper toilets’. Goodness knows what the current ones are like.