20/08/2010 08:19 AM
Highland League club Strathspey Thistle are hoping to meet the conditions needed to become a fully fledged member of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) by erecting a 2.4m high security fence around their Seafield Park home.
According to the Strathspey and Badenoch Herald the proposed profiled sheet metal fencing would allow the club to become associate members of the SFA which would lead to a number of financial and sporting gains.
Becoming members of the SFA would enable to the club to enter the prestigious and lucrative Scottish Cup competition and entitle them to much-needed financial support from the SFA.
Robbie Mcleod, secretary of the club said: "Last winter with the bad weather a lot of the Highland League games were cancelled over a 10-week period and the SFA handed out hardship payments to their members. All the clubs in the league received £8,000 apart from us, because we are not associate members."
SFA rules dictate that any member's ground should be secured on all sides and restrict viewing from outside the ground.
The security fencing, which the club hopes to have in place for the 2011-12 season, will replace the current mesh fencing which does not meet the SFA's standards.
Earlier this month police warned that Tottenham Football Club's stadium redevelopment plans should include security fencing.
According to the Strathspey and Badenoch Herald the proposed profiled sheet metal fencing would allow the club to become associate members of the SFA which would lead to a number of financial and sporting gains.
Becoming members of the SFA would enable to the club to enter the prestigious and lucrative Scottish Cup competition and entitle them to much-needed financial support from the SFA.
Robbie Mcleod, secretary of the club said: "Last winter with the bad weather a lot of the Highland League games were cancelled over a 10-week period and the SFA handed out hardship payments to their members. All the clubs in the league received £8,000 apart from us, because we are not associate members."
SFA rules dictate that any member's ground should be secured on all sides and restrict viewing from outside the ground.
The security fencing, which the club hopes to have in place for the 2011-12 season, will replace the current mesh fencing which does not meet the SFA's standards.
Earlier this month police warned that Tottenham Football Club's stadium redevelopment plans should include security fencing.
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