Since the 2023/24 season closed in April, the club and its team of volunteers have embarked on trying to improve the infrastructure at Julius Martin Lane. Over the course of the summer, the club has seen so many volunteers, local businesses, and committee members provide their services, which has had a significant impact on delivering a much-needed upgrade to the football ground. The club and its directors would like to place their thanks on record for everyone involved. None of this would've been possible without the generosity, togetherness, will, and determination of everyone involved.

IMPROVEMENTS

The front of the main stand has seen a dramatic upgrade with block paving, a new wall, and an entrance to the pitch, allowing the teams to walk out in front of the main stand for the first time.
The dugouts have been installed with an astroturf to provide a hard-standing area for the home and away officials.
The home changing rooms have seen a dramatic upgrade with new benches, heating, lighting and a new colour scheme to match the greens
Each flood light mast has been repainted and rejuvenated, ready for a new lease life
The perimeter wall of the pitch has seen a new lease of life, having been repaired and painted to restore it to it's former glory.
New LED lights installed in the walkways and changing rooms

FLOODLIGHTS

Lastly, the most exciting upgrade of all is our floodlights; having been in situ for more than 42 years, we have now been given approval from the Premier League Stadium Fund for a grant to replace the current metal halogen lamps with new blue tooth LED floodlights. This work will be undertaken at the beginning of August and will replace each lamp with state-of-the-art LED lamps that will provide the club with a far more cost-effective way of providing midweek and floodlit matches.