Football Focus Issue 70 | Page 63

Portland United 3 Surrey Close, Granby Industrial Estate, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9TY Electrical Engineers & Contractors Pleased to support Portland United Football Club Telephone 01305 760103 Facilities Challenges/Ambitions “We moved to our new ground twenty years ago. We’ve had a lot of work done in the last eighteen months with £100,000 spent on the ground including £70,000 from the Football Foundation so there have been a lot of improvements.” “One of our biggest challenges is that we are a little bit isolated geographically. We have more travelling than anybody else in our league so have quite high expenses in this regard – our nearest team is forty miles away. In the coming years, our first priority is to remain on a sound financial basis. If things go well ultimately we would love to make it to Step 4. It will be difficult but that would be a great level for us to be playing at. That’s a good level of football and we’re quite capable of giving the teams in that league a game.” Images courtesy of the Dorset Echo www.footballfocusmag.com 63