Council blunder delays club's ground takeover

Renfrewshire Council has apologised for a blunder which has delayed a football club's bid to take on the ownership of its home ground in Lochwinnoch.

- JACK THOMSON, LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER

Calderglen Community SCIO, formed from Calderglen AFC, had expected to seal the transfer of the playing fields in Lochlip Road for £1 after the deal was approved last August.

But the local authority is now looking to hit the brakes on the formalisation of that process after it conceded an “administrative error” was made during the consultation.

A club source told the Express: “Calderglen is naturally disappointed and frustrated at this delay which has happened through no fault of the charity.”

Significant sums of money have already been invested in fencing and changing facilities for the ground as Calderglen Community works through an ambitious multi-phase plan for the site.