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RETURN HOME IS THE AIM FOR CITY

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
11 June 2017

By Robin Jones
CANTERBURY City have set a target of 2019 for a return to their home territory after a 20-year absence – and are setting their sights on reaching the National League.
This week the Southern Counties East Premier outfit signed a formal agreement to develop a £2 million stadium and community football hub on an eight-acre site at Highland Court in Bridge in the south of the city.
The club have already secured £1.6 million of funding for the project and an application for planning consent is likely to be made later this year.
Chairman Tim Clark, whose ambition i...

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