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THAT’S ONE ECC OF A MOVE!

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
8 June 2025

By Robin Jones

ECCLESHILL United are quitting their Kingsway home in Bradford and have moved 10 miles west to groundshare with third-tier rugby league side Keighley Cougars.
The Northern Counties East Premier outfit say that they had been struggling financially at their stadium headquarters in Wrose.
Chair Sally Smith-Butler said: “We have pursued every possible avenue to try and make the club self-sustainable.
“But, unfortunately, despite our hard work, efforts and money, none of these avenues have come to fruition.
“For many years we have struggled to generat...

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