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CHARD GET A WESTERN WARNING

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
10 June 2018

CHARD Town have been given a year by the FA to find a new home – or be booted out of the Toolstation Western League.
The FA have given the Robins a year’s grace to relocate from their Zembard Lane ground and its notorious sloping pitch, which has failed grading standards.
It had been thought that Chard would be relegated to the Somerset County League.
Club chairman Lyndsey Gage said that discussions about a move were in prog ress. “I can’t say too much at the moment,” he said.
The Robins have been members of the Western League since 1976, when they joined the t...

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