With the weather we’ve had this season and the number of teams we now have at the club (15 next season and over 200 members) we’ve moved quickly to secure a great new venue for future Lancing United Colts matches at Sir Robert Woodard Academy on the grass pitches.

We’ve worked with the SWRA team to come up with a proposition that really works for both us, and them with a rolling agreement in place. The new space comes with it’s own parking for 50 cars and access direct on to the pitches with no need to have access to the main school areas.

This is really exciting as it now allows us to continue to grow as a club and adds to the great playing venues we already have. It also keeps us primarily based in Lancing, which is important to our club.

For next season, our Colts teams will be playing at Sir Robert Woodard Academy, Shoreham Academy, Lancing College and our own ground, Croshaw Recreation Ground. .

All of our pitches are either located on private grounds that are well looked after and maintained by the schools, or are on long term leases, and controlled and looked after by our club direct, namely Croshaw.

Croshaw will now host all of our 11 a side matches and make full use of our great facilities, including the fantastic changing rooms. With the smaller sided games being moved to SRWA the Croshaw surface will have less games being played on it, especially in concentrated areas, meaning the playing surface will be perfect for 11 a side matches. We will also continue to invest in the pitch as we do each season.

A big thank you goes out to The Sir Robert Woodard Academy for agreeing to work with us and support our grass roots club as they already do with the Chelsea Development Centre.

We will share details of which teams will be playing at our various locations before the start of next season. This will also have “zero” impact on our signing on fees, or result in needing to charge for matches which demonstrates how we continue to look to invest in the development of the club each season as we continue to grow.

Season 5, here we come!