Essex Senior League side Woodford Town have agreed a groundshare with National League club Dagenham & Redbridge.
The agreement means that the Woods will play their Essex Senior League home matches at Victoria Road from the new season.
Woodford announced on their Twitter feed this morning: "We have been working hard to get our new ground ready for the new season. However due to constraints and the need to meet League deadlines, this move will not happen until the 2019-2020 season. However we are very pleased to annouce that we will be playing @Dag_RedFC next season".
It is no secret that the club has been trying to return home to Woodford, or the London Borough of Redbridge at the very least, since the club was reformed last season. Woods chairman Tony Scott earlier in the year asked Redbridge Council at a council meeting whether they "shared his ambition to bring Woodford back to the borough". The council responded to that by stating that they did share Mr Scott's ambitions.
The club has been working on a new home at Ashton's Playing Fields in Woodford, which is a stone's throw from their former Snakes Lane ground, but now that move looks set to happen in 2019. The move also means that Woodford will leave last season's temporary home of Broxbourne Borough's Goffs Lane, which has sparked rumours that Eton Manor could return there, after they were placed in the Eastern Senior League South for 2018-19.
Ashton Playing Fields in Woodford, where Woodford Town FC hope to move into for the start of the 2019-2020 season
Meanwhile, Woodford have also announced that they will introduce concession entry prices for Dagenham & Redbridge season ticket holders and that their pricing structure will be announced shortly.
The news has been well received by fans and people across the ESL alike.
Enfield boss Matthew Hanning tweeted: "Look forward to taking my @EnfieldFC to @Dag_RedFC this season. I have Grown up over there with Dad being a director over there for so long so will be great for me personally. It’s a Lovely pitch , lovely facility’s well done all @woodfordtownfc"
Victoria Road, home of Dagenham & Redbridge FC, where ESL side Woodford Town will stage their home games next season
The news will be welcomed with all involved with Dagenham as well, with the National League side's well documented off-the-field problems, so any income generated from a groundshare would be helpful to the Daggers' cause.
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