LOCATIONS in Basingstoke have been “earmarked” as potential sites for a new football stadium.

Basingstoke Town Community Football Club have begun discussions with borough councillors to find ‘a like-for-like replacement’ for the Camrose. 

The club played at the Camrose ground for more than 70 years until it was evicted by former chairman Rafi Razzak in 2016. 

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In May Mr Razzak and his company Basron Developments Ltd were granted permission on appeal to demolish the stadium and build a housing development and care home.

The club currently plays at the Winklebury Football Complex, but current chairman Jack Miller has said that it ‘needs a home of their own’. 

Two sites have so far been earmarked for a potential new stadium - Basingstoke Leisure Park and Manydown - according to Mr Miller.

You can read the full story in this week’s edition of The Gazette. 

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