AFC Blackpool are celebrating after being awarded a grant of £50,000 from the Budweiser Club Futures programme.



The FA and Budweiser are touring the country to announce the eight regional winners, with the second stop on the tour being The Mechanics ground.


But the good news for AFC Blackpool may not end there. One of the chosen eight winning clubs will be given the chance to win an additional £100,000 super grant –– and Karen is now hoping that the club can benefit even further.

“We have now been put forward for another grant of a further £100,000 in competition with the other seven grant winners”, she said. “This will be down to a public vote and will be organised from votes by football fans through the official FA Cup and Budweiser UK Facebook pages, from the end of January through to the end of February.

“In the event of us being successful with this, we would us this money to improve our facilities further, including a new community room, outside toilets and changing facilities for our 11 Junior teams”.

AFC Blackpool Chairman Tommy Baldwin is pictured being presented with the commemorative plaque by Owen Coyle. Photo courtesy of the FA website.

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