New Year’s Day football match cancelled in West Sussex after storm damage to clubhouse
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Burgess Hill Town FC announced on X at 11.54am on Wednesday, January 1: “Today’s New Year’s Day game with Eastbourne Town has been postponed due to substantial storm damage to our clubhouse resulting in no power. Our team are on site working to limit the damage and once we know more we will update.”
The match was set to kick off at 3pm at the HomeCall Carpets Community Stadium in Burgess Hill.
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Hide AdBefore the cancellation, a club spokesperson said: “It’s the third meeting between the two sides this season with the Hillians winning both previous games both back in August. Firstly in the FA Cup 2-1 (goals by Martyn Box and Kieran Rowe) and then 3-0 away from home in the league with goals by Dan Perry (2) and Alex Brewer.”
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