Article in When Saturday Comes - Jan 2005 Edition

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Slough Town's shock FA Cup win over Walsall bought much needed revenue and, perhaps just as importantly, publicity in their campaign to find a new ground. The Ryman Premier League club have been playing at neighbouring Windsor & Eton for the past year after the lease ran out on their Wexham Park home in 2003.

Fans had criticised the local council for continually refusing planning permission for developments that would have revamped Wexham Park, but relations got even worse this year when control of the town hall was wrested from Labour by a coalition of Independent, Liberal Democrat and Britwellian parties. The new council promptly shelved plans to build a new stadium at Kennedy Park in Britwell. A fans red-card protest at the Walsall match brought a response from council leader Richard Stokes that the council would "listen to" ideas regarding a new site, but was not able to commit money to the ground search. With only one more season remaining on Slough's groundshare agreement with Windsor & Eton, the need for progress is urgent. The Slough Town Supporters Trust (trust.sloughtownfc.net) are campaigning hard.