[Sussex] Hailsham Town FC 🔥

[AmexRuislip]

Hailsham: Children evacuated from deliberate football ground fire

The fire in Hailsham is being treated as suspected deliberate ignition, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not good news.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

Such a shame when clubs like Hailsham, who do great work in the community, suffer something like this. Hopefully it won't affect them financially as their resources, like a lot of non league clubs, are stretched to the limit.

 

[southdownswolf]

If I was a cynical so and so, I'd wonder if someone has an eye on the new Knights Farm East sports complex that's being built with 2 3g pitches....

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Saw this a few minutes ago on Facebook. Very sad. Reminds me of our south strand fire back in the day.

 

[rippleman]

Hailsham: Children evacuated from deliberate football ground fire

The fire in Hailsham is being treated as suspected deliberate ignition, police say.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not good news.

Is "deliberate ignition" the new arson?

The police not wanting to upset the arsonists by calling it arson? FFS.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Is "deliberate ignition" the new arson?

The police not wanting to upset the arsonists by calling it arson? FFS.

It’s just a way of describing using an accelerant, defining arson from criminal damage. The fire service will find out which accelerant was used.

 

[MJsGhost]

If I was a cynical so and so, I'd wonder if someone has an eye on the new Knights Farm East sports complex that's being built with 2 3g pitches....

One would really like to think that if it was a cynical act by a club insider, they would choose a time that didn't put the 14s in danger?