Post by paoktzi on Sept 7, 2011 13:16:29 GMT 10
GRANVILLE District Soccer Football Association has started legal proceedings against Parramatta Melita Eagles Sports Club over the use of Melita Stadium at South Granville.
The association took the club to the Supreme Court this week over a sub-lease it believes it is entitled to for the ground.
The two groups have been partners in the running of the Parramatta FC team that plays there in the NSW Premier League.
Association president Howard Groom said while the sports club had a lease, there was also a sub-lease to PCYC NSW - the organisation that sold Parramatta FC to the association last year.
Mr Groom said the association needed the sub-lease for the football club’s application to play Premier League next year.
“We’re trying to secure the sub-lease of the place. Nothing more, nothing less,” he said.
“Part of the business sale (last year) was to secure the sub-lease. The chairs and fridge were sold by the PCYC, and hand in hand with that goes the sub-lease.”
Yet the Parramatta Melita Eagles Sports Club is worried about losing control of the ground and its role in Parramatta FC.
President James Chetcuti said the club had the head lease on the ground and wanted to continue a partnership with the association.
The Parramatta Melita club was established in 1956 and played in the now-defunct National Soccer League.
“We built a legacy,” Mr Chetcuti said. “The legacy we built is at risk of losing its identity.
“At the moment, (the association) doesn’t allow our partnership in the business.”
The dispute does not threaten the future of the Premier League football club, however.
Mr Groom said the Association wanted Parramatta FC to playnext year.
parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/stadium-dispute-heads-for-court/
The association took the club to the Supreme Court this week over a sub-lease it believes it is entitled to for the ground.
The two groups have been partners in the running of the Parramatta FC team that plays there in the NSW Premier League.
Association president Howard Groom said while the sports club had a lease, there was also a sub-lease to PCYC NSW - the organisation that sold Parramatta FC to the association last year.
Mr Groom said the association needed the sub-lease for the football club’s application to play Premier League next year.
“We’re trying to secure the sub-lease of the place. Nothing more, nothing less,” he said.
“Part of the business sale (last year) was to secure the sub-lease. The chairs and fridge were sold by the PCYC, and hand in hand with that goes the sub-lease.”
Yet the Parramatta Melita Eagles Sports Club is worried about losing control of the ground and its role in Parramatta FC.
President James Chetcuti said the club had the head lease on the ground and wanted to continue a partnership with the association.
The Parramatta Melita club was established in 1956 and played in the now-defunct National Soccer League.
“We built a legacy,” Mr Chetcuti said. “The legacy we built is at risk of losing its identity.
“At the moment, (the association) doesn’t allow our partnership in the business.”
The dispute does not threaten the future of the Premier League football club, however.
Mr Groom said the Association wanted Parramatta FC to playnext year.
parramatta-advertiser.whereilive.com.au/sport/story/stadium-dispute-heads-for-court/
