Barrow have announced a multi-year agreement with De La Salle Sports and Social Club in Salford for the use and development of their facility.
The Bluebirds will use it as the club’s training base going forward under new manager Pete Wild, commencing this pre-season in late June.
Ironically the decision comes after former manager Phil Brown, in one of his last interviews as Barrow boss, was calling for the club to be more localised in the town.
Along with numerous fans he wanted to adopt a more Barrovian approach to training.
Today, however, a Barrow statement by s[porting director Iain Wood said: “The Salford site offers an excellent existing base for our first team training and there are exciting plans to enhance the facilities going forward to develop it into our long-term training home. These will be confirmed and announced over the next twelve months.
“This is real progress for our club. I understand that last year was difficult, but this provides us with an immediate solid foundation to begin pre-season in a great location.
“We can put down our roots straight away here and get the stability we need as a club and we are pleased to be moving into a partnership with such a progressive organisation.
“The planned future enhancements will only make it a more attractive facility and shows our determination to develop the club’s infrastructure appropriately going forward.”
Greig Aspinall, Secretary of De La Salle FC added: “De La Salle are really pleased and excited about our new partnership.
“We are looking forward to welcoming Barrow AFC to our club, in what is hopefully the start of a long and mutually beneficial relationship.
“It has been down to the hard work over the years of our volunteers, who have ensured hundreds of children and adults play football in a safe environment week in week out.
“This partnership, attracting a professional level club like Barrow AFC, shows the standards we have set, and this will boost the quality of our pitches and facilities even further with the additional investment.”
