LondonRoader
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It is not our own training ground, we are paying a lease to use it, so we are paying others to use it.We were paying over £60,000 a year to hire training facilities before having our own training ground. So whilst the training ground has cost a lot, and there will be ongoing costs, we will no longer be giving money away to others just to train. It will also become a hub for Oxford United in the Community which will help reach out to others and develop our social engagement programme. And, in time, we should have the facilities to bring the community in 7 days a week to use the pitches and club house. It will be some time before we see a profit but it will reduce the losses by giving us control over future revenue streams. It might not bring in millions, but anything that improves our finances and our standing in the community has to be a good thing.
I hope it can turn a profit, but that will be a lot of hard work and organisation.