The Football Stadia Improvement Fund (FSIF) is an organisation that provides grants and loans to lower level
football club
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s in England. Financing activities are meant to develop the comfort and safety of football grounds and the FSIF is the largest provider for this type of grant in the country.
The organisation receives funding exclusively from the
Premier League
The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...
and has contributed more than £50 million to various projects since 2000.
Significant Investments
* £2 million loaned, and later converted into a grant to the
York City F.C.
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for the construction of an 8,000 seat stadium which will open sometime around 2019.
* £1.2 million (withdrawn) to promote the efforts of
Supporters Direct.
* £150,000 provided to
Cheshunt F.C.
Cheshunt Football Club is a football club based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Theobalds Lane.
History Original club
The original Cheshunt Football Club was formed around 1880 and played in ...
for various improvements including floodlights, grandstands, turnstiles, and barrier fencing.
* £100,000 provided to
March Town United F.C. for the construction of a new clubhouse.
* £100,000 provided to
Bromsgrove Sporting F.C.
Bromsgrove Sporting Football Club is a football club based in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England. The club was founded in 2009 and played their first season, 2010–11, in Midland Football Combination Division Two, where they ended third. T ...
for the construction of new floodlights, clubhouse refurbishments and wheelchair-accessibility.
* £99,998 provided to the Irchester Sports Association for new pavilion and clubhouse refurbishments.
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* £94,000 provided to Runcorn Linnets towards a new ground.]
References
Football organisations in England
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