[Sussex] Hailsham Town FC 🔥

AmexRuislip

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Feb 2, 2014

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Ruislip

• Nov 13, 2024

• #1

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.

 

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Seagull on the Hill

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Jan 22, 2022

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• Nov 13, 2024

• #2

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.

 

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southdownswolf

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Aug 4, 2003

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eastbourne

• Nov 13, 2024

• #3

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

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Jan 16, 2022

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The Avenue then Maloncho

• Nov 14, 2024

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Green Cross Code Man

Wunt be druv

Mar 30, 2006

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Eastbourne

• Nov 14, 2024

• #5

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

 

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rippleman

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Oct 18, 2011

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• Nov 14, 2024

• #6

AmexRuislip said:

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.

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Is "deliberate ignition" the new arson?

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

 

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Nov 14, 2024

• #7

rippleman said:

Is "deliberate ignition" the new arson?

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

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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

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Jun 26, 2009

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East

• Nov 14, 2024

• #8

southdownswolf said:

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....

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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?