HAVING pulled the plug on East Thurrock United football club, closing it down after more than 50 years as a local community venture, its owners have now put the club’s ground, training facilities and clubhouse up for lease reports Thurrock Nub News.
Following the death of its owner, Bennie Bennett in December 2019, the club was sold by the Bennett family to gypsy multi-millionaire Alfie Best for an undisclosed sum.
The deal included ownership of the Rookery Hill site which had been developed over several decades by supporters as the club climbed the non-League pyramid, reaching the National League South (sixth tier of football in England) with a memorable play-off win against Dulwich Hamlet in 2016.
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