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the club must move if it is to progress.

"We have got to move on to a new purpose-built stadium, like so many other clubs have, to a stadium that generates a lot more revenue,"

"Griffin Park is a wonderful old stadium but it is over 100 years old and the facilities are very antiquated.

"We don't have the means of earning revenue from match-day hospitality and other activities on non-match days.

"Griffin Park is not suitable because it is hemmed in by terraced housing and is in a very residential area.

"There is not enough space to knock it down and build a modern stadium.

The new ground has got to be paid for from the proceeds of selling Griffin Park to a house-builder.

"We are hoping to get the planning application submitted to the local authority in May so that we can get consent this year and we hope to stay on schedule to have the stadium open in July 2016.

Residential property will be involved in the plans for the site, which lies only two miles from Griffin Park,

[we] have seen other clubs we competed with in the past like Swansea, Hull and Reading going up the leagues as a result of a new stadium and all the income it generates.

"We want to follow them.

We got the local authorities and safety advisory groups involved at a very early stage to ensure we can move forward as quickly as possible to gain planning,

A new stadium will allow us a really good opportunity to build our fanbase.