You may be aware that our bid to the Football Foundation to secure funding for our ground improvement was approved in December. Our new stand has been ordered and we are now awaiting confirmation from Enfield Council that planning consent for the works has been granted. This should hopefully be received this month, and we will then be in a position to arrange for the work to be commenced as soon as possible in order that we can comply with league deadlines.

Many supporters have named seats in the Granite stand and we can now confirm the way forward for those seats:

• New name plaques will need to be produced for the seats in the new stand. If you purchased a named seat in the Granite stand within the last 5 years, we will arrange for these to be produced and installed free of charge.

• If you purchased a plaque in the Granite stand over 5 years ago and wish to have a plaque in the new stand there will be a fee of £25 per seat to cover both the production and installation costs as we are unable to remove the plaques from the existing seats.

Can you please advise us by January 28th via email to membership@etfc.london whether you wish your named seat plaque to be transferred to a seat in the new stand. We would also appreciate responses for anonymous donations of over £150 to our recent crowdfunding campaign, or for any requests for certain names on plaques for these larger donations. If your existing plaque is more than 5 years old, we will also need your confirmation that you are in agreement to meet the charge of £25 per seat.

We can move 25 seats from the current Granite stand to provide a 4th row of seats in the main stand. If you would like your named seat to be transferred to the main stand, please let us know if you wish to take up this option. There will be no charge for this but as we can only accommodate 25 seats these requests will be met on a first come first served basis.