Blackburn's Mill Hill FC wins £125k to improve ground

An amateur football club in Lancashire has been given a £125,000 council grant to improve its ground.

Mill Hill FC, in Blackburn, has been given the cash boost to upgrade its Waterfall Street ground in time for next season.

The club has also raised £30,000 for the £150,000 project to upgrade ground to allow the club's senior teams to play there after securing promotion to the West Lancashire League.

The money will pay for new changing rooms, improved pitch barriers and upgraded dugouts – all meeting the requirements of the league.

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