Funding of £250,000 has been secured to develop a new community sports hub in the Belvoir area of south Belfast.

Belfast City Council announced it is allocating £250,000 for a new grass pitch at Belvoir Football Club. Work is also to begin on the wider development of the 22-acre site as a community sports hub for the Boys Brigade and Linfield FC.

UUP Councillor Jeffrey Dudgeon welcomed the announcement.

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He said: "This is a very positive development for the Belvoir area of South Belfast and enables an exciting project to get underway.

"I have been very pleased to work with this partnership as the project gets off the ground and I look forward to seeing the plans develop in the months and years ahead."

Roy McGivern, Director of Linfield FC, said: "We are delighted to get the first tranche of funding for this project which will provide a state of the art training base for the growing Linfield Academy and also put in place modern facilities for the local community in South Belfast. It is a very positive development for Linfield Football Club also for our partners in the Boys Brigade and Belvoir FC."

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