Set back for Bracknell Town as bar suffers water damage

Burst water main has flooded the clubs main bar

A burst water main has been identified as the cause of a major flood in Bracknell Town’s recently refurbished bar at Larges Lane.

The club posted an image on twitter of water filling the new facility saying: “The Bar is shut due to a burst main flooding us out earlier today Gutted but we will be back open as soon as possible!”

The Robins have been pulling in big crowds at the Lane in recent weeks with 409 watching the season opener against Ascot United and 276 in attendance for the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round win over Cowes Sports on Saturday.

The Bar is shut due to a burst main flooding us out earlier today Gutted but we will be back open as soon as possible! 😟 pic.twitter.com/tRQS0j7aM5
— Bracknell Town FC (@BracknellTownFC) August 10, 2017

Mercifully for the Robins, the damage comes with nearly 9 full days before they are at home again with Winchester City the visitors in the Preliminary Round of the FA Cup.

That won’t be of any help to the clubs midweek opening hours and they confirmed in a later tweet that: “We will work 24/7 to get it back open and ready for the Emirates FA Cup fixture on Saturday 19th August.”

We’re sure the club would welcome offers of help and support, and you can find contact details here.

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Tom Canning

Tom Canning is the co-editor of Football in Berkshire. He has played at the lowest possible level of football in the Bracknell Sunday League Fourth Division. In real life Tom is a Freelance Digital Content Producer having spent 20 years at Reach PLC, starting out on the Reading Evening Post - as well as a year with The Cricketer Magazine. He co-founded Football in Berkshire with Darrell Freeland in 2016. He is the former manager of Bracknell Town Ladies Reserves and Binfield Ladies in the Thames Valley Women's League.

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