Derry City FC ‘in the mix’ for stadium funding, club says

The £36.2m stadium funding announced on Wednesday will be allocated to clubs through an application scheme, with money being handed out from April next year.

Gordon Lyons said the funding is designed to change the face of football in Northern Ireland and is a “once in a lifetime opportunity to transform the game locally” .

Speaking to BBC Radio Foyle, Mr Barrett said that the club have prepared a business case for funding.

“We are pretty confident, based on the conversations we’ve had.”

“We are from the north, we pay our taxes, everyone is employed on PAYE here as part of the six counties, so we are absolutely entitled to the same as anybody else,” he said.

“I don’t think anyone queries that or has a problem with that, they understand that we are club playing football here, we have young people playing football here, so I don’t think there are any issues and I’m confident we will get our slice of the cake.”