Still deprived of a stadium, the Fécé should make a new exemption request from the French Football Federation to welcome US Avranches and SC Lyon at the Grangettes stadium, before returning to the Parc des Sports in November… or not.
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Cis the most total blur. FC Annecy still do not know where they will play their home games after receiving Créteil on September 25.
The Sports Park is closed until the end of October and the French Football Federation had granted an exemption to play only two matches at Rumilly: Le Mans, on August 21, and Villefranche, on September 1.
Luckily, the match against Villefranche having been canceled, the exemption had been moved to the match against Concarneau on September 11. Luckily again, Concarneau unable to travel due to cases of Covid-19 in his team, the exemption had been postponed again, at the reception of Créteil, on September 25.
Unless it is also shifted, FC Annecy should use its second wildcard of the FFF this Friday. And after ?
A new exemption request
Good question. ” We still don’t know », Explains the new president of FC Annecy.
In an interview with The Rise and to be published soon, Sébastien Faraglia explains nevertheless that the club should request a new exemption from the French Football Federation to host US Avranches (October 9) and SC Lyon (October 23) in Rumilly, after agreement, of course, of the local club, the GFA. ” We are not going to stop asking for more for one or two games “, Announces the president of Fécé, while explaining to seek” alternatives ».
Then, the club hopes to return to the Parc des Sports for the Bastia Borgo reception on November 13. ” We have to believe it », He comments.
Reminder of the facts: the Grangettes stadium is not approved category 3, minimum required to be able to host National matches (third division). What is the problem? Lighting, rated E4 instead of E3.
Cluses and Gaillard not the ideal
In mid-August, after the announcement of the closure of the Sports Park, the town hall of Annecy asked the FFF to postpone FC Annecy’s home games, the time to find a substitute ground. The governing body of amateur football had refused the request but accepted that the Fécé could play in an unapproved stadium in a limited time: in Rumilly for two days.
This time, it is not impossible that the FFF will refuse FC Annecy a new request for exemption. In this case, the club could be imposed a land: Cluses or Gaillard, the only other category 3 approved land in the department.
Solutions that would not satisfy Sébastien Faraglia: “ In Cluses, it is a synthetic field and there is no reception area. In Gaillard, there is only a very small stand, which would almost force us to play behind closed doors », He specifies.
Hence the club’s wish to be able to extend the lease at the Grangettes de Rumilly stadium, where bleachers have been installed to accommodate around 1,100 spectators.
The full interview with Sébastien Faraglia to be discovered soon
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