Clyde FC: Glasgow City Council reveal reasons for rejecting Bully Wee's bid for Crownpoint move

Glasgow City Council has revealed "a lack of public support and negative community feedback" were key factors in the local authority rejecting Clyde Football Club's bid to take over the Crownpoint Sports Complex.

The SPFL League Two side put forward plans to take control of the council-owned venue in June and the club found out just before Christmas that their proposal for the Gallowgate venue had been knocked back.

The Bully Wee - who currently groundshare with League One outfit Hamilton Accies at New Douglas Park - faced a rival bid from Finnart Football Academy, and it is they who have now been given the green light to proceed to the next stage in the process.

Clyde FC Community Foundation, the charity leading the club's project, said in a statement last week that they were “unconvinced by the rationale given by the Local Authority” for kicking out their plans, which we can now reveal was a lack of support and negative community feedback.

Plans were put forward to establish a full-size and five-a-side pitches, athletics track, buildings and parking on the southern end of the site.

A Glasgow City Council spokesman told Lanarkshire Live Sport: "The assessment panel for the People Make Glasgow Communities programme found that they could not recommend that the application from the Clyde FC Community Foundation to manage the Crownpoint Sports Complex progress to the next stage of the process due to the failure to demonstrate an acceptable level of public support.

"More than 34% of respondents strongly disapproved of the application, with a further 5.6% noting their general disapproval.

"The People Make Glasgow Communities programme focuses on giving community and grassroots organisations more control over council-owned