Chelsea stadium plan rebuffed

Chelsea’s plan to buy the Stamford Bridge pitch from fans and possibly switch stadiums has been jarred by a lack of support for the move.

The Premier League giants failed to get enough votes from the Chelsea Pitch Owners Shareholders to secure the purchase.

A vote of 75% was needed from the group however only 61.6% agreed with the plans and a result the proposal fell through.

Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck admitted he was disappointed by the outcome of the vote but respected the decision of the CPO.

He told the club’s official website: “Obviously we are disappointed but we recognise and we respect totally that the shareholders of Chelsea Pitch Owners have spoken.”

“We will meet with Mr (Roman) Abramovich and the rest of the board and we will decide what action, if any, we will take going forward.”

“I don’t view this as an us against you, we against they situation. We are all Chelsea fans and I can only hope that on Saturday we can get together and support this club and beat Arsenal.”

The decision to attempt to buy back the land was seen as a sign of the club wanting to move away from Stamford Bridge to a new stadium in London.

This potential move was opposed by a group known as ‘Say No CPO’ who were not happy with the new agreements that would be put in place should the Blues have moved away from south-west London.