STORMBURY BURNED TO THE GROUND

Tonight around 2:00 am Oakwell Forest ground took fire and burned down. There was nothing the fireappartment could do to stop the fire in the ground build only with oakwood. Originally Stormbury was an old fortress build in wood to fight the vikings coming over from Norway. Much later a rugbystadium was build at the site, but the original fortress was build into the ground. The ground was said to be the most beautiful ground in the world. If this has something to do with newly presented BIG 8 league, we do not know. Oakwell Forest have to play the rest of their home games at Playpark Avenue in Ipswich – the ground to their rivals Wilbury Argyle. Due to the low capacity (14.000), Oakwell will loose a lot of money …

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