The board of Grays Athletic have taken great heart in the positive response during the YourThurrock hustings debate that was held at the Thameside Theatre on Wednesday evening.
Thanks to UKIP's Tim Aker and Labour's Polly Billington there now appears to be the beginnings of some positive talk about the club returning home to Grays .

Grays Athletic would like to announce that if Thurrock council can provide suitable land with the relevant planning permission in Grays, the club are ready and are prepared to build a new community stadium and have all the funding in place.

This weeks debate has raised the clubs hopes, and if the relevant parties and council are serious and wish to move forward, the club are ready to meet with the Council and are prepared to put forward plans to build a reasonable size community stadium, a stadium that the people of Grays and Thurrock can be proud of and one we can finally call home .

It's time now for every Grays Athletic fan to stand up and be counted.

Everyone involved at Grays Athletic are determined to build a community based football club in Grays and the building of a new community stadium will enable the club to build strong ties with the people of Grays and Thurrock as a whole.

We are ready to move the club home and we look forward to further discussions with Thurrock council and the relevant councillors.

Lets make our dream come true!

Grays Athletic Football Club - part of Thurrock's community since 1890