Long Eaton United were awarded ?5,500 this week from a new scheme called the Community Priorities Programme.

The KoolSport NCEL Premier Division side were nominated by Councillor Roland Hosker.

He said in a recent newspaper article: "I chose Long Eaton United because they have twenty-four youth teams and they do a fabulous job for the youth in this area."

Mr Hosker has always been a valuable supporter to Long Eaton United and the club have regularly received awards of finance from projects that he is involved with.

He has also been a great help to the club with advice regarding past and future projects and again supported the club to receive these awards and advised them of the routes needed to attain these.

The whole club will benefit from the award and their sincere thanks go to Mr Hosker from everyone involved at Grange Park.