The home of a Greater Manchester football club is up for sale for £500k

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The former home of Flixton Football Club in Trafford has been put up for auction, with a guide price listed of £500,000. Formed in 1960, Flixton FC was dissolved in the summer of 2012 after withdrawing from the North West Counties League due to dwindling support and revenue.

Non-league and Sunday sides have played on and off at the Valley Road ground, near a stretch of the Manchester Ship Canal in Urmston, ever since. READ MORE: How a Greater Manchester suburb went from 'worst night out' to number one party town Now the ground, opened by Manchester United's legendary former manager Sir Alex Ferguson in 1995, is available to buy, with an auction house heralding a 'unique investment opportunity'.

The six-acre site includes the pitch itself and a 7,000 square foot, two-storey clubhouse, together with the car park and changing rooms.

There's also the stands, complete with a commentator's box. "Opened in 1995 by Sir Alex Ferguson, the clubhouse includes a large function room with bar to the first floor and a full-length balcony overlooking the pitch," reads the auction house blurb. "It also features a kitchen, toilets and self-contained caretakers apartment.