Hockey move?
LISNAGARVEY Hockey Club Secretary, Howard Clarke, in October 1986 flatly denied rumours that club members were discussing a £900,000 bid for their grounds.
Speculation had been mounting suggesting a completion of the deal within a few days. Supermarket giants Marks and Spencer were one of a handful of companies thought to have expressed a keen interest in the land at Sprucefield on the outskirts of the town. Garvey Stalwart Clarke could only confirm that ‘negotiations are in progress’.