Leeds City Council completed its purchase of Farsley Celtic’s Throstle Nest ground from administrators yesterday to help secure the club’s future.

The council has also finalised a deal to sell on the main part of the football ground to Farsley AFC, the new name for the football club, but retained the ownership of the sports hall and land proposed for new football pitches as assets for the local community.

Councillor Adam Ogilvie said: “We are delighted that we have been able to safeguard Farsley Celtic’s facilities – especially the use of the sports hall by the local community and football coaching for young people in West Leeds.

“Completing this deal also allows Chartford Homes to move on with plans for their proposed housing development, which includes making funds available for improvements to the sports hall and the creation of two new junior soccer pitches, improving the leisure facilities for the local population.”

Neil Parsley (pictured), who was manager of Farsley Celtic when they were expelled from the Blue Square North after a consortium failed to agree a deal with the administrators, is set to take charge of the new team in the Northern Counties East League.