Eastleigh Football Club was founded in 1946 and is based in Eastleigh, Hampshire. It is a community-based club and has numerous teams from the men’s and ladies senior sides to the junior and pan-disability teams.
Eastleigh Football Club plays their home matches at the Silverlake Stadium, a stadium with a capacity of 5,250. Since moving to the stadium in 1957, the ground has seen much development in terms of size and facilities. Over the years, along with other additions, floodlights, an electric scoreboard and roofing have all been added.
As a bid to improve the hospitality services at the stadium, the club has been developing a new hospitality building on the North End of the stadium. The facilities, named the Sherwood building, include a bar and restaurant which will be open for players, supporters and sponsors to enjoy before, during and after games.
As you would expect for such a large development, there was plenty to source, including new chairs. Trent Furniture was happy to help with this!
The club was looking for furniture that was sturdy and good looking but which could also be stacked away. Upon deciding on the Buckingham Chair, samples were sent and following Eastleigh’s satisfaction with the product, 250 of the chairs were ordered.
“The quality of the furniture, competitive price and high level of customer service and staff knowledge received from Trent Furniture meant that they were the only place we would be using,” explains Paul Walls, business development manager. “Trent were the only company of those we spoke to that could get us the quantity needed in the four weeks we had before we opened.”
The facilities opened on the club’s final home match of the season. We hope that the new developments and furniture at the stadium bring them luck in the next campaign!
As well as being using as hospitality for home matches, the room will also host local community events, weddings and more.
Featured furniture:
Buckingham Chair silver frame