Threat of eviction grows for Dulwich Hamlet as row with stadium owners escalates

• South London club facing exit from Champion Hill home
• Owners Meadow say club has repeatedly breached licence

The breakdown in relations between Dulwich Hamlet and Meadow Residential LLP, the property investment fund which owns their stadium, Champion Hill, has reached a new low after the non-league club were informed they could no longer even use their own name or initials.

Dulwich, third in the Bostik Premier Division, had been handed an unanticipated bill for back rent of £121,000 by Meadow on Monday evening with the threat of a winding-up order to follow within 21 days, and were served notice that their licence to play at the stadium had been terminated with immediate effect.

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