TROWBRIDGE Town could be forced to move further afield in their bid to find new headquarters.

With their Woodmarsh ground unable to host higher-level football, the club have been searching desperately for a new site within Trowbridge.

But as their efforts become increasingly frustrated club chairman John Fitchen has revealed they are now considering two offers of sites outside of the town.

Fitchen admits although neither site would be ideal they could soon be forced into settling for one to continue their progress up the football pyramid.

He said: "I am unable to release any details about the land because the owners have asked me not to, but the news is encouraging. It all depends on how the district council look at it because the land in question is a green belt area and unfortunately it is a little bit out of town.

"We would prefer somewhere closer to the town itself but we may be forced to go down that route because of the lack of options around here."

Since the new club was formed in 1998, they have won two championships to win promotion from the Wiltshire League to the Hellenic League, but can go no further at Woodmarsh.

Trowbridge are now topping the table in the debut season in the Hellenic League and Fitchen believes the latest developments give his side faint hopes of being allowed promotion at the end of the campaign.

He said: "The danger at the moment is we will win the league and have nowhere to go so we don't get promoted and lose a lot of players.

"If we can locate a site and firm up on it then there is the chance we could ground share for a season and thus be allowed promotion, while the new site is being prepared.

"The problem is there is only five months left to the end of the season and we know things will have to start moving quickly for this to happen."

Fitchen's number one location would be opposite Woodmarsh and he reveals he has had countless discussions with the landowner in the last year.

He said: "The land would be perfect because it would mean we would still be near Trowbridge Town Youth and so could keep our links. He has expressed an interest and we will have to see what happens there.

"Also there is still Southwick Country Park in the longer term but the down side with that is they are looking to locate it at the far end of the park, which would mean hundreds of thousands of pounds would have to be spent on infrastructure.

"The problem with moving out of town is it would take away a lot of the benefits of having a social club, which is paramount to a football club."