CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a derelict sports ground turned out in force to celebrate another victory in their battle.
Greenwich Council decided in April to designate the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sports ground, in New Eltham, as community open space.
Last week 80 residents packed into Woolwich Town Hall to see councillors confirm their decision after a six-week consultation period.
The Avery Hill Road site has been empty for 14 years and the GAA had been hoping to sell the site for housing.
But the decision to make the ground community open space for the next 10 years makes it almost impossible for this to happen.
Campaigners now hope to convince the GAA to give up the land so it can be turned back into a sporting facility.
Residents Against Gaelic Environmental Destruction chairman Malcolm Bond said: "There is so much public sentiment in favour of this site.
"What we need to do now is persuade the landowner to see sense."
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