Article: A rugby club kicked into touch leaves ground for complaint; Moseley Football Club, once one of Britain's leading rugby union clubs, has sold its home to builders. Ross Reyburn examines what the professional era has done to Birmingham's premier rugby club.

At The Reddings, a rugby man is weeping. The news that Warwickshire County Cricket Club have dismounted from their white charger and will not, after all, be attempting the flawed masterplan of saving Moseley Football Club by moving it to Edgbaston emphas ises the terrible state the rugby club is in.

The reality is the rugby club has sold its soul. Moseley has no choice but to seek a new home as those running the club allowed Solihull developers, Bryant Homes, to buy the ground. The lease back arrangement gives the club the option of playing rugby at The Reddings for ...

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