ALERT board members of homeless Salisbury FC are hoping the trustees of the Raymond McEnhill Stadium are “taking note” of the ground deal a similar phoenix club have secured.

News that Hereford FC, a club formed in the wake of Hereford United being wound up, have agreed a five-year lease with Herefordshire Council to return to Edgar Street next season, has given the Whites’ consortium renewed hope that the trustees will strike a comparable deal with them.

The Whites hope to meet with the trustees soon to discuss whether they will be granted access to their home.

But the clock is ticking as an official application to the FA has to be submitted by the end of this month, which includes identifying the ground where they plan on plying their trade.

Supporters, meanwhile, have rallied together to create a Save Our Stadium campaign on social media. So far, more than 3,000 people have signed it in the hope that they can relocate to Old Sarum.

A spokesman from the board said: “We have been delighted with the response of the city of Salisbury to the plight of the new football club.

“Supporters have been active and politicians, the FA and Wiltshire FA, along with Sport England, have all been expressing support for us in our attempts to get back into the Ray Mac.

“Now we just need the trustees to talk to us the way Hereford council have with the new Hereford FC, who were in a similar situation to us, over their Edgar Street ground.

“They have been granted a five-year lease, rent free for the first two years then at £10,000 a year.”

“Clearly they realise the value of a football club to their town and we hope the Ray Mac trustees are taking note of both that and the commercial aspect to that deal.

“At least we would love to talk to them. The trustees' representative said they would discuss it all with us in the spring, which is fast arriving.”

If the Ray Mac doesn’t pan out, the board say as a backup option they will look to ground share but the stadium they choose will determine what step of the non-league ladder they can enter at.

Wiltshire FA has confirmed this would be possible. Clubs including Swindon Supermarine FC and New College Swindon FC operate in this way.

Following the success of the petition at Salisbury Guildhall, fans are revisiting the Market Place tomorrow to assemble more signatures.

Keep up-to-date with the latest happenings on Twitter @Saljournalsport.

You can sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/wiltshire-council-and-the-trustees-of-the-raymond-mcenhill-trust-save-our-stadium.