FAITHFUL fans of Salisbury FC showed their support to the cause by braving the wet conditions outside Salisbury Guildhall on Saturday morning to collect more signatures for their stadium petition.

So far there are over 1,300 signatures for the Save Our Stadium campaign.

That support, coupled with more than 1,700 online, means the club has amassed more than 3,000 backers in the hope football will be on show, at the start of the season, in Old Sarum.

Organiser Thom Belk launched the campaign on social media, creating a Save Our Stadium page on Facebook and @SaveOurStadium on Twitter, with the motto being #SOSalisbury.

Belk says he hopes to gather as many signatures as possible before showing the petition to councillors at Salisbury Area Board’s meeting a week today (March 12).

He said: “Our aim is get a group of us at the meeting and do a presentation on the petition and provide a covering letter to show everyone.”

“Hopefully we will get more signatures than the highest attendance at the Ray Mac (3,408 – registered at Conference South play-off final in May 2013).

“Together as a group, we used our professional backgrounds to arrange the campaign.”

Former owner Mark Winter said: “We want to raise awareness of the situation and hopefully the trustees will take this seriously.”

Salisbury city councillor for the Bemerton ward Tom Corbin stood with fans for a few hours.

“I’ve seen real determined fans who want to bring football back to the Ray Mac.

“It’s really important everyone gets behind the club. Salisbury FC needs you to support them.

“The petition was about showing your support and bringing people together.”

Sign it here https://www.change.org/p/wiltshire-council-and-the-trustees-of-the-raymond-mcenhill-trust-save-our-stadium