An English soccer team faces eviction from its ground over an eccentric clause that states the lease will expire 21 years after the death of King Edward VII's last grandchild.
Cromer Town soccer club in Norfolk, eastern England, may have to leave its ground, Cabbell Park, after playing there for over 90 years, as Tuesday marked the 21st anniversary of the death of Norway's King Olav V, King Edward VII's last grandchild, the Norfolk Eastern Daily Press reported.
The clause was written into the lease in 1922 by land donor Evelyn Bond Cabbell, who asked that the land be given to the town 21 years after the death of the royal grandchild.
However, a lawyer claims that the club can legally remain on the land for at least another 20 years after another descendent of the king was discovered -- the Earl of Harewood, who died in 2011.
"Our barrister's opinion is that we still have another 20-odd years to run on the trust. Another legal opinion is being obtained, which slightly differs on that," Paul Jarvis, Cromer Town's chairman, told the newspaper.
But he insists the club, which is currently top of its league, will not be affected by Tuesday's deadline.
"We're definitely not closing," he added. "We're sitting happily at the top of the league and aiming by the end of the season to still be there."
