WHILE Saturday amateur football remains in the doldrums, one Worcestershire club are showing plenty of ambition.

The county’s grassroots game took a blow when the Worcester and District League axed their Saturday division due to lack of interest.

But Malvern Town, who ply their trade in the West Midlands League, can claim to be an ambitious club growing towards a brighter future.

The HDanywhere Community Stadium outfit want a community centre, bigger clubhouse and top-of-the-range artificial pitch instead of the grass surface at their Langland Avenue base by 2020.

The masterplan of owners Chris Pinder and Ted Grizzell is in stark contrast to the previous board’s vision of moving to a new ground.

The stadium, surrounded by houses in the Pickersleigh ward of Malvern, could be a prime development site but club chiefs want to make the most of their position at the heart of the community.

A centre for general use is much needed in that area, while Pinder and Grizzell believe the artificial surface would be well used by footballers throughout the week.

They have secured a rolling lease from landowners Malvern Hills District Council, which paves the way for funding applications to the FA and National Lottery as well as approaches to local businesses.

Malvern, sixth in the Premier Division despite not paying their players, have always been poor relations in Worcestershire to the likes of Worcester, Kidderminster, Redditch and Evesham.

But there is definitely a feel-good factor matching their picturesque location below the hills with regular crowds of more than 100, which Town struggled to maintain during a brief Southern League stint.

Whether Malvern can sustain a club at a much higher level is questionable but stranger things have happened in football’s non-league pyramid.