A London college is poised for a court battle following allegations it owes a six-figure debt to a football club.
Mediation talks between Stanmore College and Barnet FC to resolve the historic dispute were held last week but a settlement was not reached.
The college is accused of failing to pay fees for sponsorship of the football club’s women’s team, as well as hire of its pitches and academy training services in 2015.
Barnet’s academy alleged earlier this year that Stanmore College breached an agreement to pay more than £110,000 for those services and sued the college for £168,180 in total. But the college refused to pay up, claiming that emails between its former principal and the football academy were not on their behalf and did not show “offer and acceptance” of the deal.
