FEATURE Saracens - Rugby Union
CAPITALGAINS
quick glance at the teams that make up the Aviva Premiership reveals that a quarter of the 12 teams are
clubs from London, and that’s even with London
Welsh being relegated and replaced with Worcester for this coming season. The reality, however, is that these clubs are based and play their games in the suburbs that surround the capital. Harlequins are at The Stoop, London Irish play their games in Reading and Wasps host teams in Wycombe. Leaving one, Saracens, as London’s one and only club. After six years playing at Vicarage
Road, the home of Watford FC, Saracens now have a home to call their own. The newly built and renovated Allianz Park, and its NW4 postcode, has been a massive success since its tenants moved in at the beginning of 2013, with the club as a whole, taking full advantage of the innovative facilities, the initially controversial synthetic pitch and the community that surrounds, to create a fantastic environment for the local area and the club that now plays there. After activating a break clause
in their groundshare agreement at Vicarage Road, the club unveiled
With a new permanent home in the north-west of London, Saracens can now establish themselves
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