Tk makes a statement.

"We are not actively looking to move out of the borough"

He decided to clarify the position on a new stadium after recent Press and radio stories following the club decision to withdraw from the South Underhill inquiry.

In a typically forthright statement Mr Kleanthous said : "I see absolutely no point in pursuing talks with council members and senior officers who have proved on so many occasions over the past two years since the Conservative administration took over to be obstructive, almost vindictive, in their approach to Barnet's need for a new home to move forward and prosper".

He added that he was willing to wait until the next borough elections in the hope of finding a supportive council to the local community football team in Barnet. If the situation remained unchanged and there was still no supportive council, he would then consider other options.

These would include writing to councils within a reasonable travelling distance of Underhill - the club home for more than 100 years - to see if there was support for a community club elsewhere.

"If we don't get a supportive council here we will obviously have to look elsewhere", said Mr Kleanthous."The existing Underhill site would then have to be used to raise as much money as possible for the club to move to a site and be able to develop a new home".

Dennis Signy, PR consultant to the Barnet board of directors, said: "This is the definitive state of play and Tony Kleanthous spells everything out quite clearly.

"As I asked in the programme at the end of September: so what is happening on the ground front?

"The answer, in a nutshell, then and now is .... nothing".