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Huge response to Premier League petition

The Falkirk Herald’s campaign to get a local football club promoted to the top division has received an emphatic response.

The newspaper started the campaign after learning that Division One leaders, Falkirk FC, could be denied promotion to the Scottish Premier League because its stadium fails to meet the required standard.

The Herald printed a petition urging the SPL to reverse its decision and asked readers to sign and send it in.

Now the newspaper has been inundated with replies from home and abroad.

Petitions have been sent in from towns in Scotland, England and even Luxembourg.

Local MP Dennis Canavan said: “I’m pleased the Herald is at the forefront of the campaign which should be supported by the entire community.

“I think the SPL would be wrong to deny Falkirk a place in the Premier League.”

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