But he insists any plans for a new stadium will have to suit all the
relevant parties.

The Poppies chairman feels he is closing in on solving the club's ground issue by the March deadline, which will need to be done to ensure Kettering can remain in the Blue Square Premier for next season.

But he admitted there is no way the plans could work unless the club make a concerted effort to ensure it suits Kettering Council and the current landlord of the A-Line Arena, Ben Pickering.


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"There are four parts to this really and those are having a site, securing some funding, having something suitable for the council and also for the landlord," Ladak said.

"We feel the council will be fully supportive of us and I have no doubts about that. They have been great to me since I took over here.

"But it also has to make sense for our landlord. As a football club, we have our own needs and we can't expect the landlord to lose out for the benefit of the club.

"We have to make sure it all works for everyone and I believe that can – and is – being done.

"I never want to get over-confident about this particular issue. But what I will say is we are getting closer.

"I don't think there has ever been a point where a plan has been in place that satisfies everyone concerned.

"But we are close to being in that very position.

"Of course, the biggest problem is time because we don't have a lot of it.

"The growth of the club on the pitch thanks to the great work of Mark Cooper and the players is ahead of the off-the-field matters.

"We are playing catch-up from that point of view but we are so close now."

Ladak also confirmed he has been receiving advice on the stadium issue from Milton Keynes Dons chairman Pete Winkleman.

"As everyone knows, Pete has recently managed to build a £50m, 30,000 all-seater stadium and he was able to put all the pieces together to achieve that," Ladak added.

"I have been getting a huge amount of advice from him and that has certainly helped us to get to the stage we are at.

"And our commercial manager Ken Samuel has also had a considerable input into the project."