![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/my-home-overlooks-my-teams-football-ground-but-ive-shunned-club-after-row-with-owner-got-me-arrested-banned-for-life/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/newspress-collage-23116631-1689865542986.jpg&description=FORMER Gillingham FC fan Malcolm Scott thought he had found his dream home when he purchased a terraced house overlooking Priestfield Stadium. It allowed him to watch every match from the comfort of his loft conversion. 15 Gillingham fan Malcolm Scott enjoyed watching games from his loft window when he first bought his house by the stadium Credit: JOHN McLELLAN 15 The Medway Stand, which replaced the old Main Stand, is the largest and northernmost of the four Credit: JOHN McLELLAN But years later he was not only banned from attending games, he was also arrested following a bitter falling out with the club's owner Paul Scally. At the centre of the dispute was the decision to erect the huge new Medway stand that blocked his view of the pitch, and led to a long-running battle over planning permission. For Malcolm, the conflict got so ugly that he stopped supporting his beloved Gills and has taken up gardening instead. Pensioner Malcolm, 90, told The Sun - who visited as part of our summer series, Life's a Pitch, which looks at life next to Britain's weirdest and most wonderful stadiums: 'I moved here 54 years ago because I wanted to go to the games. "My wife was less keen and kept asking to move, but I refused because I fell in love with the area. 'One of the best things was that we could see the pitch from the top room in the loft conversion. 'My grandson would come round and sit on the roof to watch the games on the weekends. 'The view was fantastic and you could see everything - until they built the new stand. 15 Priestfield Stadium is surrounded by Victorian housing Credit: JOHN McLELLAN 15 Locals say the temporary stand is an eyesore as people dump rubbish next to it all the time Credit: JOHN McLELLAN 'Residents including myself objected because we did not like the way they were doing it. 'We raised a number of issues with the council and it was the way the club treated us that got us so upset. 'There was no respect and Scally even put a new nightclub in there. He){kind=link}
FORMER Gillingham FC fan Malcolm Scott thought he had found his dream home when he purchased a terraced house overlooking Priestfield Stadium.
It allowed him to watch every match from the comfort of his loft conversion.
But years later he was not only banned from attending games, he was also arrested following a bitter falling out with the club’s owner Paul Scally.
At the centre of the dispute was the decision to erect the huge new Medway stand that blocked his view of the pitch, and led to a long-running battle over planning permission.
For Malcolm, the conflict got so ugly that he stopped supporting his beloved Gills and has taken up gardening instead.