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Goals share price soars as suitors ponder bids

ALMOST £5 million was added to the market value of East Kilbride-based Goals Soccer Centres after its shares climbed 7.5% to a 17-month high on takeover interest from Patron Capital, owner of rival Scottish-based five-a-side football operator Powerleague.

SCORE: Almost £5 million was added to the market value of Goals Soccer Centres as the prospects of a bidding war grew stronger yesterday.

East Kilbride-based Goals has been in takeover talks with Canadian investor the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan for the last three months, which analysts have estimated could put in a bid of as much as £76.8 million.

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