ANGER AFTER MUCH LOVED BARR HILL JFC PITCH IS TORN UP BY ABSOLUTELY MORONIC DIRT BIKERS

A local football club awoke to find their pitches had been torn up in an act of blatant vandalism by idiotic dirt bikers overnight.

Team members from Barr Hill Juniors Football Club were devestated to see that their pitch had been completely torn up, with tyre marks dug into the ground  by mindless individuals on dirt bikes. They have now called on Salford Council to do something about it.

Writing on Facebook they said:

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"This morning our teams where welcomed to a very disappointing act of vandalism to our
5 v 5 football pitch along with other damage to other pitches around the site buy mindless individuals on off road motorbikes.

"This has been an ongoing issue for years, but it has become even worse in the last year, we have sent numerous emails into Salford City Council and Salford Community Leisure regarding the ongoing fight that we have constantly with these off road bikes, the safety issue is at such a high level for our players, the people on the bikes have no respect for the safety of our players, they ride through training sessions and even football matches."

 

Just last week one man was filmed tearing up the pitch of Parkwyddn’s Football Club in Eccles by doing 'Donuts' on the sodden grass with his quad bike, the wheels ripping up the ground and making the pitch completely unplayable on.

The problem with dirt bikers across the whole city is getting out of hand, only this morning on a visit to Peel Park to report on a knife crime initiative - I had to quickly move out of the way as two teenagers - one on a clearly stolen moped and another on a dirt bike came screaming past us, seemingly oblivious and unfazed by the large police presence in the area.

It was as if they were goading the police to give chase.

Barr Hill JFC is a much loved local club founded back in 1944, it is at the heart of football within Salford, producing some amazing talent over its life span, to see it being disrespected in this way is nothing more than disgusting.

The club went on to tell of how it is not only dirt bikes they are having problems with but also horses being left to run around the pitch.

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"We even have horses running around the site and this has been reported more times than I can remember, one game was cancelled today due to safety concerns by the referee and managers and one other game had to be halted whilst the horse was led away from the game.

"Parents/grandparents then stood in front of the horse to make sure that it didn’t cause more disruption and to keep the players safe.

"The horse was reported last week to the council and videos sent of the horse running across games and it’s still here this week!"

 

The Club has called for help from Salford City Council as well as Salford Community Leisure, saying:

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We as a club have had enough now and require urgent action from the Council, we don’t want action when it’s to late, i.e. when someone gets seriously injured.

 

It is high time something was done to protect this amazing local community asset.

If you have any information on those responsible please contact the club or police on 101.