In addtion to above comments - my son plays football in this area on occassion and is extremely mindful of younger children as he was once of that ilk - lest we forget - the younngers ones do grow into older ones. One reason they prefer to play there is that when playing on the common or the green they are constantly having their balls burst or being chased by DOGS that are not on leads. I cannot tell you how dangerous and annoying this and happened as recently as the 3rd Oct. If we are to petition something - please let it be for the safety of all and not one subset.