Peckham Rye park grass

[DJKillaQueen]

errr puzzled...I think you'll find I'd be the last person to banish football from the park given I coach a ladies footy group there every Sunday. Two years ago there was no pitch on this section of grass. There may have been the year before but when I started playing there, there wasn't. The reason being the cracking up of the ground makes sense though. Having said that, these are pitches that cost ?50 an hour to hire and can't be used by anyone who doesn't pay to do so.

Encroachment would be what happened last season when two junior pitches were painted onto the section of grass along the East Side just outside the park, a section that has never been used for hire of pitches. So it has happened before.

[puzzled]

djetc

fyi, the junior football club alongside the east field hve always played five a side for the teenies alongside the main pitches. a couple of years ago the council merely painted a few lines for them. I am sure the club pays or the privilege.

if you are a football person you must agree that five side is preferable to many other things young people get up to in the park and elsewhere.

incidentally, do you really run a LADIES football (never footie) group? are the participants really all women of title? if so, they should pay double

[DJKillaQueen]

What lol? Yes I really do coach ladies football...have run a group for 18 months and it is FREE for those that attend.....

You are confusing the five a side pitches that are part of the main sports field with the pitches they painted outside of the fence of the park last year. Those pitches have never been there in all the 20 years I have lived alongside the park FYI ;)

But no, I would never argue for removing football for young and old alike, but can also understand the concerns of those that don't want to see other areas used for football apart from those normally designated for such use.