Comments on: Spoil Sports

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:21:04 +0000

I have only lived in Hale for a few years and visit the park every morning and afternoon with my dog, I always clear up after her, by bringing a plastic bag to scoop up the mess and dispose of it in the bins. However, there are several people who let their dogs wander around the football pitches not clearing up.
I agree that the cutting of the grass should be more regular so that when your dog decides to do it’s business, you can actually see it.
The only other issue I have about the park, is the parking situation infront of the gates and the Post Office, cars are parked all over the place obstructing the driveway and foot paths.
This is a dangerous area, especially now the children are off school and are in and out of the park every five minutes. Some form of traffic calming and parking prevention is needed I feel, before anyone gets hurt.

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:14:44 +0000

While I am looking forward to seeing the planned improvements to the park, I hope the comment about having a dog walking area isn’t meant to suggest that dog walking should be restricted to this area alone, or that cleaning up in that area will be optional! Especially since I believe the owners who make no effort to clean up after their dogs are mostly the ones who drive into the park and just let their dogs out to run around, make a mess and cause a nuisance. For the rest of us, I hope the improvements will also include keeping the grass short so that we are able to clean up properly after our dogs.

By: William

William — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:56:29 +0000

Thanks for your responses.
Sure makes a difference to when my Uncle played for Hale FC down on the old Carr Lane pitch,, all he got was an orange and away games they got nothing.
I too think it would be a good idea to organise a collection for the bottles.
Good thing about the comment widget, is that both sides get a say, thus the correct information being in the public domain!?

By: Joanne Hilton Hale F.C. Club Secretary

Joanne Hilton Hale F.C. Club Secretary — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:24:17 +0000

I totally agree that the rubbish should never have been left there. I was at the Park myself that night and did not notice it. Hale F.C. use drink dispensers. Looking at the pictures it was the away teams rubbish which now Im aware of the problem I will be letting them know my concerns. In future I will personally put a bag on either side of the away line so this never happens again. I would also like to suggest that you contact myself for any issues concerning Hale F.C. as I think it was unfair to direct the blame straight away without getting the correct information. On the same day over 100 local children from Hale F.C. used the park, without furthur incident.

By: Karen Wharton

Karen Wharton — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:45:51 +0000

I was at the football match on Wednesday evening and to be honest only noticed the mess when the away team had left, otherwise I would have gone and asked politely for them to put their rubbish in the bin. It may be useful for extra bins to be put either side of the pitch for future games (something to be organised by the home teams) and this should alleviate some of the problem. As for the dog muck – this will only improve when we have a dog walking area in the park, and even then we will have to rely on the owners actually taking their dogs in there!