CHILDHOOD obesity is on the rise – and it is up to us to encourage the future generation to adopt a healthy lifestyle.
So Sefton Council’s proposals to remove 10 football pitches will come as a massive shock, not only to football teams but to parents, families and teachers.
They will be asking why Sefton Council could justify booting hundreds of junior and adult footballers off their pitches.
Surely football is a great way to encourage youngsters – and adults – to keep fit and tackle an obesity epidemic.
With the growth of interest in the Premiership, Southport Football Club drawing a crowd of more than 3,000 last weekend and the possibility of a World Cup on the way to England, it is also a sport that is only going to gain increasing interest among local people – especially youngsters.
Sefton Council told the Southport Visiter it would be “unfair to discuss anything further� until the consultation on the parks & greenspace management strategy has been completed.
But surely it is unfair to the teams which pay to lease these pitches and now have to wait to find out whether they will be kicked out of this long-standing tradition.
Southport & District Football League is already struggling to accommodate teams due to a lack of facilities and the thought that five sites may be closed to football has sparked anger all over the area – not only affecting players, but former players, supporters, club members and residents.
Sefton Council has welcomed comments during the consultation process. And it will get them.
There is no doubt they will be inundated with protests and Sefton must play ball.
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