Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox A major revamp of Hough End playing fields will include new 3G all-weather football pitches and changing facilities as part of an expanded leisure centre.
The 15-acre site off Princess Parkway in south Manchester has played host to amateur football - as well as cricket, rugby and Gaelic football - for decades.
But players have been forced to change in temporary cabins at nearby Broughton Park rugby club after the former changing pavilion was closed due to structural failings.
Manchester council has now unveiled plans to redevelop the £9m leisure centre, which opened in 2015, to provide new changing facilities.
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