Parents of young footballers hit out at mess trying to get to pitches at Wishaw Sports Centre

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Parents of young footballers in Wishaw have hit out at the mess trying to get to pitches at the town’s sports centre. Teams from Wishaw Wycombe Wanderers play their home games at Wishaw Sports Centre.However, parents have blasted the state of the area around the parks which included a huge puddle forcing players to walk on sodden grass and clearing broken glass bottles and litter from parks.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Literally everyone is soaked or covered in mud as soon as they arrive.“I’ve highlighted this and numerous other issues - including broken glass and rubbish on the Astro - to sports centre staff to no avail.“Is this really the best Wishaw has to offer to support grassroots football?“You’ve got the flooding at the only entrance to the pitches, rubbish and glass on the turf - no word of a lie, we’ve to watch where our boys put their water bottles so they don’t cut themselves