direct to your inboxA community football club already hit by the pandemic is now counting the cost of vandalism.
Three men broke into Tameside Stadium, the home of Curzon Ashton, on Wednesday evening. Mark Bradshaw, the Ashton-under-Lyne club's development officer, told the Manchester Evening News they damaged padlocks, doors and an expensive high-spec microphone.
The club will now look to cover the cost of replacements at what is already a difficult time for grassroots football.Mark said: "They just think we play football here, but what they don't realise is how much money that we invest into that, to play at the level we do."It's a good pitch.
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