Football ground deal is opposed
4:14pm Sunday 11th May 2008
A football pitch might be sold to make way for a housing development, to the anger of some residents.
Eccleshill United Football Club wants to use money from any sale of the land in Kingsway, Wrose, to renovate its ground.
The club has submitted an application to Bradford Council and is awaiting a decision on whether part of the site could be used for housing.
However, some residents are worried that any such development would harm the area.
Football club secretary Paul Jarvis said: "We'd just be selling the small pitch at the top. We'd only be losing a small piece of land and in the long run everybody would benefit from the move."
Mr Jarvis said that the training ground at the club was dilapidated and money was needed to restore it.
He said: "We need to push things forward."
But Kingsway resident Kathleen Wilson said: "The area is supposed to be recreation ground. We're all objecting to this, we don't want lorries going round and a load of new houses."
A public meeting will be held at 7.30pm tonight at Eccleshill United Clubhouse in Kingsway, where residents are invited to voice their opinions about the proposal.