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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

Council 'delighted' for return of football after parking dispute

A local junior football league has been allowed continue playing football after a dispute with the council.

The Skelmersdale Junior Football League are being allowed to continue playing their games on the Blaguegate field after a recent parking dispute. Last week West Lancs Council suspended all JFL games after the league breached their contract with the council to not park in the state-of-the-art JMO football centre next to Blaguegate.

The move was met with strong resistance in the town and parents believed that the council was "ripping grassroots football straight out of the community". In a recent statement the council have said JFL and the JMO have "agreed a way to move forward".

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