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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
James McNeill

Row over kids' football pitch where nobody wants to cut the grass

An U18s football club has been forced to stop playing after a dispute over cutting grass on their home field.

The Rainhill Rockets were formed over 29 years ago and the club runs teams for children aged five to eighteen. Their home ground is The Holt field on Martins Close in Rainhill where they have played for over ten years.

However, the team has not been able to train after a dispute between St Helens Borough Council and Rainhill Parish Council has left the grass uncut for months.

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