Almost £2m is to be pumped into providing brand new football pitches at two sites in Wirral with the council hoping for a “Lionesses' effect”.
Wirral Council has accepted £1.8m from the Football Foundation to upgrade sites at Wirral Tennis and Sports Centre (WTSC) in Birkenhead and Woodchurch Leisure Centre with new 3G pitches. A new changing facility and pavilion will also be installed at Woodchurch.
Nicola Butterworth, Wirral Council’s director of neighbourhoods, told the local authority’s tourism, communities, culture and leisure committee that the funding was the product of two years’ discussion with the Football Foundation and brought about “significant external investment to provide facilities where there are high demands across the borough.” David Ball, assistant director special projects, said planning permission for both projects had been awarded last week.
