A Glasgow football club has warned that the outrageous prices to rent a pitch in the city are beginning to kill the beautiful game. St Roch’s Football Club, who were formed in 1920 and play in the West of Scotland First Division, are furious over the bonkers pitch prices – which they believe is turning the sport into a rich man’s game. (Image: St Roch's coach Iain Kennedy.
Pictures by Gordon Terris, Newsquest) The North End team came face-to-face with the problematic costs when they were left hunting for a new place to train as they had no lights at James McGrory Park, their home ground pitch. After looking around for premises that had space for all of their teams to use (including under-10s and first team), St Roch’s thought they had found a temporary home in Sighthill Community Campus – but the dream quickly came to an end when they were handed an estimated invoice from Glasgow City Council . (Image: St Roch's coach Iain Kennedy.
Pictures by Gordon Terris, Newsquest) READ NEXT: Glasgow football team concerned as pitch problems worsen Iain Kennedy, St Roch’s first team manager, told the Glasgow Times: “We asked the council for an invoice on Sighthill, and they informed us that it would cost about £55 an hour, which didn’t seem too bad. “But we were soon then told that we would have to pay for the janitor and keeping the lights on, on top of the £55. We were also told it would be about £135 for a game on the nine-a-side pitch.
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