Poolfoot Field

Finally after nearly 2 year the fencing has been removed from the field opposite our house!

This is the view we used to have from the front of our house, it used to be a farm many moons ago,long before i lived here, but Paul remembers it as he grew up just round the corner.

The area we live in was once a industrial area and our house was one of the workers cottages and it was thriving area with sports and social clubs, shops everything really for the people that worked and lived here. But when ICI started closing down and finally finished completely 30 years ago, the houses were sold off the sports areas sold and new housing estates built on them and the old farm field which were sold along with the land was left untouched, Although as you can see below it was an amazing view, it became a dumping ground for fly tippers and the area around it was generally a mess, the field would flood in winter  and was never cleaned up or maintained in any way.  Planning permission was granted to build houses on part of the field but they never sold it to a builder not sure why. So then 2 year ago planning permission was granted to build a huge Football Training Ground with 18 Pitches and a sports Centre for Fleetwood Town Football Club. After viewing the plans i was all for it and actually when to the planning committee meeting and spoke of my support for it. As it was just land that was looking a mess generally and i am really not a fan of new housing estates especially not opposite me a football ground would be great, it would be great for the children as half the pitches are for community use and the local clubs. Plus it would be maintained and be a good investment in the area and crucially keep it GREEN!

So the fences went up 

And the diggers arrived!

The boys have been in there element watching all the diggers and machines and i have to say its been fascinating to watch how they have gone about leveling all the pitches. On the other side they dug upall the soil and dumped it in a huge pile, which that would drive to the top of to they could add to the pile, it got that steep i was convinced one of them would topple off

But now its all done the sports center is open and has a bar and grill in it, Alex Ferguson came to cut the ribbon,

and this weekend its been in full use with 80 teams from all over the uk competing against each other. Its been nice to watch,and the best bit is i will never have to be one of those mums freezing at the side of the pitch.... i can watch from the comfort of my own home!