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Olney Football Club Vandalism
AThe Dennis Timpson Stand
s many will already urinating and littering. We have tried be aware, The Dennis to make them aware that the stand is Timpson Stand at Olney private property but we are generally met Town Football Club was with obscenities and a complete lack of
the subject of anti-social behaviour over respect.
the weekend of 20th and 21st August resulting in a number of the new seats being completely smashed and ripped from the brackets.
Paul Tough (Chairman) stated: “When we put the seats into the stand last season we always knew that we were potentially going to have such anti- social behaviour, but we have indeed been really pleased with how the vast majority of people have used the stand, and for this reason we put on hold our plans to secure the Stand outside of match days. It has only been during this summer’s school holidays that we have noticed groups of youths congregating in the stand, mainly drinking, smoking,
“This time they have gone too far and the damage is not only costly in terms of repairs but also takes up much valuable time given by the many fantastic members and volunteers we have at the Club. “So, with immediate effect, we intend to enforce the fact that the stand is the private property of the Football Club and have started discussions with the police to ensure that we follow the correct procedures and will take action in reporting all people who use the stand outside of match times. We are sorry that it has come to this action but we cannot afford for all our hard work and fund- raising to be wasted by this anti-social behaviour”.
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