{"id":16319,"date":"2017-01-31T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T17:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=16319"},"modified":"2017-01-31T17:54:01","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T17:54:01","slug":"ely-football-club-criticises-inconsiderate-dog-walkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/01\/31\/ely-football-club-criticises-inconsiderate-dog-walkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ely football club criticises &#039;inconsiderate&#039; dog walkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">AN ELY football club has issued a warning to dog walkers, after parents complained about players returning home stained by dog mess. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Members of Cardiff Hibernian Football Club have spoken out against residents failing to clear up after their dogs at their home ground at North Ely Recreational Ground on Archer Road. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The news comes only <a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/01\/24\/angry-pontcanna-rugby-team-disrupted-dog-mess\/\">one week<\/a> after Welsh language rugby club Clwb Rygbi reported similar problems on Pontcanna playing fields, with four matches called off due to dog mess.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiff Hibernian under-9s coach Leon Smith criticised irresponsible dog walkers as he explained: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am the person who walks the pitches and has to pick up the dog poo with gloves and bags on before I let any of my children play football on the pitches.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt&#8217;s such a shame how lazy and inconsiderate some dog owners are. I&#8217;ve supplied signs and doggy poo bags and people are still letting their dogs mess everywhere.\u201d <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile parent Jackie Bull explained that her eight-year-old son returned from a match earlier this month with dog mess on his thermals.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The 47-year-old from Caerau said: \u201cWe went up to play and there was poo on the pitch which our coach Leon Smith had to remove before play. When we finished [my son] had poo on his skins which covered his knees.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mrs Bull criticised the problem, stating: \u201cIt\u2019s not nice for the kids or us parents and it\u2019s embarrassing for the club as we play teams from across Cardiff.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response to complaints from visiting football teams, chairman of community group Ely Garden Villagers Peter Sullivan has now put up signs around the ground urging people to take responsibility for\u00a0their pets. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Sullivan, who oversees the maintenance of Ely North Recreation Ground in his role as Ely Garden Villagers chairman, explained: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We put up 12 signs everywhere, on the lampposts and all around the large and mini pitches. We even put some on the goal posts- people have got to pass at least one of them when they walk their dogs.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s dangerous, especially with the kids playing. We do pitch inspections before the match and the coaches have to pick it all up.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Sullivan also took to social media to voice his concern, stating: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visiting football teams have complained about the dog mess left on the kid&#8217;s football pitches. If you walk your dog up the rec please make an effort and pick your dog crap up.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, Cardiff Hibernian FC junior secretary and Ely Village Gardeners secretary Lynda Sullivan added that the problem does not lie with all dog walkers.<\/span><br \/>\nShe said: \u201cI can see that people are using dog bags, some of the bins are quite full. But really there\u2019s no excuse, I just don\u2019t think that people care.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mrs Sullivan also explained that Ely Garden Villagers have already added four extra bins for dog waste on the grounds with the help of funding from the Tidy Towns scheme. \u00a0Dog bags are also available for free upon request. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN ELY football club has issued a warning to dog walkers, after parents complained about players returning home stained by dog mess. Members of Cardiff Hibernian Football Club have spoken out against residents failing to clear up after their dogs at their home ground at North Ely Recreational Ground on Archer Road. 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