Published Date: Jun 27th, 2023
The newly opened £200,000 pitch at Dunfermline High School has been vandalised over the weekend.
And Fife Council's Communities and Leisure spokesperson Cllr Linda Erskine says she is "absolutely disgusted" that the well used community resource has been damaged so badly.
"This mindless act of vandalism has implications for all the youngsters that use this facility and who have been looking forward to their new pitch.
"To have it damaged in this way so soon after it was opened is really disappointing. I know our police colleagues will be keen to speak to anyone who has any information about this crime."
The £200,000 project to replace the pitch, which re-opened last month was funded by Fife Council, in partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and Scottish Football Association’s (SFA) Grassroots pitch and facilities.
Cllr Erskine added: “Providing better facilities to help Fifers improve their health and wellbeing is an important priority for the council. The pitch is well used by both the school and local community and is home to Duloch Juniors FC.
"This was supposed to be a state-of-the-art third generation pitch for everyone to use - we're now looking at a repair bill of thousands of pounds - It's not acceptable."
Inspector Neil McGurk said: “Vandalism such as this is utterly mindless and causes unnecessary disruption to both the school and wider community.
“We are carrying out enquiries and anyone with information can call 101, quoting reference 1656 of 25 June.”