Local football side forced out of village
Written by author on August 26, 2010
Thornhill amateur football side Morton Thistle A.F.C are being forced to play away from their home village. Amey, who run the PPI at Wallace Hall Academy, have told the club they will need to find in the region of eighty five pounds per match .
These fees are to cover janitorial and cleaning staff as well as hire of changing rooms and showers as well as pitch hire. The club have admitted that Amey have priced them out of playing in Thornhill where they have been based since their formation in 1968.
by Iain Renicks
