Oldham Atheltic's head groundsman has lamented the damage caused to playing fields based next to Boundary Park.

Pictures shared on social media show tyre marks on the grass of Clayton Playing Fields.

The playing fields which lie adjacent to Oldham Athletic's stadium, have football pitches which are used by local football teams and members of the public.

The playing fields themselves are maintained by the ground staff at Oldham Athletic, with head groundsman Dean Pickering left frustrated by the damage.

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Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, Mr Pickering wrote: "Just what you want to find when you come into work on a Tuesday morning! The football club are trying to improve the community pitches next to the stadium & people think it’s okay to cause this kind of damage. Ruins it for everybody."

Images show circular tyre marks that have left patches of grass damaged.

As well as being used by local youth football teams, the playing fields are popular with dog walkers.