Ecclesall Rangers football coach Martin Windle, who previously said he had to clean up 16 piles of dog poo from the youth team’s pitches, said he did not think the scheme would stop irresponsible dog walking.
“They’re not getting fined, they’re not being warned and there are no wardens there,” he said.
However, he supported commercial dog walkers being limited on the number of dogs they could walk at once.
“We have one van after another, we’re talking about people with eight to 10 dogs, and two ladies in particular had 14 dogs between them – you cannot control eight to 10 dogs pooing everywhere.”
He said that some dog walking routes were poorly cared for and overgrown, meaning that dog waste could be lost in the tall grass.
He added that the amount of waste at the Whirlow Playing Fields on Limb Lane was the worst he had seen in his 40-year career of coaching young people.
“It’s been the bane of my life, and the volunteers who turn up in the week and weekend, they’re the ones who clean it up – not the council.”