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Bristol Manor Farm FC<\/p>\nTess de la Mare<\/p>\n
BBC News, Bristol<\/p>\n
Bristol Manor Farm FC<\/p>\n
Bristol Manor Farm’s pitch was damaged when a car was set alight<\/p>\n
A football club has expressed its “shock and heartbreak” after vandals drove a car onto its pitch and set it alight. <\/p>\n
One of Bristol Manor Farm’s goal posts was destroyed and a large area of grass scorched by the blaze. The perimeter of the pitch was also damaged. <\/p>\n
The club, which is based in Sea Mills, has now launched a fundraiser to pay for the damage, which it described as “a devastating act of vandalism”.<\/p>\n
Avon and Somerset Police said it had been made aware of a vehicle fire at the club at 11:55 BST on Friday. It added that the fire is being treated as suspicious and enquiries are underway.<\/p>\n
The club’s chairman Jon Line said Manor Farm is a club “that places great emphasis on building communities and helping people enjoy our national game”. <\/p>\n
“This pointless act of vandalism was a deliberate attempt to damage the club,” he added.<\/p>\n
“I believe it has had the opposite effect of making everyone highly focused in building a friendly, successful and united club.”<\/p>\n
In a post on its crowdfunding campaign, Bristol Manor Farm said: “Our football club was the victim of a devastating act of vandalism.<\/p>\n
“What should have been a joyful home fixture day quickly became one of shock and heartbreak for our entire community.”<\/p>\n
Urging people to donate, it said: “Over the past few years, we’ve fought hard to improve our facilities, build a youth pathway, and create something the local area can be proud of.<\/p>\n
“This setback won’t stop us. But we need your help.”<\/p>\n
Money raised will be spent on repairs and enhanced security measures for the club’s grounds, it added.<\/p>\n
“Let’s come together, show what Bristol football is all about and get The Farm fighting fit again,” the club said.<\/p>\n
The incident meant Bristol City Farm’s match against Avonmouth earlier had to be hastily switched to their opponent’s pitch.<\/p>\n
The side beat Avonmouth 2-1. <\/p>\n
Avon and Somerset Police said officers have attended the scene and CCTV enquiries are underway. It urged any witnesses or anyone with information about the fire to get in contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tess de la Mare BBC News, Bristol Bristol Manor Farm FC Bristol Manor Farm’s pitch was damaged when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-294501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114922181364551847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}