Break-in leaves football club with £20,000 bill
Mostyn Rangers FC in Kidderminster was targeted by thieves last week.
Club chairman Derek Senior said the burglary had brought him to tears [Gavin Kermack / BBC] Players and volunteers at a youth football club say they are "heartbroken" after a break-in which saw an estimated £20,000 worth of equipment taken. A John Deere riding lawnmower that the club bought just a year ago, canisters of diesel and food and drink were taken from locked containers at Mostyn Rangers FC in Kidderminster. The club's chairman Derek Senior said he was "full of tears" when he arrived at the ground and realised what had happened.
"I arrived full of beans because I was going to cut the field," he said. "I can't really talk about it a lot, because I'll just lose it. " Vice-chairman Steve Fox said raising the money to replace the stolen goods was a huge challenge [Gavin Kermack / BBC] Vice-chairman Steve Fox said he was "very, very upset" when he saw what had happened.
"We ain't got 10 pence to spare, never mind 20 grand," he said. Fox added that "every single penny" the club has comes from players' families and friends, as well as occasional fundraisers. "But to raise 20 grand, it's a hell of a job to do.
" Two containers at the club were targeted last week [Mostyn Rangers FC] Alan Yenson, assistant manager of the under-12s team, said it was "heartbreaking" to see what had happened. "We do this for the kids, we're not doing it for our own enjoyment," he said. Under-12s assistant manager Alan Yenson has set up a fundraiser for the club [Gavin Kermack / BBC] Yenson has started a crowdfunding page in the hope of raising enough money to repair the damage.