SLOUGH Borough Council is carrying out work to establish the balance between the cost of providing outdoor sports facilities and the amount of income received from pitch hire fees.
The council says the review forms part of their five-year plan, but they have not released any further details to the Observer, including when it is expected to be completed.
This week, we asked the public if this is an acceptable response to claims the council is a ‘kick in the teeth’ to grassroots football, or are they being too vague?

Here are the best of your answers:

Jane West: “Outdoors games are more important to the whole community than pizza deliveries and new laptops for staff.
"Try not using cheap soil when doing up football pitches in Colnbrook. The grass got rubbed away after four weeks and the stones in the soil put people off due to ripped clothing and skin.”

Lisa Azim: “Both my boys play for a local football team and it’s imperative that they have access to outdoor pitches in order to train and host matches.
"There are benefits to the whole community and it keeps kids off the street and doing something positive. Keep kids active!”

Ben White: “They don’t even look after the pitches.
"What do you get for the money, a rusty old square post goal frame that stays up for all the kids to play on and destroy the goalmouth. Dog mess, grass may or may not be cut, lines may or may not be painted. The council pitches are the worst.”
“I’ve slid through glass before at Upton, seen condoms and all sorts. If they want top-buck, look after the clubs, then they wouldn’t mind paying. A goal that is so poorly fitted that it leans backwards at the top, over two-yards over the goalline, is no good to anyone.”

Colin Munt: “Pitches with stones, dog mess, glass on, no painted lines, old goal posts smothered in tape and leaning over, poor changing facilities, showers either not working, too hot or too cold, and groundsmen that don’t turn up on occasions so changing rooms are locked and no access to nets and corner flags.
"There is evidence of this across many of the different council pitches and to add insult to injury they put the rates up.”