A GROUP of schoolboy footballers were forced to flee in terror when a gang of biker hooligans sped through their pitch during a recent football training session.
The youngsters were forced to abandon the pitch when their playing ground at Corduff was turned into a dirt track by teenage thugs who raced each other around a course of obstacles.
The damage caused to the pitch during the incident, which occurred on Saturday, September 6, also resulted in the cancellation of at least seven matches that weekend.
Corduff FC official John McGuinness described the incident as an act of mindless vandalism.
“There were at least six motorbikes flying around and doing ‘donuts’ while I was trying to train a team of 11-year-olds and while an under-10s game was going on,” he told Northside People.
“We had no choice but to call off the session. It was very intimidating for the young kids and they were being put in danger. You never know what could have happened if one of the bikes had swerved out of control.
“Overall, 125 young children were affected by these six irresponsible bikers as our under-sevens, eights, nines, 10s, 12s and 13s were all due to play at home in Corduff that weekend.”
Mr McGuinness said he has reached the end of his tether with bikers using the pitches as their own personal playground.

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