Torched mower vandalism is threat to survival of Forth Wanderers

POLICE are hunting for yobs who broke into a Portakabin before taking out and burning a £3000 sit-on lawn mower at Forth Wanderers’ Kingshill Park ground on Sunday night.

And disgusted Wanderers secretary Jim Kelly has warned that the vandalism could lead to Wanderers going out of business.

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Jim, who can’t now do his usual weekly cut of Kingshill Park during the summer, said: “There is a definite chance that Wanderers could go out the game because of this.

For more on this story, pick up a copy of this week’s Carluke and Lanark Gazette.

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