A CLUB chairman has revealed how he was egged by a group of travellers during the warm up to a junior football match at the weekend.
The travellers that broke into Hamlin Lane Playing Fields on Friday, September 5, left on Saturday afternoon.
They left behind a scattering of litter, including dumped mattresses, bags of rubbish and needles were also found on the pitch.
The site has been secured and the clean-up operation began today.
But Stoke Hill AFC chairman Paul Howe, who runs the pitches on a 25 year lease from Exeter City Council, said he was hoping to put the whole episode behind them after his own unpleasant experience with the group on Saturday morning.
He said: "When the under 14s played on Saturday morning a group of children from the travellers came and disrupted the match by pulling out corner flags.
"I also had an egg thrown at me during the warm up.
"They were interfering to a degree but by 2.30pm on Saturday thankfully they had left."
The council were granted the possession order against 'persons unknown' by District Judge Collins at Exeter County Court today (Tuesday) after none of the travellers turned up to oppose it.
The Judge, who granted the order, said: "There has been no appearance by the person unknown and the information I have been given is that they have moved on."
