Match day parking an earner

I see parking on match days has been dropped because some, and I repeat some, residents around the Priory School in Shrewsbury objected to increased traffic.

What rubbish - I think this stinks of snobbery.

If you go to most big grounds you find schools nearby opening up their grounds for football parking. They charge anything from £2 to £10. This eases the congestion because people do not park on the road and it creates much-needed cash for the school. Seems like a good idea to me.

Perhaps now the residents will be quite happy when supporters park all along the streets in the area. What will they do then?

If a school in the area opened their gates on match days (the schools would not be open Saturday afternoon or Tuesday evening), and could only accommodate 20 cars at, say, £5 per car, it would be secure for the car owner (either gates locked or caretaker in attendance). Multiply that by around 30 home games and I get that to £3,000 for the school.

Not to be sneezed at!

I wonder if some of the residents in the area whose kids attend these schools could generate these sort of funds?

Good old Shrewsbury residents and their communal spirit.

Dennis Athersmith, Telford