A football pitch near Glasgow has been "badly damaged" by fiends who drove a vehicle onto it to launch fireworks.
One of the seven-a-side pitches at Hamilton Palace Sports Ground was trashed on Friday night, October 31, 2025.
There are tyre tracks across the pitch, where cones and training equipment have been placed on the lunes, which mark out the playing field.
South Lanarkshire Council say that it's a "well-used" pitch and that the vandals drove onto it to "launch fireworks."
They have confirmed that the pitch will be "out of action indefinitely."
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A South Lanarkshire Council spokesperson said: "One of the 7-a-side pitches at Hamilton Palace Sports Ground was badly damaged on Friday night.
"It was caused by a vehicle driving onto the pitch to launch fireworks.
"This is a well-used football pitch that will be out of action indefinitely due to this act of vandalism.
"Please get in touch if you have any information."
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 1.10pm on Saturday, 1 November, 2025, we received a report of damage to football pitches at a premises on Mote Hill, Hamilton.
“Enquiries are ongoing.”
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