Soccer school gets red card from parents over ‘dangerous’ facilities

A MUCH-VAUNTED €90 per child Samba Soccer Summer camp descended into farce yesterday with angry parents taking children home on the first day, complaining of poor facilities.

Soccer school gets red card from parents over ‘dangerous’ facilities

The all-weather pitch was not suitable and the indoor gym was blocked with school equipment, according to some of the parents who took their children away from Ardee Community School in Co Louth.

“The whole thing was not only laughable, it was dangerous,” said Ken Finegan, whose six-year-old son, Robert, had been looking forward to a week of Samba Soccer.

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