Coquetdale club seeks molecatcher
Rothbury FC secretary Dan Herron isn’t one for making a mountain out of a molehill.
But the busy official, who also cuts the grass and maintains the Northern Alliance First Division side’s superb pitch, is pulling his hair out at an invasion of black furry burrowing mammals on Armstrong Park.
No sooner has he flattened out a pile of fresh brown soil on the pitch, then another three pop up somewhere else.
The frustrated Herron, who is also a member of the Northern Alliance management committee, is now looking for the services of a specialist mole catcher to help deal with the issue.
Rothbury’s ground backs onto the sloping fields of National Trust land at Cragside and is a wonderful green natural arena surrounded by trees.
Mole catching was once a popular rural occupation but the skills have been in gradual decline for a number of years.