But Eynesbury Rovers Football Club say they need the tall trees to stop cheapskates watching matches for free and to stop stray balls being kicked out of the grounds.

Residents of about ten homes along the Broadwalk, in Eynesbury, have been asking the club to trim their 40 Conifers for more than two years.
Gina Lyle, who lives along the road with husband Michael, explained the row of trees on the football grounds stops the evening sun reaching their gardens, causing the habitat to become damp and mosey.

On top of that, Gina explained, a number of pigeons have began to reside in the trees and are causing a mess with their bird droppings.
Mrs Lyle said: "How would they like to sit in their gardens of a summers evening and get no sun because the trees are so high it can't get over them?"

Mrs Lyle explained they even offered the use of two trucks free-of-charge to remove the tree debris from the grounds, which are owned and run by the Alfred Hall Memorial Trust.

However, Deryck Irons, secretary of the football club and trustee, explained it is the expense which is the problem as he believes the cost to trim all the trees would be a four-figure sum, a price the volunteer-run club can't afford.

Mr Irons explained the trees were topped many years ago to stop them growing and added: "From our point of view there would be a considerable cost in carrying out the work. And the trees are some distance away from these homes."

"The trees were put there for a reason. We don't want everyone to watch the matches through the fence and we don't want footballs going over there all the time."