A COUNCILLOR has branded an increase in dog-fouling incidents on a football pitch 'unacceptable'.

Askam United FC has issued a plea to the public to help tackle its 'ongoing problem' involving dog-fouling after noticing an increase in incidents.

Sean Hagan, club chairman, said the groundsman had to pick up seven separate piles of dog muck in one day and will consider police action if it continues.

Ben Shirley, Barrow Borough Councillor for Askam, described dog-fouling on the pitch as the 'height of ignorance'

He said: "Most dog owners are responsible, and do pick up after their dog.

"I do think, however, that it's the height of ignorance to even exercise your dog on an active sports playing field, let alone to not even pick up after the dog. It's totally unacceptable, and I hope that people choose better routes to walk with their dogs. For example the beach which is only two hundred yards down the road."