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| Ashes garden uprooted at Shrewsbury Town Football Club | Ashes garden uprooted at Shrewsbury Town Football Club |
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| A football club has dug up land where a man says he was given permission to scatter his father's ashes. | A football club has dug up land where a man says he was given permission to scatter his father's ashes. |
| Matthew Peleszok said Shrewsbury Town Football Club told him the garden he used was a memorial area when ex-steward Edward died in 2012. | |
| But he saw a picture on the club's website of building work where a bench and plaque for his father had been. | But he saw a picture on the club's website of building work where a bench and plaque for his father had been. |
| The club said the official memorial area was elsewhere on the site and it does not know how the mistake happened. | The club said the official memorial area was elsewhere on the site and it does not know how the mistake happened. |
| "All we really can do with the family is apologise sincerely," said Jamie Edwards, community manager for the football club. | "All we really can do with the family is apologise sincerely," said Jamie Edwards, community manager for the football club. |
| Memorial bricks were laid behind the Salop Leisure stand and blessed by Bishop Alan Smith and Reverend Tim Welch in 2007, he said. | Memorial bricks were laid behind the Salop Leisure stand and blessed by Bishop Alan Smith and Reverend Tim Welch in 2007, he said. |
| When ashes were spread at this official site it was recorded and a certificate was given, said Mr Edwards. | When ashes were spread at this official site it was recorded and a certificate was given, said Mr Edwards. |
| The area of trees was a kitchen garden and there is no record of any ashes being scattered there, he added. | The area of trees was a kitchen garden and there is no record of any ashes being scattered there, he added. |
| Mr Peleszok said: "In October 2012 we liaised with the club about [scattering ashes] on the pitch. | |
| "They said that wasn't an option but they offered us the garden which they said they were going to make into a bit of a memorial. | "They said that wasn't an option but they offered us the garden which they said they were going to make into a bit of a memorial. |
| "It had about 20 different trees and a herb area. We did ours by a cherry tree. | "It had about 20 different trees and a herb area. We did ours by a cherry tree. |
| "There were other trees which had blue and amber ribbons and cards on so I know I'm not the only one. | "There were other trees which had blue and amber ribbons and cards on so I know I'm not the only one. |
| "Ex-employees of the club have been in touch with me and said yes they [the club] did know about it." | "Ex-employees of the club have been in touch with me and said yes they [the club] did know about it." |
| Mr Edwards said: "The people at the club really weren't aware of this happening at all. | Mr Edwards said: "The people at the club really weren't aware of this happening at all. |
| "It was originally a kitchen garden and for everybody currently at the club that's what we thought it was. | "It was originally a kitchen garden and for everybody currently at the club that's what we thought it was. |
| "Until a picture was put on social media and a family came forward that was the first that we had. | "Until a picture was put on social media and a family came forward that was the first that we had. |
| "We will be back in touch with the families to see if there's anything we can do to help them." | "We will be back in touch with the families to see if there's anything we can do to help them." |