Cannabis lights help grow Rochdale football pitch

Lights seized from cannabis farms are now helping grow ‘the right kind of grass’ after being donated to the groundsmen at Rochdale AFC.

The Manchester Evening News reports that the equipment has allowed staff to build a lighting rig to maintain the pitch’s problem areas – saving the Dale more than £60,000.

The two metre square rig, built using old five-a-side posts, will be used to help keep the Spotland playing surface lush and green in the goal mouths and around the tunnel.

Head groundsman Oli Makin approached Rochdale police to see if they could hand over the equipment, confiscated during raids on drugs factories in the area, after hearing that Nottingham police had done something similar for Notts County.

We’re starting to use it everyday. After the game on Saturday we put it straight back on the pitch.

I know it will work so it will be a massive help.

I can’t thank the police enough – it’s benefitting them and it’s benefitting us.

– Oli Makin, Head groundsman at Rochdale AFC

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Cannabis lights help grow Rochdale football pitch