LAST weekend I discovered that I will no longer be able to use The Rye, High Wycombe, on a Sunday morning to entertain my children or walk our dog.

I took my nine-year-old son to The Rye to walk our dog and visit the recreation ground but after ten minutes we had to leave.

Why?

Because of foul language used by the players in the football matches taking place.

We had walked into the area by the tennis courts and were walking past the first pitch when one player threw himself to the ground and screamed, at the top of his voice "f ***** g hell!" no more than six feet from me.

I was incensed and called out to him to moderate his language in front of children all I got for my trouble was the goalkeeper screaming at me in a very aggressive and threatening manner that I shouldn't use the park on Sunday mornings.

He used the "f" word five times in his stream of invective. Again in front of my son.

We continued our walk past several other matches and all the players were using the same foul language constantly so we felt compelled to leave.

One spectator (amazingly, a woman with two small children) commented "Well, it is a football match."

So what?

We have attended both rugby and cricket matches without any problems of this sort why should football be any different?

Am I the only one who still finds the use of this word in public highly offensive and especially in front of children?

The Rye is a public park for the use of all residents and local tax payers and the football pitches are right alongside tennis courts, the recreation area and the lake where children play. We should not feel threatened into curtailing our enjoyment of this rare place in Wycombe by a few ignorant young men.

Maxine Balis, High Wycombe