A GRASS mower worth around £2,600 has been stolen from a Blackburn football club.

The green and yellow John Deere tractor sit on grass mower and a strimmer were taken from a garage at Mill Hill FC, on the Stancliffe Industrial Estate, after thieves cut the padlock on the main gates.

The attackers were later captured on CCTV loading the mower into the back of a white transit van, which left in the direction of Ewood.

One of the men was described as being white, around 5ft 7ins tall with short, dark brown hair.

The other was also white, around 6ft tall, of medium build with short, dark brown hair. Both were wearing light-coloured tops and dark trousers PC Lisa Scorah of Blackburn Police appealed for anybody with information about the theft, which happened between 10.30pm on Monday and 12.30am on Tuesday, to get in touch.

She said: “The stolen mower was funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Community Action Fund in November last year and the club is used by a number of different football teams in the local community who have all been affected by this theft.”