Kids with footballs - Our Rights

Without wanting to join a pile on, I think you have to at least consider being totally honest with yourself about whether or not getting on with the parents is impacting your view.

And if you are letting it, you have to separate kids from that and rise above it. They’re innocent kids who have done you no harm, even if they don’t like you (kids are influenced by their parents).
 
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Next it comes over, I would throw an ever so slightly smaller back over the fence. The time after that, I’d throw an ever so slightly smaller ball than that over. If it happened again, I’d thrown an ever so slightly, not so you’d notice, but an ever so slightly smaller ball back. And then the next time, when it came over the fence, I’d throw an ever so slightly smaller ball back. Not so you’d notice, but just ever so slightly smaller. If it happened again I’d throw an ever so slightly smaller ball, not so you’d notice, but an ever so slightly smaller ball back over the fence. If it happened again I’d throw an ever so slightly smaller ball, not so you’d notice, but an ever so slightly smaller ball back over the fence. The next time it happened, I’d throw over an ever so slightly, again, not so you’d notice, but an ever so slightly smaller ball back. If it happened again, I’d throw an ever so slightly, not so you’d notice, but an ever so slightly smaller, again, not so you’d notice, but I’d throw an ever so slightly smaller ball back over the fence. I’d keep doing this this for several days, just throwing back an ever so slightly smaller football, not you’d so notice, but just an ever so slightly football back over the fence until they were playing with a marble-sized football. And how much damage can a marble-sized football do, really. Everybody’s happy.
 
Kid who lives over the road from me keeps kicking his football into my back garden. Must have a hell of a shot on him. He’s kicking it over two massive fences and a roadway.

Needs to toughen up though. First time he did it, his mum made him knock on my door and the poor lad was in tears. He’ll need to be made of stronger stuff if he’s gonna make it in the game.
 
I understand the annoyance, lived with similar for years previously. I just decided that wasn’t the thing to fall out with people about so just chucked the ball back.
 
Why don’t you just go and speak with your neighbours if it is a big problem for you. I know you said relations are a bit frosty but what harm can it do????
 
Madeinbrazil said:
I live next door to 2 lads not even secondary school age , longstanding issues with footballs coming into garden. We've got a 6ft Wooden fence.


This pm after 1st time came over again, the eldest lads mate, asked for the ball I said I was busy, they would have to wait.

They then came and knocked on my door , I didnt answer, they shouted through the letter box then booted my front door.

Later today my partner was called names by the eldest lads mate. It's now escalating.

We're reasonable people but had enough. Never got on well with the parents either.

Luckily we've got a couple of locks to put on the walk through and drive through gates. So they can't get to the front door. Any other practical, legal , realistic suggestions?
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“If you keep the ball and refuse to give it back then you may eventually end up facing prosecution yourself as you are technically committing theft”

My neighbour's children's balls keep coming in my garden, what can I do? | West Yorkshire Police

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When my kids were little there was a fella like this in our street. He would stick a knife in footballs that went into his garden. All the neighbours slagged him off. After his wife died he changed his behaviour and became friendly. Maybe she had been behind the previous football policy. Anyway, he was a good neighbour in his old age and we all looked out for him.
 
I can remember thinking how cool the neighbours were who let us just go into their garden to get the ball back. Made me feel very grown up for some reason. Unfortunately we also had a house opposite (corner house, so hard to play away from) with Fort Knox style fences and gates and if a football ever went in there, that was the end of it. No chance of ever getting it back.

They had a daughter a year older than me. One day her tennis ball went down our driveway and into our open garage, where my dad was. He refused to give her the ball back when she asked, and I can remember merry hell breaking out when her dad came over to demand it back. Total hypocrite.

We also had a neighbour we cruelly called Mrs Ajax (not to her face to be fair) because every time anyone used chalk in the pavements for treasure hunts etc, she would be out there with Ajax cream cleaner and a bucket of steaming water, even if it wasn't directly outside her house.
 
I love seeing kids outside my house having fun. I told them to just get the ball themselves when it goes in my garden. The little sh*ts repaid my kindness by playing knocky door run. I ain’t going to get angry though, it’s funny and just kids being kids.
 
Confiscate all of the balls that come over and display them on 8ft spikes within your 6ft fenced property for barbarians to see how you deal with the threat of primary school children playing football.


Used to think this type of reaction was ridiculous from grown adults when I was these kids age and just trying to play football in the garden.
I think it's even more ridiculous now.
Kids will be kids.
 
I told my neighbours kids that they could have the ball back no worries but I’m on nights and off to bed so please try not to do it again as I won’t be able to chuck it back. It never came over for the rest of the day.

And I had a nanna nap shortly after.

PS I don’t work nights.
 
Lucky you don't have Hoppe and Gestede living next door. They'd be knocking all the time after blazing over.

Jokes aside I'm sure it's annoying. That said 'if it helps ' my upstairs neighbour has recently taken up playing some kind of brass instrument. Who the feck wakes up one morning and thinks 'i'll learn a brass instrument today?' Especially living in flats. Unsurprisingly it's sounds horrific.
 
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