Pub owner Justine Lorriman loves soccer, and has spent the last year transforming the garden area of her establishment into a mini stadium, with its very own terraced seating, mini football pitch, and outside bar area with seats given to her by the local team.

Her pub is called The Royal Dyche, after the most successful manager of Burnley FC in recent times. Burnley are at the center of the community.

Justine has called the garden ‘Little Longside’ in reference to one of the stands at the club’s stadium—Turf Moor, and spent $38,000 on the project.

“The idea came after I bought the badge, which used to hang in front of the home dugout,” said Lorriman. “The Director of Fan Experience Russell Ball asked if I wanted it after they managed to get hold of it when they were resurfacing the pitc

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