And while government planning inspectors have yet to rule on the gantries at Throstle Nest, the club were told to take metal sheet fencing down after a similar appeal three years ago.

Turbary Avenue is the road worst affected by the gantries and fencing surrounding the ground.

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One resident, who didn't want to be named, said: "The club appealed against a decision by the council that they should take the fence down. They lost that appeal and were told to take it down.

"Some people on the street are really stressed out about the fencing and now the gantries, there have been a lot of sleepless nights over it."

The October 2004 appeal decision by the government planning inspector said the fence had 'an unacceptably overbearing effect on the living
conditions' of residents on the south side of Turbary Avenue and ordered that the club should dismantle and remove the fence.

Farsley Celtic chairman Andy Firbank said: "The size and scale of fencing that they want would mean that they have 1,000 fans looking into
their living rooms every Saturday afternoon.

"We have got a larger planning application awaiting approval, and as part of that one of the planning conditions is to change the fence.

"From the perspective of a football club we are actively working with our neighbours, this year doing a lot to improve matchday parking.

"We are quite happy to sit down with a representative of the residents and the council to find some middle ground."

Pudsey MP Paul Truswell said: "The club, the council and the residents should discuss each others point of view and come up with a solution."

A spokesman for Leeds City Council said: "We have always maintained that this fence is unacceptable.

"Since our decision was upheld by the planning inspector we have been trying to work with Farsley Celtic to ensure that they replace it with a
more appropriate one, as identified by the inspector's decision.

"An alternative fence has been proposed as part of wider planning applications to redevelop parts of the ground, but these applications have stalled
for other reasons.

"We have therefore asked the club to provide a separate planning application for an alternative smaller fence made of more acceptable materials,
and prosecution proceedings have commenced for failure to comply with our enforcement notice to remove the fence.

"We hope the club accept that the fence has to be replaced, and realise how seriously we are taking this issue."