Weekend sports fixtures have had to be changed after a car thief caused extensive damage to an Oxford playing field.

The stolen car was driven across all three soccer pitches at the Sandy Lane recreation ground near Blackbird Leys on Thursday night, churning up the turf and making them unusable.

The vehicle also rammed two trees and a set of goalposts and was reversed into a brick building used for storage and changing rooms.

Pitches on the field, next to the eastern bypass between Barns Road and Blackbird Leys Road, are used by at least three city FA clubs.

Council officials said the facilities could be out of use for at least a week.