EastStandBlue
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pick up idiotic dog owners mess...Its horrendous .
Sounds it. It's bad enough picking up dog ****, but having their owner's **** to collect too? Awful behaviour.
pick up idiotic dog owners mess...Its horrendous .
Sounds it. It's bad enough picking up dog ****, but having their owner's **** to collect too? Awful behaviour.
The football league have TV rights to our games. So the miniscule 1minute of highlights on the club web site is all they let us see. If these were longer the clubs could earn from adverts or better still show say a full away match in mid week at the social club etc. would certainly help clubs like ours.
My team have only played one game in the last 7 weeks due to postponements,training has become a joke as clubs understandably do not want their training pitches cut to ribbons.
Would love to see some of this money paying for 3G pitches around the country,I understand the cost is around 300k per pitch so in reality 300 million would pay for 1000 pitches which still leaves around 95% for the prem.
Completely agree.
Agree Pubey.
Imagine if every non league club had a 3G surface !
The opportunities are endless,floodlit junior leagues,endless training sessions,matches can virtually be played from 10am Sunday morning through to 7pm,Senior teams would clamber to play...everybody wins including the non league club.
Personally I don't care about the Prem because it's not real world as many families are priced out of it,non league would become the norm if they offered 3G facilities,imagine kids watching the first team knowing they also play on the very same pitch and use the same changing rooms.
The prem are awash with money so easily could afford this venture.
Iceland has 28 full-size 3G pitches (as of 2012) for a population of 320,000.
Sheffield has a population of 550,000 and I can't think of more than 10 full size 3G pitches.
There can't be many in South East Essex either.
I'm a big fan of there being a lot more 3G surfaces across the country for all levels of football to use. I posted this in an old thread but it's still relevant.
Completely agree. It's no wonder we can't develop young players who are confident at passing:
The football conference have voted in favour of clubs using this surface if they wish,I think it's the ONLY way forward for grassroots football as councils I believe are so hard pressed they cannot maintain park pitches and probably wish to build on them anyway.
The only practical issue is what happens if the conference club then gets promoted and the Football League don't allow their pitch to be used?
The FL will Imo follow suit hopefully very soon,if they don't then they are arses and should not be running the professional game.
Borehamwood are interesting. Their stadium has a grass pitch, but their training pitch, which is next to the ground, is 3G. So maybe that is some kind of solution.
They may well do, but if they don't, what would the answer be? The only real answer is that they have to rip up the pitch and grow a grass one. Which would really mean there's no point in the investment in the first place, and that is a shame.
Borehamwood are interesting. Their stadium has a grass pitch, but their training pitch, which is next to the ground, is 3G. So maybe that is some kind of solution.
3g on training pitch is fine and if the FA can help fund for clubs to get them and hire them out to local clubs/schools at a low cost for when training & match pitches are unplayable.
Don't see the point in having 3g pitch in the stadium. In the football league, grass is fine and there are rarely any postponements. Some players can't train on 3g pitches, so imagine if they replaced grass and essentially ended their careers. There seems to be lots of moaning when England play against other countries on these surfaces.
I think in this day and age it is ridiculous that the average non league ground is only used for around 10 hours each week and in summer virtually not at all.
Look at Witham Town their pitch even at its very best is awful having played on it several times,3G paid for by the prem would transform WT and indeed the Town itself as the ground wiould become a family hub with many teams senior and junior using the pitch and other facilities,The football club could charge minimum fees for the usage and to cover floodlight costs and everyone has their chance to shine playing football on a decent surface.