half time all on the pitch

[billy best was god]

Went to my first ever professional cricket match Sunday to see Essex V Summerset, match was really boring and the crowd were so so quite.

What was interesting was the interval, all the crowd went on to the pitch, adults with their beers and fags looking at the wicket and watching the ground staff while all around families were playing cricket having been allowed in and on the pitch with real wooden bats(can you imagine being allowed in our ground with bats) , and chairs for stumps. For 15 minutes there must have been 30 matches going on.

So my thought was wouldn’t it be good if we could do this on our pitch, dads and kids on the pitch at half time with a ball and jumpers for goal posts. Or just to walk-on the pitch to stretch your legs. Or we could copy polo and at the interval we could go on the pitch and tread the divots down.

But as we cant even go on the pitch at the end of the season I suppose it is a no no shame

 

[southend4life]

Pitch would be destroyed by christmas so I really don't think there is any debating that this should never happen.

 

[BrettieAngell]

The crowd was quite because Essex were crap!

What is this fascination with going on the pitch?

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

But as we cant even go on the pitch at the end of the season I suppose it is a no no shame

Unless you are promoted!. 1000's of Brighton fans went on after their last home game last season, and i've yet to hear of a banning order for any of them?.

 

[The Big Dady]

Good idea, especially during a hot summer day/evening, everyone that wants to cool down could go onto the pitch, then the groundman turns on sprinkers full blast.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Half time is for perving at the bluebelles not getting spotty chavs on the pitch pretending theyre Lionel Messi.

 

[davewebbsbrain]

Going on the pitch at half time at Roots Hall......it's just not cricket dear chap.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

Who did we play when we had a half time pitch invasion as a protest against Vic Jobson, actually not sure, it may have been before the match. I seem to remember about 20 people being arrested and led around the pitch, some of those arrested had not even been on the pitch and were picked out by the Police as they looked like people that had been on the pitch!

 

[pickledseal]

I'd predict a lot of punchups....

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I was always on the pitch for one reason or another. 'AH, The good old days' .........................................Dream

 

[thewhelk]

I was always on the pitch for one reason or another. 'AH, The good old days' .........................................Dream

sounds like my Uncle, he was the groundsman