Plastic Pitches - Neighbours Don't See Eye to Eye - Page 3

football19 · 07-12-2011, 09:31

Well if thats the case,why are we training on rugby pitches!!!,which doesnt assist our pass and move,ball on the deck style!!!

tommiasfc · 07-12-2011, 16:19

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Originally Posted by Chimer

Good astro takes a lot of maintaining (though not as much skill), isn't cheap to run, and needs 100% replacement regularly, especially if used throughout the week. But it would cut out those stupid goal celebrations - you wouldn't want to slide on it unless absolutely necessary!! Good for hockey, but football - hmmm.

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Originally Posted by Revived Red

I am not convinced about the money-saving aspect. As Chimer has said, maintenance will still be needed. There will be extra secretarial demands - someone will have to keep track of bookings/chase payments (and non-payments) etc. There will have to be more security. In fact it could be necessary to appoint a "premises manager" or such like. Then there will be the cost of floodlights and incidentals such as extra insurance. Are other ground facilities such as changing rooms up to the required standard? I realise there will be income from hirers but would this be substantial enough? And no-one has yet offered an answer to a question I asked earlier. Where do we obtain the initial outlay of £500,000?

It wouldn't be astroturf thats were the savings come in. Astro is whats at sports centre what theyll be looking to get will be more advanced version of whats at soccerdome. Wembley stadium has plastic pitch and natural grass weaved together.

Revived Red · 08-12-2011, 12:40

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Originally Posted by tommiasfc

Wembley stadium has plastic pitch and natural grass weaved together.

So the pitch at Wembley receives no maintenance, then?

tommiasfc · 08-12-2011, 16:23

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Originally Posted by Revived Red

So the pitch at Wembley receives no maintenance, then?

I did say that it has natural grass which does need maintenance. Just thought it might be an interesting fact if people didnt no.

tommiasfc · 08-12-2011, 16:57

lol didnt

lancsdave · 08-12-2011, 17:00

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Originally Posted by tommiasfc

It wouldn't be astroturf thats were the savings come in. Astro is whats at sports centre what theyll be looking to get will be more advanced version of whats at soccerdome. Wembley stadium has plastic pitch and natural grass weaved together.

Same sort of pitch at Burnley. From memory it's 3% plastic.

football19 · 09-01-2012, 19:16

For those who have sky,Irish league game now being played on astro-turf

widnes viking · 10-01-2012, 15:21

New pitch being laid - Everton reserves play here too 500k cost

AsFc62 · 10-01-2012, 16:24

On saturday My league game was called off due to weather and our manager organised a friendly on 3g pitch over in Bacup. Whilst, the benefits of maximised utilisation are great and could generate Stanley some finances, it just isnt the same. The game doesnt feel the same, the ball doesnt run the same, players dont apply themselves as much. Football is for grass end of.

The old saying - 'why try and fix what aint broken'

football19 · 10-01-2012, 20:09

to be honest i am old school,but you would never have know it was an artifical surface last night,and it did promote a high level of skill,was very impressed.
Then again theres nothing worse than playing on rock hard rutted piches at the beginning/end of a season.
Change will come as slide tackles will soon be outlawed

Pendle Red · 11-01-2012, 16:45

As part of the building schools for the future in Pendle the new schools were kitted out with 3G pitches which we used in Winter for training the kids from Colne FC as ASFC62 points out for doing drills on and basic traing it was great and was usualy on whatever the weather but when a game ensued the game is not the same sort of false in a way which made for unforced errors, nasty cuts as well as friction burns, the ball not running as you would expect and as soon as we went on grass for games it was like we were a completely different team.

Not sure how many of these facilities already exsist in Hynburn but if there are several it could already be a very competitive area already for business particularly as more Pubs close losing their football teams which in terms may mean less teams to use such facilities?