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Post by Stewart on Dec 28, 2012 14:29:21 GMT
Can we assume there will be an inspection tomorrow morning?
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Post by Amber Aleman on Dec 28, 2012 15:40:52 GMT
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Post by os on Dec 28, 2012 15:54:02 GMT
The problem with your subsidies might lie in the fact that there are hundreds and hundreds of non-league clubs for every PL one! 5k x 200 = 1 million total peanuts to the PL! |
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Post by bornatotter on Dec 28, 2012 16:12:59 GMT
With heavy rain due right up to kick off I hope one of the actual match officials will be making a reasonably early inspection so we don't get a repeat of boxing days Hokey Cokey.
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Post by Nick the Greek/The Speshul One on Dec 28, 2012 17:44:48 GMT
The problem with your subsidies might lie in the fact that there are hundreds and hundreds of non-league clubs for every PL one! 5k x 200 = 1 million total peanuts to the PL! If it is only £5k why aren't clubs doing this themselves? |
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Post by DaveF on Dec 28, 2012 18:49:04 GMT
09.30 pitch inspection
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Post by Amber Aleman on Dec 28, 2012 20:37:20 GMT
Tomorrow's League games at Aldershot, Gillingham and Colchester have already been called off because of waterlogged pitches.
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Post by garethl on Dec 28, 2012 22:04:43 GMT
5k x 200 = 1 million total peanuts to the PL! If it is only £5k why aren't clubs doing this themselves? Is it really just 5k? Isn't the hang up the fact that the FA, football league, conference whoever have not approved it for clubs at our level. Surely given the quite huge economic benefits (constant pitch rental, no cancellations, no upkeep of the pitch etc) any club would quickly get a return on whatever the initial investment is!! |
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Post by SpiderBee on Dec 28, 2012 22:06:39 GMT
The cheapest quote for a 3G pitch I have seen is £300k. God knows we need one at CWUFC!  |
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Post by sallycat on Dec 28, 2012 22:11:07 GMT
Also, expecting PL clubs to subsidise this would be a bit like expecting Tesco, Asda et al to donate millions of pounds towards improving local shops and family greengrocers etc because they're not getting enough business to raise it themselves
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Post by Del on Dec 28, 2012 22:14:49 GMT
Isn't it like playing on astro turf?
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Post by SpiderBee on Dec 28, 2012 22:20:39 GMT
Isn't it like playing on astro turf? No. Much better surface nowadays. Has to be the way forward for smaller clubs. Turf maintenance is so expensive nowadays. |
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Post by garethl on Dec 28, 2012 22:24:09 GMT
Nothing like it. It's like playing on grass without the cutting up, bad bounces, reliance on weather, maintenance etc.
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Post by bornatotter on Dec 28, 2012 22:24:28 GMT
I'm no fan of plastic pitches but the way this winter is shaping up even a kick around in the club car park would be a welcome relief
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Post by os on Dec 28, 2012 23:02:48 GMT
This seems to have gone off at a tangent, my 5k comment was merely a suggestion of heating costs towards drying our pitches and not that of installing a 3G pitch.
I understand from one who knows that one can be installed for less then 250k with a possible payback in excess of 150k per year.
As for the old term astro turf, forget it, today's 3G pitches are a million miles removed from them. A 3G pitch has been used for a full England international, and you don't remember it because you didn't notice the difference. Gus Poyet took his Brighton side to Maidstone's Gallagher stadium and stated it was the best surface his side had played on.
I am 100% certain that within a few years a great many lower league and Non League pitches will be artificial. You may not know but the pitch are the Emirates is half artificial and not the 100% turf pitch that many people believe it to be.
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