The pitch we played on tonight was like concrete and was 5 times worse than when its frozen. The thing about pitches being frozen is they have a bit of grass on and get softer and not just solid ground. So whats the point in all this fixture back log? Also if all the teams who play on wakey park (or any other council park) pay for using it surely some of the money should go back into making sure the pitches are a half decent standard.

Captain Insanno wrote:

The pitch we played on tonight was like concrete and was 5 times worse than when its frozen. The thing about pitches being frozen is they have a bit of grass on and get softer and not just solid ground. So whats the point in all this fixture back log? Also if all the teams who play on wakey park (or any other council park) pay for using it surely some of the money should go back into making sure the pitches are a half decent standard.

........................100% AGREE mon cap....i...tan! The pitch we played on last night (fieldhead/thorpe) was fucking rock solid I wanted to take my shoes and socks off and play! (african style) you pay money for them to be playable, they get called off for frost an yet you play on something that resembles a fucking waste land!

What are the council fucking about at! is it too much to water them every now an then just to make sure there fit to play on?

..............Woke up this morning with the bed sheets stuck to my fucking legs!    

Get it sorted!      
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i look after some football fields in a higher standard and they wont let me water them cos it cost too much so dont know how council could do it money and all

tree wrote:

i look after some football fields in a higher standard and they wont let me water them cos it cost too much so dont know how council could do it money and all

..............iv seen them in Barnsley, driving what looks like a little fire engine while they water flower beds for barnsley in bloom, so why the fuck cant they do a few pitches every now and then when its as dry as gandy's flip flops!

............surely that doesnt cost nowt! A few watering cans will do the trick an hour before kick off, our groundsman uses a hosepipe every other week to make sure our surface doesnt cut your legs!

.....It makes a massive difference when its lush    
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to water one football field would take about 7000 litre of water and to keep up to it you would have to do this twice a week

tree wrote:

to water one football field would take about 7000 litre of water and to keep up to it you would have to do this twice a week

..........were only talking about the ones that really really need it, surely 7000 ltrs is too much? you only need to water the dry and crispy bits? Otherwise someones guna break an ankle or two?

.................. A bit of common sense and eveyone will be happy? Why cany councils put something like this into thier budget? They must make thousands of pounds from local football teams every season, is it too much to ask that they give a little back?  

.........what would they do without local teams?? Could sides find private pitches and share with other clubs?

....we are very privelidged to have such a nice ground - anyone else have thier own pitch that they could share with another club or is this a daft Qs?  
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charlie backker wrote:

tree wrote: to water one football field would take about 7000 litre of water and to keep up to it you would have to do this twice a week ..........were only talking about the ones that really really need it, surely 7000 ltrs is too much? you only need to water the dry and crispy bits? Otherwise someones guna break an ankle or two? .................. A bit of common sense and eveyone will be happy? Why cany councils put something like this into thier budget? They must make thousands of pounds from local football teams every season, is it too much to ask that they give a little back?   .........what would they do without local teams?? Could sides find private pitches and share with other clubs? ....we are very privelidged to have such a nice ground - anyone else have thier own pitch that they could share with another club or is this a daft Qs?

It probably takes just as much time to go to each field and do the crispy bits (with all the setting up of the equipment and getting there etc) as it does to cover the field so its purely down to costs. At this time of the year the people that look after the fields are given other duties so i cant see watering our fields will be a priority. I agree some are rock hard and like you say sid at least in winter there is some grass and it does soften as you play.

I remember matthew from crofton snapping his ankle on a really hard pitch. Not nice at all

Two lads played this week on Grasmere.......both broke their wrists......conicidence or rock hard pitch to blame?

Willy wrote:

Two lads played this week on Grasmere.......both broke their wrists......conicidence or rock hard pitch to blame?

That makes 3 then cos our captain snapped his wrist on saturday at ferry lane

ive said this for a long time, we should play on frozen pitches because they break up as you play on them...whereas grounds have no give at all now

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