pastyman Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 Does any contributor to this forum know the criteria for grounds for entering the FA Cup and FA Vase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mead Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 yes - but far too complex to post on here. Everything is on the FA Website if you can find it; best bet is to Google "F. A. National Ground Grading Category H" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyle Fan Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 http://www.thefa.com/my-football/club-leagues/ground-gradingI think you need a G.H is appropriate to ENTRY to NLS Step 6 (Peninsula Premier) ie teams being promoted from East / West into Premier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mead Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Grade H is the standard required for FA Vase entry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastyman Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Doesn't the ground have to be totally enclosed? I thought it did and wonder how Bodmin Town manage to qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldy Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Plenty of people have wondered that but no-one has given an answer as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontheball2014 Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 So why has nobody answered the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianmooreshead Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 No one knows the answer ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ontheball2014 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Clubs throughout the area are improving their facilities at great cost, Plymouth Parkway, being one. What has Bodmin Town done to its ground in the last 30 plus years, nothing! Yet have paid players money that other clubs can only dream about. Is this fair? I have no affiliation to a club, but simply enjoy watching local football throughout Devon and Cornwall. As far as I can see, one club has enjoyed success, at the cost of many others, that club Bodmin Town. If Priory Park is not deemed, as many people think, up to the standard required to enter the FA Cup/FA Vase, how do they manage to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG AL Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 It really does pose some serious questioning - the facilities there are primitive. The last time I was there at an fa cup match a couple of years ago there was not even a concrete standing area next to the touchline which the fa insists on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastyman Posted August 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 So who makes the decision on ground qualification? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilver Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Does seem strange and does seem to have gone under the radar. Especially as Bodmin have said they could not take promotion (when they were winning the league) as don't own the ground and therefore make necessary changes for the grading Exmouth didn't make the ground grade for promotion and have therefore been denied entry to FA vase/cup I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rs777 Posted August 6, 2014 Report Share Posted August 6, 2014 Are there really going to be any clubs that do not make the grading in the competitions? The fa cup is over subscribed every year and the fa are under no obligation to take clubs at step 6 are they? If the ground really was under the radar due to being out on a limb in Cornwall then surely this would have come to people's attention during the good run in the vase recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG AL Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 The fa seem to make rules as they go along.If the ground at BODMIN does not have the minimum standard, then why are they allowed to enter when clubs that do, are excluded. Funny old rules are they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rs777 Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Perhaps because the ground does meet the criteria required despite being an old ground? Just an idea...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Rundle Posted August 7, 2014 Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 If Priory Park has the required grade, the graders must have thought it passed the criterion 1.4 1.4 Boundary of Ground The ground must be enclosed by a boundary, not nece ssarily of a permanent nature. As a general rule, the minimum height, when measured from outside the ground, should be 1.83 metres. It should be noted that at higher grades (E and above) the boundary fe nce should be of a construction to prevent viewing from outside the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Rundle Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 And, I'm led to believe, the FA did visit and grade Bodmin Town's ground a couple of years ago, and were satisfied that it met the necessary standards, with the one proviso being proper hard standing which was rectified shortly afterwards and the correct grade awarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG AL Posted August 9, 2014 Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 So what would happen if they got drawn home against a football league side? Would their grading be ok to play it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastyman Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Have been to Priory Park on many occasions, where is the boundary construction that is 1.83 metres high? Access by foot can be gained through a gateway on Priory Road, just down from Morrisons. This is an open gateway in fact. Just take a look on Google Maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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