All these games off!

[otis]

Just reading the threads regarding the postponements of the local football,you gotta laugh,we live in the dampest region of the Country,lets face it its gonna rain,there seems to be only a couple of the 3g pitches available, so the grass is going to be wet.Everyone seems to be a bit put out not playing on a Saturday,but in the 70s and 80s the professional game never stopped,and lets face it youve only got to look at the local Leagues tables to see some teams has played very little.Ive heard it over the years that the pitch is unplayable,lets be realistic,we are talking about LOCAL FOOTBALL,not the Premiership,this is a working mans game,i think common sense should prevail.

[B Manning]

I was under the impression that the dampest region of the country was the Lake District.

[Sweet Left Boot]

Just reading the threads regarding the postponements of the local football,you gotta laugh,we live in the dampest region of the Country,lets face it its gonna rain,there seems to be only a couple of the 3g pitches available, so the grass is going to be wet.Everyone seems to be a bit put out not playing on a Saturday,but in the 70s and 80s the professional game never stopped,and lets face it youve only got to look at the local Leagues tables to see some teams has played very little.Ive heard it over the years that the pitch is unplayable,lets be realistic,we are talking about LOCAL FOOTBALL,not the Premiership,this is a working mans game,i think common sense should prevail.

Everyone is now less intelligent for reading that.... If there's standing water on the pitch, you can't play, end of

[otis]

Just reading the threads regarding the postponements of the local football,you gotta laugh,we live in the dampest region of the Country,lets face it its gonna rain,there seems to be only a couple of the 3g pitches available, so the grass is going to be wet.Everyone seems to be a bit put out not playing on a Saturday,but in the 70s and 80s the professional game never stopped,and lets face it youve only got to look at the local Leagues tables to see some teams has played very little.Ive heard it over the years that the pitch is unplayable,lets be realistic,we are talking about LOCAL FOOTBALL,not the Premiership,this is a working mans game,i think common sense should prevail.

Everyone is now less intelligent for reading that.... If there's standing water on the pitch, you can't play, end of

As i quoted "common sense should prevail",fork the pitch,there are numerous implements in the horticultural division to remove the standing water.I remember we used sand as well,maybe now there is a shortage of the said.

[peggy78]

Just reading the threads regarding the postponements of the local football,you gotta laugh,we live in the dampest region of the Country,lets face it its gonna rain,there seems to be only a couple of the 3g pitches available, so the grass is going to be wet.Everyone seems to be a bit put out not playing on a Saturday,but in the 70s and 80s the professional game never stopped,and lets face it youve only got to look at the local Leagues tables to see some teams has played very little.Ive heard it over the years that the pitch is unplayable,lets be realistic,we are talking about LOCAL FOOTBALL,not the Premiership,this is a working mans game,i think common sense should prevail.

Everyone is now less intelligent for reading that.... If there's standing water on the pitch, you can't play, end of

As i quoted "common sense should prevail",fork the pitch,there are numerous implements in the horticultural division to remove the standing water.I remember we used sand as well,maybe now there is a shortage of the said.

Would be quite keen to hear about some of these implements. Being a qualified greenkeeper, I would love to hear about some of the cheap ways to remove surface water from large areas of turf in a short space of time. Especially ones that only require the minimum of manpower.

[otis]

Just reading the threads regarding the postponements of the local football,you gotta laugh,we live in the dampest region of the Country,lets face it its gonna rain,there seems to be only a couple of the 3g pitches available, so the grass is going to be wet.Everyone seems to be a bit put out not playing on a Saturday,but in the 70s and 80s the professional game never stopped,and lets face it youve only got to look at the local Leagues tables to see some teams has played very little.Ive heard it over the years that the pitch is unplayable,lets be realistic,we are talking about LOCAL FOOTBALL,not the Premiership,this is a working mans game,i think common sense should prevail.

Everyone is now less intelligent for reading that.... If there's standing water on the pitch, you can't play, end of

As i quoted "common sense should prevail",fork the pitch,there are numerous implements in the horticultural division to remove the standing water.I remember we used sand as well,maybe now there is a shortage of the said.

Would be quite keen to hear about some of these implements. Being a qualified greenkeeper, I would love to hear about some of the cheap ways to remove surface water from large areas of turf in a short space of time. Especially ones that only require the minimum of manpower.

I think you have hit the nail on the head regarding manpower!We used to all "dig in" and help the groundsman,as you are a greenkeeper maybe you can give everyone a useful tip how to alleviate this situation,

[peggy78]

Time and patience are the best two tools.

[TheolderIgetthebetterIwas]

Just reading the threads regarding the postponements of the local football,you gotta laugh,we live in the dampest region of the Country,lets face it its gonna rain,there seems to be only a couple of the 3g pitches available, so the grass is going to be wet.Everyone seems to be a bit put out not playing on a Saturday,but in the 70s and 80s the professional game never stopped,and lets face it youve only got to look at the local Leagues tables to see some teams has played very little.Ive heard it over the years that the pitch is unplayable,lets be realistic,we are talking about LOCAL FOOTBALL,not the Premiership,this is a working mans game,i think common sense should prevail.

Everyone is now less intelligent for reading that.... If there's standing water on the pitch, you can't play, end of

As i quoted "common sense should prevail",fork the pitch,there are numerous implements in the horticultural division to remove the standing water.I remember we used sand as well,maybe now there is a shortage of the said.

You cannot remove water from the surface when the water table is FULL !!! You would generally find that the games that survive are in the main natural fields that have not had the water table damaged by re-construction - ie. cut and fill. You would find the life of a groundsman on a natural field is a lot easier than those who maintain re-constructed fields.

As for the implements to remove standing water, they are generally used on smaller surfaces than a football pitch, unless you have a few of them and the manpower to push them. They are also used on surfaces that are of top specification when constructed not a village cabbage patch.

[RAPPO]

You're gonna give yourself away in a minute TOIGTBIW!!! All that award winning info mate!!! :-)

[TheolderIgetthebetterIwas]

You're gonna give yourself away in a minute TOIGTBIW!!! All that award winning info mate!!! :-)

OOPS !!!!!

No, not really Mark. Just passing on information given to me by someone I know really well. :ph34r:

[mikec300]

You're gonna give yourself away in a minute TOIGTBIW!!! All that award winning info mate!!! :-)

OOPS !!!!!

No, not really Mark. Just passing on information given to me by someone I know really well.

[mikec300]

You're gonna give yourself away in a minute TOIGTBIW!!! All that award winning info mate!!! :-)

OOPS !!!!!

No, not really Mark. Just passing on information given to me by someone I know really well.