31 Jan 2014, 5:28 pm
#268
(31 Jan 2014, 3:14 pm)fozzovmurton Exactamundo mate, but in the case of the Conference, they have no incentive for accepting all weather pitches, moreso the Skrill Premier Clubs, because the Football League are absolutely dead against 3G/4G, so I could see why teams like Luton or Wrexham would vote against it.
The irony is, UEFA allow Champions League Games to be played on 3G/4G and FIFA allow World Cup games on it as well...
I dont know who remembers the thing with Durham a few years ago, the FA only allowed 3G in certain competitions, I went to see them in the FA Cup at The Hetton Centre for a 'Home' Game against Histon, the next week they were allowed to play an FA Trophy game back at home...Though I understand now All weather pitches are allowed upto the 4th Qualifying Round in the FA Cup...
I think this can only hurt teams like Durham and Consett and also Maidstone, who are likely to suffer from this ruling this season...
The way the weather is in this country, it is definately worth thinking about, the number of postponements is madness these days, plus theres the advantage of using it as another source of income, it could be played on pretty much every day of the week...
I was reading this on the BBC website this morning and my thoughts went back to a discussion we had on here.
Financially, it makes every sense installing a synthetic pitch for these sorts of clubs.
Durham (and now possibly Consett) make a lot of money hiring out their facilities to clubs and youth leagues, without any of the worry about the grass being churned up or water logged pitches.
The decision will cost Maidstone, just as it did Durham and as you saw at the Histon game, at that point, the only way for them - was up.
A vote like this cost Durham dearly. Hopefully it wont cause a mess down in Maidstone.
'Illegitimis non carborundum'
