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My mis info then someone said a local side shared the pitch. Anyway comments still stand in respect of rugby being played on footy pitches! Don't think the proposal for York to share will help York play good footy!

Quoted from RoboCod

Bath Rugby club play at the Recreation Ground. Interestingly, they had nearly 12,00 attending the last game. Not a football place I guess.

far from it! its rugby all the way. its the same here in gloucester. get 13000 avg week by week. cracking day out it is too. catering amazing (suppose it helps having so many farms round here!) they have a farmer called dave tomlins* that has a stall selling his own burgers and sausages at very reasonable prices. plus, it always helps when you can have a pint or 2 watching the game.


*(though am thinking this has changed to ben creese now!)

It's only Tondeur who was banging on about the state of the pitch.

When asked about it in his post match interview,Hurst said the pitch was fine and they had no problem with it,but he did say the players looked a bit rusty.

Cricket matches are also great the way that they allow consumption of beer in the stands, good food choices, especially at Lords, Trent Bridge wernt bad either! all day drinking and scoffing equated to a bit of banter n singing, where does footy go so wrong?

think its the hooliganism part of it. and the fact that football is more working class background. its not the same down henley regatta you know

but, then you look at american football (and i seem to think ice hockey/basketball/baseball too) and the fans all meet in the huge car parks (very similar to twickenham on international day) and have barbecue's/picnics etc in the backs of their cars

Quoted from ticker_1610

The rugby can't help the playing surface. Really detest rugby being played on pitches used by football clubs during the winter months makes pitches like horse paddocks. Must be a clear advantage to home sides that train n play on such a bad surface, whilst the visiting team take a while to settle and adjust to the pitch. Any hope of free fast flowing football probably negated by the surface! All in all a very good result n a little profit perhaps from an additional game v York or Ebbs ??

Bath is dominated by Rugby. Relations between the Football club and the rugby club are not good, and never have been there. Bath City play in Twerton which is the working class enclave in the city around the old Stothert and Pitt engineering works which was to Bath what Rushton-Bucyrus was to Lincoln. There's no chance they would allow an oval ball inside the ground.

Quoted from Super Clive

Coulson needs to pull his finger out because Louis soares is waiting.....

Exactly. I think Coulo can be great but for someone who allegedly sees himself playing higher up the leagues he's too in and out for me. He's either brilliant or non-existant. Hopefully Soares' presence will give him the encouragement required.

Good sign again though - not been on top of our game but came out winners in the end. I think our fitness is starting to show in the way we seem to really come into games towards the end of late rather than peter out like under Woods'.

I have to hand it to Duffy as well. Having been one of his most vocal critics on here it is a testament to his form that he keeps chipping in with goals from the bench. Unlucky for him but great for GTFC that the two starting strikers keep scoring as well. Keep it up though mate, well done.

That's how Elding got his chance,
Duffy was first choice at start of season but Elds kept scoring after coming on as sub,  Both Elds and Duffy scored last nice, good intresting and healthy competition for a starting place.

Coulson concerns me - doesn't seem as up for it as others.