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gtfc98
January 31, 2015, 1:38pm
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Firstly there is no such thing as cheap sheeting that will cover the pitch, to give you a rough idea a flat sheet which would cover an area 50ft x 80ft would cost around £500, so do the maths on covering a football pitch, you then would have to remove the water on the covers which at present Mike only has the 1 water removal squeeze basic ones cost around £500, try and piture a cricket ground under cover and what is required there totally impractical for football, what is required is investment in drainage,under soil heating and the likes which will not happen whilst we are at BP. Unfortunately in their wisdom the club has continued to cut the budget which the lone groundsman Mike has to spend each year on the pitch and sometimes this can be the result of those overall cuts, however in saying that the rain has been very relentless!!


Wondered if the budget had been cut on groundwork. mike has done a fantastic job for years but the pitch has looked it terrible condition (in comparison to our usual standard) recently. fenty needs to realise the importance of a good playing surface!!


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January 31, 2015, 2:04pm
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Mike has done a great job and won the ground of the year award more than once in his time here in various divisions (incidentally Gateshead got the award last season) when he last won it he got very little recognition from the club, the telegraph picked up on the press release and covered the story but the club made nothing of it, the equipment mike has to use is getting well passed its life expectancy, you can see from the standard of the pitch this year that the cuts to his budget will come back to kick them at some point which it has done in a small way today, although with Dover still on at Lincoln (who have one of the best ground care budgets in the league) it could turn out to be a blessing as when we have to re play Telford they will almost certainly be relegated and wont improve on their current standard.
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January 31, 2015, 2:09pm

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Good to have you on here Mike.  
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January 31, 2015, 4:26pm

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set off at 10-30  from wigan  
heard at 12-30 game off    was at barnetby top   bloody ell
got home at 14-20


everywhere we go ,everywhere we go
its the grimsby boys makin all the noise

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set off at 10-30  from wigan  
heard at 12-30 game off    was at barnetby top   bloody ell
got home at 14-20


everywhere we go ,everywhere we go
its the grimsby boys makin all the noise

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set off at 10-30  from wigan  
heard at 12-30 game off    was at barnetby top   bloody ell
got home at 14-20


Nice drive ?


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January 31, 2015, 4:59pm
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Quoted from Richard
set off at 10-30  from wigan  
heard at 12-30 game off    was at barnetby top   bloody ell
got home at 14-20


Bad luck....at least I hadn't set off so bet it's doubly disappointing for you today
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Got our tickets refunded and talk in the ticket office was that the snow melted quickly, along with the downpour I guess the water couldn't drain away quickly enough.


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Quoted from Toothill Totty


Firstly there is no such thing as cheap sheeting that will cover the pitch, to give you a rough idea a flat sheet which would cover an area 50ft x 80ft would cost around £500, so do the maths on covering a football pitch, you then would have to remove the water on the covers which at present Mike only has the 1 water removal squeeze basic ones cost around £500, try and piture a cricket ground under cover and what is required there totally impractical for football, what is required is investment in drainage,under soil heating and the likes which will not happen whilst we are at BP. Unfortunately in their wisdom the club has continued to cut the budget which the lone groundsman Mike has to spend each year on the pitch and sometimes this can be the result of those overall cuts, however in saying that the rain has been very relentless!!


No, don't come on here giving reasons, especially not backing them up with evidence! It's most definitely the fault of someone, be it Hurst, Fenty, the conference, the ref, or the groundsman... despite this being the first match we've had called off dus to a waterlogged BP since February 2012, it's most definitely a cause for hyperbole... it just cannot have a genuine explanation, there must be more to it!
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No, don't come on here giving reasons, especially not backing them up with evidence! It's most definitely the fault of someone, be it Hurst, Fenty, the conference, the ref, or the groundsman... despite this being the first match we've had called off dus to a waterlogged BP since February 2012, it's most definitely a cause for hyperbole... it just cannot have a genuine explanation, there must be more to it!


It's pure tinpottery, that's what it is. I blame the Conference Trophy, or whatever it's called.


JESUS AT THE CENTRE
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