3G Pitch Controversy

Marcus Bignot won't be complaining.......

https://www.chesterchronicle.c.....-fumes-over-14249284

The word controversy seems inextricably linked with the name Shaun Harvey. Odious, toad faced twonk.

I don't see a problem. If Sutton finish top then promote the second team, if they finish in the play-offs then exclude them and include the next highest team.

I can remember when QPR installed a plastic pitch. When Town played there, they went down and stayed at QPRs expense in a hotel, so that they could have extra training on it to get use to it. The plastic pitches back then were completely different to playing on grass and gave QPR an unfair advantage since the bounce and speed of the ball was completely different.

What are the plastic pitches like now? Are they still completely different, or has the technology improved so that they are more or less the same as grass to play on? Could someone out there enlighten me please?

If they are now the same as grass, then I don't see a problem. It's if they are still different then I can see problems.

They are still different, much much better, but different.

The money it costs will easily be recovered just by being in the Football League, or they could always ground share until the rules change. Hopefully, the  EFL will change their rules in the next year.

Quoted from mimma

I can remember when QPR installed a plastic pitch. When Town played there, they went down and stayed at QPRs expense in a hotel, so that they could have extra training on it to get use to it. The plastic pitches back then were completely different to playing on grass and gave QPR an unfair advantage since the bounce and speed of the ball was completely different.

What are the plastic pitches like now? Are they still completely different, or has the technology improved so that they are more or less the same as grass to play on? Could someone out there enlighten me please?

If they are now the same as grass, then I don't see a problem. It's if they are still different then I can see problems.

I went to qpr twice in a week in the early 8os losing both times, the first time in the league we took about 200 the next week in the fa cup the same end was absolutely rammed. The pitch was awful the bounce was crazy and the ball moved to quick very unfair imo

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

I went to qpr twice in a week in the early 8os losing both times, the first time in the league we took about 200 the next week in the fa cup the same end was absolutely rammed. The pitch was awful the bounce was crazy and the ball moved to quick very unfair imo

Crazy day!

Not a fan of 3G pitches. Always seems a bit harder on the joints for players, more conducive to injuries and an unfair advantage to the home team. However much they've improved, I think they're a great tool for bad weather training for League clubs, and a cost cutter and income stream for non-league clubs, nothing more..

Much prefer playing on 3g/4g pitches. I'm just shocking instead of absolutely shite on grass pitches.

Quoted from dapperz fun pub

I went to qpr twice in a week in the early 8os losing both times, the first time in the league we took about 200 the next week in the fa cup the same end was absolutely rammed. The pitch was awful the bounce was crazy and the ball moved to quick very unfair imo

A crazy day indeed.  Had a nice pint in a pub called the springbok close to the ground !!!!

My brother got crushed against a wall at that QPR cup game, by a copper on a hoss. He then grabbed him by his hair and pulled him along for about ten yards. The treatment of footy fans is scandalous, and remains so.

Quoted from Civvy at last

A crazy day indeed.  Had a nice pint in a pub called the springbok close to the ground !!!!

Me too  

I remember there was a massive fight outside with horses charging down the town fans.

Quoted from londonmariner2

I remember there was a massive fight outside with horses charging down the town fans.

Aye, my brother got mixed up in it. Wrong place, wrong time, as he's not a hooligan. Quite the opposite.

Quoted from Civvy at last

A crazy day indeed.  Had a nice pint in a pub called the springbok close to the ground !!!!

First time I’d seen football violence but rightly or wrongly town gave as good as they got but very scary from young lads view

Re 3G, every lower league club should be striving to do this, would surely save them all money in the long term and decrease the number of games abandoned and postponed. Most teams can train on a 3G pitch somewhere before a game in the same way a team that already has a 3G pitch can train on grass leading up to an away game so its horses for courses.

What has this got to do with 3/4g pitches ?

Well if them's the rules , them's the rules. Sutton installed the pitch knowing that you couldn't get into the League with one so that's their gamble. Its unfortunate that Non League do seem to be much harder on implementing rules on such things when you consider the all seater ruling in the EFL.
Scunny for instance can  still get away with having standing  despite us having to go all seater in the 80's/90's !! They have been playing Leagues above us for a number of years now but still havnt had to install seating.

IIRC, grounds have to be made all seater for the 4th season at Championship level or above (we did it in 1995). Scunny have played 3 seasons at that level since the rule was brought in in 1992, so if they go up this season they would have to do it. Something like that anyway.

Quoted from Madeleymariner

Re 3G, every lower league club should be striving to do this, would surely save them all money in the long term and decrease the number of games abandoned and postponed. Most teams can train on a 3G pitch somewhere before a game in the same way a team that already has a 3G pitch can train on grass leading up to an away game so its horses for courses.

Not for me. Football should be played on grass.

Just carry on as they are, get to the play off final, rake in a good few Bob for the big attendance at Wembley, TV money etc then score an OG in the last minute to lose the game.   simples.