Pitch inspection

[Janso]

Don't have a clue why today's game was called off when all I've heard for the past 18 month's is global warming

Staggering lack of awareness of what global warming actually is.

[drfchound]

  Are Astro pitches the answer and are they so terrible? most players play on them until 18 yrs old anyway.
  Our first team trained on ours and the u18s followed them playing v Harrogate this
morning on the Astro pitch at the Eco Stadium while the u14s and 13s trained on the other Astro  pitch, the fog was worse than the frost to the occasion.

I have played on the Worksop pitch quite a few times over the last two years and it is way better than playing on grass.
The surface is more true, no bobbles, so passing and receiving the ball is done with more confidence.
I have played there after heavy rain and once during a really cold spell and there has been no noticeable difference.
Oh, and no skin burns if knocked over.
I remember back in the 80’s playing on some of the original “plastic pitches” and they were horrible.
The ball bounced much higher than on a grass pitch and if you did get knocked over invariable you got the skin burns due to the sand type of finish that they had.

[selby]

  Eastern European and other teams play in European competitions on Astro I can't see  any reason not to let league sides have Asro pitches other than obstinacy to change.

[IDM]

Some people also forget that wintry weather doesn’t only affect the pitch.  No point in preserving a playing surface at -7 etc if it’s dangerous to travel or walk around the stadium environs?

I ask again, in the 16 years since we left BV, how many games have been off due to weather?

I get that folks are frustrated when games are postponed, but it’s not the end of the world is it?

[Upton Rover]

Some people also forget that wintry weather doesn’t only affect the pitch.  No point in preserving a playing surface at -7 etc if it’s dangerous to travel or walk around the stadium environs?

I ask again, in the 16 years since we left BV, how many games have been off due to weather?

I get that folks are frustrated when games are postponed, but it’s not the end of the world is it?

You could get 4” of snow 15 miles from the stadium and none there, is it then dangerous for the fans that come that area of snow ??
Frost should be no issues around the stadium

[ravenrover]

Try telling Elfnsafety that

[Thorney]

It because around the stadium if someone gets hurt then questions will be asked and someone will be found liable. Someone gets hurt on the way to the grounds then that is a separate issue. That is the way of the world now.

[Upton Rover]

It because around the stadium if someone gets hurt then questions will be asked and someone will be found liable. Someone gets hurt on the way to the grounds then that is a separate issue. That is the way of the world now.

If the club attempts to clear snow or ice from around the ground and terraces and someone gets hurt, then they become liable, because they have attempted to remove the issue and not succeed. If they leave it alone and someone gets hurt,  then they’re not liable, silly laws but you can understand why games are called off for the safety of fans.

[Chris Black come back]

Admittedly some clubs are totally rapacious beasts but I’d like to think the majority of clubs and certainly Rovers wouldn’t actively put supporters in danger.

[IDM]

It because around the stadium if someone gets hurt then questions will be asked and someone will be found liable. Someone gets hurt on the way to the grounds then that is a separate issue. That is the way of the world now.

If the club attempts to clear snow or ice from around the ground and terraces and someone gets hurt, then they become liable, because they have attempted to remove the issue and not succeed. If they leave it alone and someone gets hurt,  then they’re not liable, silly laws but you can understand why games are called off for the safety of fans.

Regardless of the pitch condition.?