Plastic pitch for Vale Park?

[Jacko51]

I thought aritifical pitches were banned in the FL??

[the old bycars tea bar]

the guy hadn't got a clue what he was on about

[fordedem]

He hadn't got a clue just like the Jackson 5 !!!!!!

[ChrisR]

Out and out plastic pitches are banned in the FL and the Premiership. What is allowed though are those 'woven' plastic and grass mix pitches such as those at Arsenal and Fulham. I remember people saying how well Fulham's pitch held up through torrential rain when we played them in the League Cup.

[stupers]

I have to say, that having a few years back played on what is known as a 3G artificial grass surface at Man City's youth complex (and some of the Portly lads played on the same this year) that I actually quite liked it. The newer stuff has rubber bits placed on the surface that make it good for your joints.

 

If anyone is thinking that plastic pitches and astroturf means that ankle-breaking surfaces down at Dimensions then they are sorely mistaken. It's a great surface to play on, would probably result in less injuries and would mean less postponements at pivotal points during the season.

 

Coupled with the fact that our budget for ground maintenance is tiny, and it would make sense. It's surely something that should be debated properly. It would be sad in a traditional sense to play on artifical turf, but there are benefits for the clubs who switch.

[aspin for england]

i for one dunner want plasteek

[Fosse69]

What sort of ambition have the Yanks? Talking of L1 and L2 clubs? Swansea have a woven plastic pitch since they share with Swansea Ospreys RU, so gets a lot of wear, and rain. It was built on a metre or so of sand, with pumped drainage, which can be reversed to aeriate the grass roots. Maybe over a £1m or so, when were the drains last repaired at VP?

[Stafford1876]

a woven pitch wouldnt be a bad idea if we could ever afford them but wouldnt it put us at a disadvantage in league 2 as when we go away to places like accrington where a blade of grass is hard to come by we wouldnt be used to the ball bobbling on chunks of mud or getting held up in the wet.

 

I alway thought vale parks always been kept very well if it could get undersoil heating id say it would be a top pitch as its very rare that we have patches of the pitch that have warn away

[vale in the blood]

it wont happen will it?....for me investment on the pitch is needed yes...but plastic 3g pitches arnt wht we need.

brand new pitch...better drainage and under soil heating would be great...now whos got the money for that?????