new pitch

[geoff1]

1 hour ago, Fosse69 said:

1 hour ago, Rory said:

Just see what we can do with 200 quid.

Not get many drain pipes for that.

itll buy speedy a couple of pints! 😊

[geoff1]

4 hours ago, darren1810 said:

I'd certainly like it to be widened to what it used to be. Really noticeable on the paddock side how much it's been brought in. 

The cost of a new pitch must be astronomical I feel we'll have to make do at the moment 

We hardly play carpet football anyway. 

fair comment

[geoff1]

3 hours ago, rayzer said:

We have had this debate so many times before. I do not think we need underground heating so I would anticipate a cost c £750,000.00. We could get a it 50% funded by the  Football Stadia Improvement Fund, which would leave us finding £375,000. If the club borrowed this amount I would assume we could pay this over a 20 year period and with interest rates as low as they are at the moment, I would anticipate repayments of c£2250.00 a month. I am not sure if the grant would be available if we were in the Championship so would be worth giving the idea some thought. At these figures there is definitely a chance of getting a business to sponsor the payments.

at last a positive posting!😉

[geoff1]

2 hours ago, Bald Eagle said:

I blame Rudgey for over watering it for all those years

yeh ruined that spurs match 😄😇

[geoff1]

2 hours ago, Rory said:

Anyone got any idea why it costs a million sheets? Feels like a bit of a con to me.

get the council in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (oh mabye not)😁

[geoff1]

2 hours ago, TJHValiant said:

Few companies actually specialise in sports turf. They have a captive market. It is not a case that you can simply dig up some blokes lawn. 

alan titch😊marsh does!!!!!

[WV]

3 hours ago, Rory said:

3 hours ago, TJHValiant said:

Few companies actually specialise in sports turf. They have a captive market. It is not a case that you can simply dig up some blokes lawn. 

Con then.

I work in golf and know you could get half a golf course relaid for 1m. 

[butt lane vale fan]

Didnt Accrington recently do theirs at around £400k, although don't think that's got undersoil Heating.

[Davo666]

That pitch should be bloody fantastic as there's so much <ovf censored> played on it !!

[ValeForever.]

A good topic of discussion this. I've harped on about it for years now. Although Speedy works wonders, our pitch is nowhere near good enough. It's right up there with one of the worst pitches at our level. We all know about the clay base etc but it has such a massive impact on the football we play & our players fitness levels.

You might say "it's the same for both teams"... but we have to play on it every other week & I'm certain it has a detrimental effect on us.

The amount of injuries & breakdowns off the back of injuries that we have as a club has to be linked heavily to our pitch. I'd even go as far as to say our training pitch at the side of Vale Park is just as bad & hinders us as a club.

It's a lot of money but the long term benefits could be huge, especially if we could get a proper training facility organised as well.

It all costs money & I understand that, but it would be right up towards the top of the 'to do' list for me. Better training facilities & a quality pitch would attract better quality players & in turn we would have less players struggling with injuries every season. Players fitness levels would improve dramatically.

One for the future perhaps, but I hope relatively soon!

[Fosse69]

I thought we had taken a lease out on a training ground for next season.

[Santa]

The clay soil isn't great for drainage, and below that, the subsoil structure is poor because I think the area was a big marl pit that had been dug out and then filled in with whatever was at hand: rubble, slag etc. 

To do the pitch right you'd have to dig deep and replace everything.

[TJHValiant]

2 hours ago, WV said:

I work in golf and know you could get half a golf course relaid for 1m. 

I’m not particularly in the know with golf courses but aside from the fairway, isn’t it all natural except with adaptations for drainage and the like? 
 

I do know that 1 artificial carpet tennis court at my club cost £12,000 to fully lay and lasts 10 years. 
 

 

[TJHValiant]

33 minutes ago, Santa said:

Didn't the site used to be a marl pit and it got filled in with rubble, slag, whatever was at hand?

The clay soil isn't great for drainage, and below that, the subsoil structure is poor because I think the area was a big marl pit that had been dug out and then filled in with whatever was at hand: rubble, slag etc. 

To do the pitch right you'd have to dig deep and replace everything.

That’s the right story. Indeed the pit shafts underneath generally would make any new pitch tough as without the right foundations, it could easily sink. 

[TJHValiant]

1 hour ago, butt lane vale fan said:

Didnt Accrington recently do theirs at around £400k, although don't think that's got undersoil Heating.

Yes but I understand that it was relaid rather than say Swansea who had all the drainage, foundations and heating etc all refurbished.