Message Board - Football: Magazine - Fir Park / SPL --- Summer/winter play?
26 Feb 2010 by Ecky Last edited 26 Feb 2010
Read the article on Fir Park situation.
Really bad luck with timing, weather, and now pressure to use a pitch which needs recovery.
I saw this pitch just after it was opened and it was fantastic. The scores it has had have been very high until recent cold snap and heavy snow.
What hapened?
Underground heating on, frost covers on, heavy banket of snow, result - cooked rootzone and dead grass plant and roots.
Followed by soaked surface, regular play, continual damage, no chance of growth for recovery. Result - no grass and a destroyed surface
Required - accept the situation, plan the necessary action to speedy recovery. Fining the club will achieve nothing. In fact the opposite. How can they expect to cause anything but further damage if they play this weekend given the low temperatures, heavy rainfall.
I really feel sympathy for pitch managers given the recent weather. Remind me of all the pros of playing turf sports in the winter? Cold, wet miserable players and spectators, no appeal to family spectators, huge expenditure mantaining turf and floodlighting events, injuries to players, lower spectator numbers, postponed events and all the costs etc that go with it.
Ok, Question - what are the pros cons of winter play and likewise for the summer?
Ecky
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