We have had several All Age teams just turn up and train on ours becaus theirs was closed. They get offended when asked to leave.
But on your point. If clubs don't have the capacity to accomodate teams training, maybe they have too many teams. If it's just about preserving fields, poor form.
Can you fence off the 18 yard box to preserve it?
Fortunately for us, all bookings come through the club, not Council.
Bookings through the clubs would definitely be the ideal situation! An NPL with four teams should be able to be accommodated on their own ground I reckon
We fence off our 18 yard boxes anyway but last night they pulled that down, set up the nets and started shooting lol
Will be interested to see what council have to say about it
What do clubs do tomorrow? Cancel games to save the fields for the winter months even if playable? Or play games and wreck fields? Interested to hear clubs thoughts
Redhead = play. Season well underway and it is short. Do all we can to get games on. (Played tonight and it did not stop raining, field quite squelchy but plan is games tomorrow)
Being early in the season we cancelled. We have this year been putting a lot of $$$$ into our fields and I don't see any reason to turn it into a dirt field so early in the season. If it were round 10 it might be different. I actually think next season will be when we see a big improvement in our pitch, but it's already much better than it has been in years.
The women tomorrow may just get moved to the top ground depending on how much rain we get today.
Not many grounds out today though.
I was supposed to play at Dudley seniors, it's off. I wouldn't want to wreck their surface either. One of the best around.
Last edited by sammydog; 20-05-2017 at 08:21 AM.
ok who was it?This past week an All Age team has been caught using unregistered players and has subsequently been removed from the competition and a fine issued to the Club.
Bet this wasnt the only team though
Last edited by hawk; 23-05-2017 at 12:44 AM.
Newcastle is a small town, with a football community where a lot of people know everyone. So the moment you're using unregistered players, particularly from higher divisions, you're playing with fire.
Particularly in finals series like old pal from maitland and his mates a few years back, covered extensively in the herald.
OK