What is the consensus, are NPL clubs doing enough to improve there venues and most importantly their playing surfaces, to potentially improve the quality of the football.
What is the consensus, are NPL clubs doing enough to improve there venues and most importantly their playing surfaces, to potentially improve the quality of the football.
Last edited by hawk; 05-11-2015 at 01:13 AM.
Have been through quite a number of NPL current and former clubs change/dressing sheds over the last couple of seasons. 9 out of 10 look more like sewers with some storage space.
No way in the world
Look at the ridiculous money spent on player wages for semi pro players all in the aim of winning a trophy and 10k
Then compare it to how much is actually spent developing venues facilities etc
Chalk and cheese
Most are council owned grounds, yeah? Why fork out your own dough for upgrades for a place you don't even own?
Middleby Gone
Lawrie Out
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Seems to be the Newy mentality to be jealous and whinge and moan at someone else who has worked hard to be successful and achieve something rather than pull up your own sleeves and have a go!!!
Adamstown - irrigation being re done, possibly drainage replaced - depends if contractor can get back here this summer, fence moved on far side of field to meet the 3 metre to edge of pitch safety requirement.
Was at Lisle Carr the other day, although no improvements, the ground surface looks amazing, with nothing on it till January its only going to get better.
May be down for ground improvements after season 2016 i think.
If anyone has seen the future plan for LMCC investing in sports, especially football over the next 5-20 years most of their money will be invested in new facilities that current senior clubs will not access.
So unless clubs are currently happy with what they have the only real means forward is to plan for grants and self improvements. NewFm will be an interesting place to see improvements once Northern release what they consider and release what they deem to be the minimum level of facility requirements to be as some current requirements are near impossible based on council designs and capital investment plans.
Assessed properly, I think some NewFm clubs would find they should not even train under their current lights as one example.
ffa have a national facilities strategy in their 20 year plan . might get something out of it by the time frank lowys great grandson becomes grand poobah .