Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:06 pm  

Moe Lester wrote:

So you want a penniless non-league football club to spend out a minimum of 40k so your club can play there? I can't see it making any good business sense to do that.


However, Barnet aren't an orthodox club.

One of the clubs campaigning hard for artificial pitches is Maidstone, aren't they in the Isthmian League? for some clubs it is being able to play mostly when fixtures are planned, rather than a midweek rearrangement! It allows all the club's lower team games to be played there as well, but as I said 50 lower league clubs want these pitches.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:11 pm  

bezzerscr wrote:

Three teams at the City of Salford Stadium. Salford, Sale and Man Utd under 21s and academy.
Leyther_Matt didn't Leigh, Swinton and Blackburn under 21s all play at the Sports Village last season.

Yes they did, and will do next year as well I think.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:19 pm  

jaybs wrote:

One of the clubs campaigning hard for artificial pitches is Maidstone, aren't they in the Isthmian League? for some clubs it is being able to play mostly when fixtures are planned, rather than a midweek rearrangement! It allows all the club's lower team games to be played there as well, but as I said 50 lower league clubs want these pitches.

The FA won't allow these, the 50 teams you believe want them (as a Football fan of a lower league team, I have heard nothing about what you say) have no power unless the FA change their mind but I have seen nothing to suggest they will.

I know they're allowed in Scotland but that hasn't stopped games being postponed as ice freezes on these surfaces in big, thick sheets making it unsafe to play on.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:43 pm  

The main reason smaller clubs want these pitches is that they can rent them out left, right and centre unlike a traditional pitch. Not only do you get pitch hire fees but your bar take goes up. Having watched a game at Maidstone I have no real objection to them in terms of quality.

I expect the FA will back down at some point, not just yet though. They are a game changer for lower level sports teams if run properly.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:08 pm  

wire quin wrote:

Dont we play in the summer?

Yes and so is women's super league football.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:32 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

Yes and so is women's super league football.

In any ensuing confusion we might even scrape the odd win or two.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:47 pm  

BroncOnIon wrote:

In any ensuing confusion we might even scrape the odd win or two.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:16 am  

Moe Lester wrote: The FA won't allow these, the 50 teams you believe want them (as a Football fan of a lower league team, I have heard nothing about what you say) have no power unless the FA change their mind but I have seen nothing to suggest they will. You say Moe you have never heard of the campaign, well I have and I support a Premiership team, 50 clubs are a lot to start a campaign, which may grow. As Halfdan of t'wide embrace states, lower league clubs need to maximise every income flow they can find, use of it regular and bar takings mean a lot when you may struggle. The FA may be wary at first, but I would never say they won't allow it. https://twitter.com/3G4US

Moe Lester wrote: The FA won't allow these, the 50 teams you believe want them (as a Football fan of a lower league team, I have heard nothing about what you say) have no power unless the FA change their mind but I have seen nothing to suggest they will. You say Moe you have never heard of the campaign, well I have and I support a Premiership team, 50 clubs are a lot to start a campaign, which may grow. As Halfdan of t'wide embrace states, lower league clubs need to maximise every income flow they can find, use of it regular and bar takings mean a lot when you may struggle. The FA may be wary at first, but I would never say they won't allow it. https://twitter.com/3G4US

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:42 am  

Moe you are wrong about Man Utd at Barton they have played all their under 21 champions league games at Barton and are scheduled to play under 18 games in fact the only games not played are those that clash with Salford/Sale fixtures or those the FA say have to be at O T
Ps on the amount of games in the pitch Salford also
play all their academy gsmes at Barton.

Re: Tony Kleanthous confirms London Broncos talks : Sat Nov 16, 2013 9:52 am  

jaybs wrote: You say Moe you have never heard of the campaign, well I have and I support a Premiership team, 50 clubs are a lot to start a campaign, which may grow. As Halfdan of t'wide embrace states, lower league clubs need to maximise every income flow they can find, use of it regular and bar takings mean a lot when you may struggle. The FA may be wary at first, but I would never say they won't allow it. https://twitter.com/3G4US Let's be honest, you're lying. You're not telling anything that is the truth but clutching at straws in the blind hope that something will come off for your benefit. There is no such campaign that involves 50 Football League sides as a quick Google search will tell you. Yes, what you say about income is correct but I believe that Barnet's The Hive facilities already has a 4G pitch there so they have that as a source of income. As for that Twitter page, it's laughable that you'd use that to back your lies up. If there was such a campaign they'd have more followers than that.

jaybs wrote: You say Moe you have never heard of the campaign, well I have and I support a Premiership team, 50 clubs are a lot to start a campaign, which may grow. As Halfdan of t'wide embrace states, lower league clubs need to maximise every income flow they can find, use of it regular and bar takings mean a lot when you may struggle. The FA may be wary at first, but I would never say they won't allow it. https://twitter.com/3G4US Let's be honest, you're lying. You're not telling anything that is the truth but clutching at straws in the blind hope that something will come off for your benefit. There is no such campaign that involves 50 Football League sides as a quick Google search will tell you. Yes, what you say about income is correct but I believe that Barnet's The Hive facilities already has a 4G pitch there so they have that as a source of income. As for that Twitter page, it's laughable that you'd use that to back your lies up. If there was such a campaign they'd have more followers than that.