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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Seth on December 18, 2020, 11:42:24 AM
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https://www.altrinchamfc.com/news/venue-switch-for-altys-trophy-tie
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Even when we're at home we're away. All logical, but underlines the pitch issue requires major capital investment not maintenance, imho should take priority over ground redevelopment if a choice has to be made spend wise.
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Even when we're at home we're away. All logical, but underlines the pitch issue requires major capital investment not maintenance, imho should take priority over ground redevelopment if a choice has to be made spend wise.
I'm sure the club will be investing in the pitch next close season, it wasn't possible in the one just past. However the rain over last few days in Altrincham has been torrential. Seems a fair resolution to swap and behind close doors.
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Pitch needs sorting properly, whether it costs 60k or 600k.
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Pitch needs sorting properly, whether it costs 60k or 600k.
If it's 600k to 'fix the pitch' with no guarantee it'll work long term we'd be looking at a new ground.
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Its not the pitch its the water underneath. The solution doesn't need to be that complicated or expensive. just give the water somewhere to go.
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If the water table is the issue then can we raise the pitch a foot or so above surrounding so it can drain out of the playing surface. I remember Luton’s pitch being 3 feet above the ground level of the stand behind it. We wouldn’t need anything that extreme. Would that work? Small retaining wall and admittedly quite a lot of top soil but shouldn’t be hideous price wise
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Its not the pitch its the water underneath. The solution doesn't need to be that complicated or expensive. just give the water somewhere to go.
I was being facetious with the pricing, but we can't keep accepting these issues.
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3G Pitch is/isnt the answer ?
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3G Pitch is/isnt the answer ?
Not if the goal is to play in the league.I
New ground seems more acceptable than a plastic pitch.
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A plastic pitch still needs draining properly.
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Surely no-one is entertaining the idea of leaving Moss Lane.
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Even when we're at home we're away. All logical, but underlines the pitch issue requires major capital investment not maintenance, imho should take priority over ground redevelopment if a choice has to be made spend wise.
spot on. Sort the pitch before any stadium redevelopment. If the fan zone (which is a great idea) hasn’t been started yet put that next in the queue.
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Surely no-one is entertaining the idea of leaving Moss Lane.
I'm as ambitious as the rest of the Alty faithful and would love to see us rise further up the leagues but I honestly can't foresee Moss Lane ever being too small for us.
Like was put forward not so long back, perhaps the answer might be a covered drainage ditch along the popular side feeding into a sump at the corner from where the water could be pumped away.
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Aside from all the very fair comments on the pitch, I do think we are more likely to win at their ground with a better pitch & our away record so don’t think switching it when it’s BCD makes any difference.
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Aside from all the very fair comments on the pitch, I do think we are more likely to win at their ground with a better pitch & our away record so don’t think switching it when it’s BCD makes any difference.
think you’re probably right on the short term issue of getting through to the next round of the trophy especially as no crowds involved. There’s genuine concern about County on Boxing Day and beyond. We will probably lose some games to freezing conditions in January apart from waterlogged pitches. Drainage seems to be getting worse. A couple of hours heavy rain after several hours light rain and we’re snookered.
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If only we had some covers for the pop side. To be fair it would need a few people to drag them on and off.
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Would postponing County be such a bad thing? They like us seem to have hit some form. No fans allowed.
We may be out of lockdown when the rearranged game gets played.
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Unfortunately if we are in Tier 2 by the time we play County, the game will have been postponed not only on Boxing Day but on at least one other date as well, meaning even more games to fit in before the end of the season. Bit disappointing the club hasn't put out a statement regarding the pitch and what can be done to mitigate the issues, if anything, this season.
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I think the problem is it usually gets a lot of treatment over the summer but there wasn't time to do that after the playoffs