We haven’t whinged to buggery at all. We merely have the view it’s ridiculous that you can play CL and International games on 3G and not in the fourth tier of English football.brucie wrote: 16 May 2021, 09:10 The thing that gets me is that both Sutton and Harrogate have whinged to buggery about having to change their pitches to grass.
Its like they think the rules don't apply to them. In all fairness to Sutton they've done better away from home than Harrrogate did last year, as the latter gained promotion on the back of their artificial surface.
Its not just the pitch either - their ground needs a hell of a lot of work to get it up to football league standard. Think all the turnstiles need to be replaced for starters. Promotion if they get it isn't going to come cheap.
Its all very well having an artificial surface but completely knackering it by using it 24/7 as Sutton have done doesn't make it fit for purpose for the standard of football it hosts.
Seems like they want the finances from the use of the pitch and are quite to play their national league matches on a sub standard surface. With the advantage removed if they go up they could well face a difficult season next year.
Our pitch is fine, I’m sure quite where your strong opinion on its quality is coming from, we’re not forcing people to play on some of the mud heaps you get at this level. Indeed Torquay themselves seemed to play quite fine on it just a few weeks ago.
Enjoy the game today, it may yet be irrelevant what happens in the event of a promotion. I’d make you favourites if you win today.
