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Salford match off

Post by Yackley_Quaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:07 am

No real surprise. Ground is rock hard out there
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Re: Match off

Post by Darlo_Pete » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:12 am

I expected it to be honest, ground is rock hard.

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Re: Match off

Post by My opinion » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:15 am

Should be an opportunity to play it next week as both teams a free.

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Re: Match off

Post by MCFCDarlo3 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:31 am

My opinion wrote:Should be an opportunity to play it next week as both teams a free.
Got to be an away game according to Craig S as BM is being used.

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Re: Match off

Post by feethamslad » Sat Dec 09, 2017 10:56 am

Perhaps edit the title to say Salford match off otherwise can be confusing in the future.

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Re: Match off

Post by al_quaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:03 am

MCFCDarlo3 wrote:
My opinion wrote:Should be an opportunity to play it next week as both teams a free.
Got to be an away game according to Craig S as BM is being used.
That's a shame - the drawbacks of ground sharing! We best hope Boxing Day is on otherwise we're going to have some cash flow issues (if we aren't already)

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Re: Match off

Post by HarrytheQuaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:04 am

Where are the covers????

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Re: Match off

Post by al_quaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:07 am

Weather is meant to be a bit warmer (relatively speaking...) towards the end of the week, so Friday night v Salford could be a possibility?

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Re: Match off

Post by H1987 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:10 am

Friday night would be ace (plus i could made it :mrgreen: )

Hopefully the club suggest / Salford agree.

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Re: Match off

Post by Darlo_Pete » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:19 am

HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.

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Re: Match off

Post by Yackley_Quaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:19 am

feethamslad wrote:Perhaps edit the title to say Salford match off otherwise can be confusing in the future.
Done :-)

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Re: Match off

Post by divas » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:25 am

Darlo_Pete wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.
The covers are still at HP in a right mess as they were dumped under the temporary stand 5 years ago and haven't been moved. They're absolutely massive and full of water. It's going to take an army of volunteers and some serious lifting gear to sort them.

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Re: Salford match off

Post by theoriginalfatcat » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:37 am

Only 4 matches in our league have survived the weather.

3 teams below us are playing and they could potentially push us further down the league - they are;FC UTD (Home/Brackley) Leamington (Home/Gainsborough) and Nuneaton (Home H'gate)
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Re: Match off

Post by theoriginalfatcat » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:40 am

divas wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.
The covers are still at HP in a right mess as they were dumped under the temporary stand 5 years ago and haven't been moved. They're absolutely massive and full of water. It's going to take an army of volunteers and some serious lifting gear to sort them.

This IS possible though, we do have a good record of people generously giving their time.
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Re: Salford match off

Post by divas » Sat Dec 09, 2017 11:52 am

Tried it once but you really do need some specialist equipment. Would also need somewhere to store at BM. It's no good just chucking them in a heap again behind the tin shed

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Re: Match off

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:27 pm

divas wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.
The covers are still at HP in a right mess as they were dumped under the temporary stand 5 years ago and haven't been moved. They're absolutely massive and full of water. It's going to take an army of volunteers and some serious lifting gear to sort them.
Bishop's game is on so looks like they have been rescued

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Re: Salford match off

Post by theoriginalfatcat » Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:46 pm

Rescued by using our covers?
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Re: Match off

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:46 pm

al_quaker wrote:
MCFCDarlo3 wrote:
My opinion wrote:Should be an opportunity to play it next week as both teams a free.
Got to be an away game according to Craig S as BM is being used.
That's a shame - the drawbacks of ground sharing! We best hope Boxing Day is on otherwise we're going to have some cash flow issues (if we aren't already)
Thinking about days like today, is there anything we could do on the hop to raise a bit of cash? Like if the rugby club aren't at home, and there's nowt on in the club, can we not get the bar open, get people down for the Newcastle game, advertise it across twitter, all bar proceeds go in the club coffers after costs are covered... pack it out... few cheeky buckets going round, put your change in etc... volunteers were working today anyway so they can staff it....

A stretch and it could be something different... but just an idea.

I've bought my York ticket today so that goes into the coffers.

Just hearing Macclesfield volunteers were at their ground for 6am getting the pitch sorted... the covers are a no brainer, one bad winter could cost us a fortune.

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Re: Salford match off

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 12:47 pm

theoriginalfatcat wrote:Rescued by using our covers?
Well I don't know but is it warmer in Bishop this morning? I'd suggest it's probably colder by a degree or two

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Re: Match off

Post by loan_star » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:07 pm

SwansQuaker83 wrote:
divas wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.
The covers are still at HP in a right mess as they were dumped under the temporary stand 5 years ago and haven't been moved. They're absolutely massive and full of water. It's going to take an army of volunteers and some serious lifting gear to sort them.
Bishop's game is on so looks like they have been rescued
As divas has already said, them covers aren't shifting without some serious lifting equipment. I was one of the volunteers that went to HP to see about moving them and they literally wouldn't shift even with 5 of us trying to move them.

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Re: Match off

Post by al_quaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:07 pm

SwansQuaker83 wrote:
al_quaker wrote:
MCFCDarlo3 wrote:
My opinion wrote:Should be an opportunity to play it next week as both teams a free.
Got to be an away game according to Craig S as BM is being used.
That's a shame - the drawbacks of ground sharing! We best hope Boxing Day is on otherwise we're going to have some cash flow issues (if we aren't already)
Thinking about days like today, is there anything we could do on the hop to raise a bit of cash? Like if the rugby club aren't at home, and there's nowt on in the club, can we not get the bar open, get people down for the Newcastle game, advertise it across twitter, all bar proceeds go in the club coffers after costs are covered... pack it out... few cheeky buckets going round, put your change in etc... volunteers were working today anyway so they can staff it....

A stretch and it could be something different... but just an idea.

I've bought my York ticket today so that goes into the coffers.

Just hearing Macclesfield volunteers were at their ground for 6am getting the pitch sorted... the covers are a no brainer, one bad winter could cost us a fortune.
It's the rugby club's bar so it wouldn't raise much for the football club that. Probably better off just chucking some cash in to one of the DFCSG fundraising vehicles!

Covers would be useful, although aren't covers more for protection from snow/rain/frost, rather than a frozen pitch?

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Re: Match off

Post by Emdubya » Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:54 pm

al_quaker wrote:
SwansQuaker83 wrote:
al_quaker wrote:
MCFCDarlo3 wrote:
My opinion wrote:Should be an opportunity to play it next week as both teams a free.
Got to be an away game according to Craig S as BM is being used.
That's a shame - the drawbacks of ground sharing! We best hope Boxing Day is on otherwise we're going to have some cash flow issues (if we aren't already)
Thinking about days like today, is there anything we could do on the hop to raise a bit of cash? Like if the rugby club aren't at home, and there's nowt on in the club, can we not get the bar open, get people down for the Newcastle game, advertise it across twitter, all bar proceeds go in the club coffers after costs are covered... pack it out... few cheeky buckets going round, put your change in etc... volunteers were working today anyway so they can staff it....

A stretch and it could be something different... but just an idea.

I've bought my York ticket today so that goes into the coffers.

Just hearing Macclesfield volunteers were at their ground for 6am getting the pitch sorted... the covers are a no brainer, one bad winter could cost us a fortune.
It's the rugby club's bar so it wouldn't raise much for the football club that. Probably better off just chucking some cash in to one of the DFCSG fundraising vehicles!

Covers would be useful, although aren't covers more for protection from snow/rain/frost, rather than a frozen pitch?
Eh!!.What the hell do you think causes a frozen pitch other than frost. :wtf:

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Re: Match off

Post by al_quaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:01 pm

Emdubya wrote: Eh!!.What the hell do you think causes a frozen pitch other than frost. :wtf:
Water deep in the ground freezing? Rather than the surface freezing, which is what I'd take frost to mean.

Could be wrong though, I'm no groundsman

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Re: Salford match off

Post by LoidLucan » Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:15 pm

This is the only reason FCUM's game is on.......

https://twitter.com/FCUnitedMcr?ref_src ... r%5Eauthor

Likewise with Stockport. Having helped put the covers onto the pitch at the Arena, I can testify that it's a big job. They were stored in a big unit at the Arena and then were dragged to the side of the pitch with a mini tractor. I seem to recall there were about four separate covers and several of us then had to lift and drag them over the pitch once they had been positioned at the side. They were big, heavy duty things and boy it was hard work so you need several people like in the picture at FCUM.
I seem to recall someone at the time saying they preserve the pitch down to a few degrees below but if the temperature drops way way down the pitch will still cop it despite the covers.
They would have done the job today but, as said, we will need to arrange the transportation and storage somewhere at BM. And then make sure we can call on enough people to get them on the pitch a day or two before the match and off again a couple of hours before kick-off. And then put them away again or back on the pitch after the game.
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Re: Match off

Post by Emdubya » Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:17 pm

loan_star wrote:
SwansQuaker83 wrote:
divas wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.
The covers are still at HP in a right mess as they were dumped under the temporary stand 5 years ago and haven't been moved. They're absolutely massive and full of water. It's going to take an army of volunteers and some serious lifting gear to sort them.
Bishop's game is on so looks like they have been rescued
As divas has already said, them covers aren't shifting without some serious lifting equipment. I was one of the volunteers that went to HP to see about moving them and they literally wouldn't shift even with 5 of us trying to move them.
If moving and manhandling these covers is such a problem how about cutting them into smaller units to make them more useable.You would still have the same overall area but in more sections.And I don’t suppose an old shipping container would cost a fortune to keep them in.

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Re: Salford match off

Post by SwansQuaker83 » Sat Dec 09, 2017 2:41 pm

LoidLucan wrote:This is the only reason FCUM's game is on.......

https://twitter.com/FCUnitedMcr?ref_src ... r%5Eauthor

Likewise with Stockport. Having helped put the covers onto the pitch at the Arena, I can testify that it's a big job. They were stored in a big unit at the Arena and then were dragged to the side of the pitch with a mini tractor. I seem to recall there were three or four separate covers and several of us then had to lift and drag them over the pitch once they had been positioned at the side. They were big, heavy duty things and boy it was hard work so you need several people like in the picture at FCUM.
I seem to recall someone at the time saying they preserve the pitch down to a few degrees below but if the temperature drops way way down the pitch will still cop it despite the covers.
They would have done the job today but, as said, we will need to arrange the transportation and storage somewhere at BM. And then make sure we can call on enough people to get them on the pitch a day or two before the match and off again a couple of hours before kick-off. And then put them away again or back on the pitch after the game.
I'm certain we'd get more than enough people willing to help out

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Re: Match off

Post by loan_star » Sat Dec 09, 2017 4:07 pm

Emdubya wrote: If moving and manhandling these covers is such a problem how about cutting them into smaller units to make them more useable.You would still have the same overall area but in more sections.And I don’t suppose an old shipping container would cost a fortune to keep them in.
Because if you cut them into smaller pieces they would blow all over the place.
Also, would the rugby club be happy with covers being put on when they have rights to use the pitch too?

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Re: Salford match off

Post by HarrytheQuaker » Sat Dec 09, 2017 4:17 pm

divas wrote:
Darlo_Pete wrote:
HarrytheQuaker wrote:Where are the covers????

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I believe the covers only cover the penalty areas, which isn't much use really.
The covers are still at HP in a right mess as they were dumped under the temporary stand 5 years ago and haven't been moved. They're absolutely massive and full of water. It's going to take an army of volunteers and some serious lifting gear to sort them.
Another waste of money then as well as the Stand that is still there fook me we know how to waste money..Ridiculous...Surley we can put out an sos Darlo fans will help, I don't have a big van etc but I'd help drag them out to re fold them etc... Come lets at least try...

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Re: Match off

Post by Emdubya » Sat Dec 09, 2017 4:26 pm

loan_star wrote:
Emdubya wrote: If moving and manhandling these covers is such a problem how about cutting them into smaller units to make them more useable.You would still have the same overall area but in more sections.And I don’t suppose an old shipping container would cost a fortune to keep them in.
Because if you cut them into smaller pieces they would blow all over the place.
Also, would the rugby club be happy with covers being put on when they have rights to use the pitch too?
Im not talking about cutting them into hankies ffs. If 5 men can’t lift one piece take them down to a size that 5men can lift.And I’m sure the rugby lads would be more than happy to use them as required.

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Re: Match off

Post by loan_star » Sat Dec 09, 2017 4:31 pm

Emdubya wrote:
loan_star wrote:
Emdubya wrote: If moving and manhandling these covers is such a problem how about cutting them into smaller units to make them more useable.You would still have the same overall area but in more sections.And I don’t suppose an old shipping container would cost a fortune to keep them in.
Because if you cut them into smaller pieces they would blow all over the place.
Also, would the rugby club be happy with covers being put on when they have rights to use the pitch too?
Im not talking about cutting them into hankies ffs. If 5 men can’t lift one piece take them down to a size that 5men can lift.And I’m sure the rugby lads would be more than happy to use them as required.
They are made to a size that is practical for the purpose they are made for.

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