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New State-of-the-art Pitch at The Valley
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This is all well and good, but what about the boiler and underground heating?0
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Insert boiler comment...2
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The application had to come through the women's team as @rothko saidCrusty54 said:
As far as I'm aware it was Louise McGinn, the general manager of the women's team, who lined up the grant for the work.Henry Irving said:
Total cost was said to be £1.2m so £450,000.JamesSeed said:
'Six figure', so minumum £100,000.Rothko said:Ownership contribution is somewhere between £500-750k
The £750k is on the proviso that the women's play there for at least ten years.
This was looked at under the previous regime but it didn't happen but that was Tony Keohane penny pinching.
Good news for both first teams and the club in general.
Even though there is a sizable grant it is still a big outlay by the club owners who are only renting.
Yes, we also need better women and men to play on the pitch but why invest in better players and not give them the best possible facilities on which to suceed?
Even a journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step.0 -
Aneke is paying for it subject to a 10-year contractAthletico Charlton said:Anyone know if this type of pitch is likely to have any impact on our annual injury list? I think in the past plastic pitches were seen as often being responsible for more injuries but with this latest mixed version would I be right in thinking the surface is about as true as you can get so maybe players would be less likely to be injured? Maybe there is simply no difference?1 -
Not if you live on a shipHenry Irving said:
Total cost was said to be £1.2m so £450,000.JamesSeed said:
'Six figure', so minumum £100,000.Rothko said:Ownership contribution is somewhere between £500-750k
The £750k is on the proviso that the women's play there for at least ten years.
This was looked at under the previous regime but it didn't happen but that was Tony Keohane penny pinching.
Good news for both first teams and the club in general.
Even though there is a sizable grant it is still a big outlay by the club owners who are only renting.
Yes, we also need better women and men to play on the pitch but why invest in better players and not give them the best possible facilities on which to suceed?
Even a journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step.0 -
HMS Piss The League?Alwaysneil said:
Not if you live on a shipHenry Irving said:
Total cost was said to be £1.2m so £450,000.JamesSeed said:
'Six figure', so minumum £100,000.Rothko said:Ownership contribution is somewhere between £500-750k
The £750k is on the proviso that the women's play there for at least ten years.
This was looked at under the previous regime but it didn't happen but that was Tony Keohane penny pinching.
Good news for both first teams and the club in general.
Even though there is a sizable grant it is still a big outlay by the club owners who are only renting.
Yes, we also need better women and men to play on the pitch but why invest in better players and not give them the best possible facilities on which to suceed?
Even a journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step.2 -
Henry Irving said:
Hard to say as Keohane cut so many corners to try and impress Sandgaard.valleynick66 said:
How much is the ‘usual’ annual spend then?Henry Irving said:
As usual, he's wrongShootersHillGuru said:I have no idea on costs of this but if an annual spend on the relaying the pitch is as Seth says around £1 million then what are the annual ongoing costs of this new pitch ?
A repair might be under 100k, a full relay £150k to 200k, IIRC but it depends on exactly what is needed and what is done.Always good to reward top quality services and a good team building ethic like Tony's.I seem to remember a chat with old bill about offering keohane a lift in the back of the van where he may get mixed up a bit with the barrel of tar and the bucket of feathers while accidentally losing his clothes.As it was a joke, it never happened of course, but Tone, if you fancy a night out soon to liven up your gardening leave, my speeding fine ban expires in a couple of weeks and I've still got the van. Just drop me a note with your address, or one of your buddies can send it, no bother we'll pick you up on the way 😁
Good news about the pitch i think. Always a bit wary of these new fangled inventions and most of the plastic containing grass I've used has given me a terrible headache after the buzz has worn off. Still if it's good enough for the premiership players it must be good enough for us
(wanders off aimlessly to find the number of the taxi driver who last tried to sell him grass with new improved plastic retaining staples in it grown in a northern prem star's buy to leaf property empire)0 -
"Dogs bollocks" was a phrase that was an adequate alternative.Exiled_Addick said:I wish someone would buy this lot a thesaurus. Not everything has to be “elite”.Good news about the pitch, though.0 -
I thought when the pitch was last relayed (and the pipes installed without the boilers) under Rolands benign rule, that the pitch had partially plastic mesh woven into the turf?Athletico Charlton said:Anyone know if this type of pitch is likely to have any impact on our annual injury list? I think in the past plastic pitches were seen as often being responsible for more injuries but with this latest mixed version would I be right in thinking the surface is about as true as you can get so maybe players would be less likely to be injured? Maybe there is simply no difference?
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Interesting …Mendonca In Asdas said:Will be interesting to see how the pitch holds up with men’s and women’s matches on it, I thought our pitch this season looked all right by the end of the season, but it’s obviously not up to the job to having men’s and women’s football on it, I have never been to a women’s football match, as I don’t have daughters, if it was a big match I probably would go along to the valley, to see how the women get on.0 - Sponsored links:
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The first plus point of having a women's team for me. Up to now an unnecessary drain on resources for the real job in hand.
Crack on with the dinosaur comments.2 -
It did. A kind of mesh as I remember. This new pitch is completely different in concept. Been trying to read around the subject a bit since the announcement and certainly at present there is nothing that compares to what the club have purchased.Hal1x said:
I thought when the pitch was last relayed (and the pipes installed without the boilers) under Rolands benign rule, that the pitch had partially plastic mesh woven into the turf?Athletico Charlton said:Anyone know if this type of pitch is likely to have any impact on our annual injury list? I think in the past plastic pitches were seen as often being responsible for more injuries but with this latest mixed version would I be right in thinking the surface is about as true as you can get so maybe players would be less likely to be injured? Maybe there is simply no difference?0 -
Was that a binding or non-binding contract and did anyone pre-sign it?Henry Irving said:3 -
My Hungarian lawyer will get back to you @GribboGribbo said:
Was that a binding or non-binding contract and did anyone pre-sign it?Henry Irving said:2 -
Leyton Orient laid the same surface last summer. Part funded by the O’s board, Tottenham and the grant application supported by Tottenham’s women’s team playing at Brisbane Road for 10 years.1
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So Orient currently have a better pitch than us.Amos on the wing said:Leyton Orient laid the same surface last summer. Part funded by the O’s board, Tottenham and the grant application supported by Tottenham’s women’s team playing at Brisbane Road for 10 years.We have fallen a long way on a short space of time it feels.2 -
Hang on. So the women's team are paying a legally binding £1million a year for a new Hungarian vegan carvery to be built on the pitch?
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Are you stalking me?Off_it said:Hang on. So the women's team are paying a legally binding £1million a year for a new Hungarian vegan carvery to be built on the pitch?0 -
Eh?Stu_of_Kunming said:
Are you stalking me?Off_it said:Hang on. So the women's team are paying a legally binding £1million a year for a new Hungarian vegan carvery to be built on the pitch?
Not since you got the court order. No.2 - Sponsored links:
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Get a load of then in Pret frond the back of the Old BaileyHenry Irving said:
My Hungarian lawyer will get back to you @GribboGribbo said:
Was that a binding or non-binding contract and did anyone pre-sign it?Henry Irving said:0 -
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Get a load of then in Pret frond the back of the Old BaileyHenry Irving said:
My Hungarian lawyer will get back to you @GribboGribbo said:
Was that a binding or non-binding contract and did anyone pre-sign it?Henry Irving said:1 -
A boiler is a closed vessel in which fluid is heated. The fluid does not necessarily boil. The heated or vaporized fluid exits the boiler for use in various processes or heating applications, including water heating, central heating, boiler-based power generation, cooking, sanitation and under soil heating...🙄Dazzler21 said:Insert boiler comment...
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Isn’t the funding contingent on operational under soil heating ?0
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To be fair, Orient have always had a better pitch than a lot of clubs. It was the one ground that used to routinely get games on in the snow. Charlie Hasler was a top groundsman.valleynick66 said:
So Orient currently have a better pitch than us.Amos on the wing said:Leyton Orient laid the same surface last summer. Part funded by the O’s board, Tottenham and the grant application supported by Tottenham’s women’s team playing at Brisbane Road for 10 years.We have fallen a long way on a short space of time it feels.0 -
Agree with you totally mate. They can have a go at me too now.bolloxbolder said:The first plus point of having a women's team for me. Up to now an unnecessary drain on resources for the real job in hand.
Crack on with the dinosaur comments.0 -
Just wowredbuttle said:
Agree with you totally mate. They can have a go at me too now.bolloxbolder said:The first plus point of having a women's team for me. Up to now an unnecessary drain on resources for the real job in hand.
Crack on with the dinosaur comments.0 -
Dobbo signed it, but it were all in foreign so we aren't sure if its legally binding.Gribbo said:
Was that a binding or non-binding contract and did anyone pre-sign it?Henry Irving said:0 -
We've got some great players. With a tweak here and there and a new playing surface, I reckon we'll be ripping it up next season 😉0
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ShootersHillGuru said:Isn’t the funding contingent on operational under soil heating ?
Leyton Orient do not have undersoil heating at present.
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