[Tony Dellbird]

Right, i don't know if this is just in my town, but in the post/pre season, do the fields near you take down the nets and posts, On some they leave the posts up and take t he nets off, or in some cases they take them all down?

This really really pisses me off cos in the summer you wanna play football but the only place to play is astroturf or indoor court.

This may be because i live in a Garrison town and the army own the majority of the fields round my way. So does this happen to anyone else or are we the only Unlucky town.

[erictheking]

Yeah they take the posts down round my way as well. Probably so the grass can grow in the penalty area.

[GreenDay]

We have just one decent grass field in a city of 100,000 and of course noone is allowed to practice there - only the two top clubs of the city play there and practice once before a match. All the other grass fields are complete bollocks. We also have a really hard astroturf field where we do most of the practicing.

[erictheking]

Originally Posted by GreenDay

All the other grass fields are complete bollocks.

And you're Estonian?

[Case]

Yeah, same happens herre, tho.. most of the pitches ar euni. owned, like my home ground (the best pitch in cambridge, genuinely better than Cambridge United or any other pro- semi-pro team round here) Clare College, which we can't play on until like a month into the season, the groundsman won't let us near it during winter, and the nets come down like late march!!!

The trick is to find a school with a lazy ass janitor, It means breaking in, technically, but they seem to be the only pitches that don't get taken down (or worse, turned in to cricket pitches!).

[GreenDay]

Originally Posted by erictheking

And you're Estonian?

yes.

[Tony Dellbird]

Originally Posted by Case

Yeah, same happens herre, tho.. most of the pitches ar euni. owned, like my home ground (the best pitch in cambridge, genuinely better than Cambridge United or any other pro- semi-pro team round here) Clare College, which we can't play on until like a month into the season, the groundsman won't let us near it during winter, and the nets come down like late march!!!

The trick is to find a school with a lazy ass janitor, It means breaking in, technically, but they seem to be the only pitches that don't get taken down (or worse, turned in to cricket pitches!).

The Schools round my way are too lazy to put goals up!

[chicagosoccer]

Originally Posted by Dellci2001

Right, i don't know if this is just in my town, but in the post/pre season, do the fields near you take down the nets and posts, On some they leave the posts up and take t he nets off, or in some cases they take them all down?

This really really pisses me off cos in the summer you wanna play football but the only place to play is astroturf or indoor court.

This may be because i live in a Garrison town and the army own the majority of the fields round my way. So does this happen to anyone else or are we the only Unlucky town.

Same thing here in Chicago. There is a actually a field right down the street from me and the only one or two teams use them a year during the fall so they actually take the posts out during the winter, and the nets out during the summer. They must think people don't take time to practice, but just play. And to add to that, a semi-pro american football team practices there now 4 days a week and have ruined what was once a decent playing field.

[Perugina]

I always wondered if UK/Euro ameteurs had any decent places to play. When you get, what, five levels down? are there any pitches left for normal folks who want to play for fun? I have at least 3-4 fields in my town to play on all year. They take the nets off for cold weather but at least leave the posts up. Do you have an equivalent of recreation departments? public fields?

Americans may not be as knowledgeable as fans but I think more play in rec leagues than in UK/Europe.

Am I wrong? Just curious

[Tony Dellbird]

Originally Posted by Perugina

I always wondered if UK/Euro ameteurs had any decent places to play. When you get, what, five levels down? are there any pitches left for normal folks who want to play for fun? I have at least 3-4 fields in my town to play on all year. They take the nets off for cold weather but at least leave the posts up. Do you have an equivalent of recreation departments? public fields?

Americans may not be as knowledgeable as fans but I think more play in rec leagues than in UK/Europe.

Am I wrong? Just curious

In my town, We have loads and loads of fields there is 6 fields round my area, all with football pitches on that belong to the army but are opened. We have about 20-25 football fields in Colchester and plenty plenty more in the outer lying villages.