BlackSocksRedTops 3,528 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, Darthter said: The plastic pitches still need maintenance...just not to the same level. There is also the fact that they can use it for training, therefore no requirement for a separate training facility - which I'd imagine will greatly reduce club costs. I didn't consider the training aspect tbh. Good point Darther 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,563 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, Darthter said: The plastic pitches still need maintenance...just not to the same level. There is also the fact that they can use it for training, therefore no requirement for a separate training facility - which I'd imagine will greatly reduce club costs. Aye, I just think the reason they went with a plastic pitch is entirely cost! it must be cheaper! as has been said Killie always had a good grass pitch. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,528 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, ian1964 said: Aye, I just think the reason they went with a plastic pitch is entirely cost! it must be cheaper! as has been said Killie always had a good grass pitch. For some reason I seem to recall a story about undersoil heating messing up their pitch? (don't quote me on that). Their grass pitch went from bowling green to sand pit over a decade 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 The plastic pitches still need maintenance...just not to the same level. There is also the fact that they can use it for training, therefore no requirement for a separate training facility - which I'd imagine will greatly reduce club costs. People use it allday every day. They hire it out to anyone. The spl should ban it. Clubs would suffer financially but we look small time by having so many. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian1964 10,563 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 I remember Falkirk being denied promotion due to the fact they didn't have a 10000 all seater stadium! which I think allowed the sheep to stay up????? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 22/08/2018 at 14:28, Rousseau said: Frustrating; he was a key player. That pitch has to be banned. I don't know if the Killie one has all the little black balls that shoot up when you kick the ball but there are scientists\doctors in Holland who believe that is linked it to cancer. The black balls are made from old tyres. There are a number of kids who got Cancer and they are rightly or wrongly blaming that sort of plastic pitches. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn 206 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 23 hours ago, ian1964 said: I remember Falkirk being denied promotion due to the fact they didn't have a 10000 all seater stadium! which I think allowed the sheep to stay up????? It happened twice. 94/95 and 99/00. They didn’t seem to care about sporting integrity on those two occasions. I can understand these pitches in Scandinavia but I agree with the above, it makes Scottish football look small time. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 1 minute ago, Unicorn said: It happened twice. 94/95 and 99/00. They didn’t seem to care about sporting integrity on those two occasions. I can understand these pitches in Scandinavia but I agree with the above, it makes Scottish football look small time. To be fair it was a rule and they later rightly changed it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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