Burnie_man Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Tom Johnston and the Medda Chairman now talking about summer football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCamelonfan Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Newtown fanatic if u could do better u seem to think u could do a better job running camelon. Now u think ur sjfa supremo. Total idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 "The amount of ill-informed, unmitigated guff spoken about them [artificial pitches] in the past two weeks has been remarkable." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/gordon-waddell-grass-certainly-isnt-7453510#JBgBzC7m0Z1iIPfV.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Plus one of the warmest and wettest winters on record this year http://www.cityam.com/235529/uk-weather-this-winter-has-been-one-of-the-warmest-but-wettest-on-record-thanks-to-storms-desmond-eva-and-frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 This winter has been a dawdle. Hardly any teams will play the old "3 games a week" stuff in my view. The odd exception here and there but certainly not the norm. The weather isn't a fiasco - it's the winter. It's what happens in a country with seasons. Nothing wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Personally I'd prefer summer football. More fans may go along as their "senior" team would be on a their summer break. Nothing worse than so many games being cancelled and when they do get played its not a pleasant experience as its so bloody cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santheman Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 "The amount of ill-informed, unmitigated guff spoken about them [artificial pitches] in the past two weeks has been remarkable." http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/gordon-waddell-grass-certainly-isnt-7453510#JBgBzC7m0Z1iIPfV.99 Is it ?? ‘Wake-up call’ in plastic pitch cancer campaign A FORMER NHS boss who has linked his son’s cancer battle to all-weather football pitches has welcomed research labelling rubber cancerous. 1 Minute Gordon Blackstock & Nic White Former NHS Cumbria chief Nigel Maguire said the fact the World Health Organisation had placed a chemical found in rubber on a list of substances that “probably cause cancer” should act as a “wake-up call”. We recently revealed how Mr Maguire fears playing on astroturf pitches – which are treated with a substance called rubber crumb – gave son Lewis, 18, cancer. He said: “This is the first time a reputable body has said there is a risk and it directly contradicts what football bodies and other sporting authorities are saying. “It is a wake-up call to take this seriously and hopefully it will shake them out of their complacency. They need stop saying there is no evidence of risk because they can’t now.” The WHO report claims a material in rubber, MBT, is cancer causing. It is reportedly found in everything from babies’ dummies to rubber gloves and shoe insoles. It is also in the tiny rubber pellets that are spread across the artificial pitches currently at the centre of a cancer scare. We were the first in the UK to expose how the rubber crumb used to make football pitches bouncy has been linked to hundreds of cancer cases in the US. It is feared that players, particularly goalkeepers, have developed deadly conditions after accidentally swallowing the pellets while diving. Mr Maguire and a growing lobby of campaigners are convinced there is a link between health problems and the substance. But football authorities have rubbished the claims insisting synthetic pitches are safe. Despite this, Mr Maguire, of Darlington, County Durham, called for an “immediate end to building new pitches while thorough research is done”. At a meeting in France, 24 experts from eight countries said they were satisfied there was enough evidence to add MBT to its encyclopaedia of carcinogens. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer reviewed data on the substance, including a study of workers at a Welsh chemical factory. The research, by Professor Tom Sorahan, of Birmingham University, linked MBT to bladder, bowel and types of blood cancer. But the boffins behind the research also played down the impact of the chemical on public health. Professor Sorahan said that while large amounts of MBT loose in factories could be dangerous, small amounts were not likely to be harmful. He added: “I doubt whether MBT is a health issue for the general population.” But Dr Michael Warhurst, of campaign group CHEM Trust, said: “People would be right to be concerned about this, and to ask retailers whether this chemical is present in products that they have bought.” There are natural alternatives to rubber crumb but they are more expensive. READ MORE Former NHS boss fears his son developed cancer from football training on plastic pitches Sunday Post investigation into links between artificial pitches and cancer causes a storm around the world COMMENTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachBombay Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 So the players with kids, which there are a lot of, should cancel summer holidays etc when it's the only time their kids are off school? It makes sense from a weather point of view but in no other way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Is it ??‘Wake-up call’ in plastic pitch cancer campaign A FORMER NHS boss who has linked his son’s cancer battle to all-weather football pitches has welcomed research labelling rubber cancerous. 1 Minute Gordon Blackstock & Nic White Former NHS Cumbria chief Nigel Maguire said the fact the World Health Organisation had placed a chemical found in rubber on a list of substances that “probably cause cancer” should act as a “wake-up call”. We recently revealed how Mr Maguire fears playing on astroturf pitches – which are treated with a substance called rubber crumb – gave son Lewis, 18, cancer. He said: “This is the first time a reputable body has said there is a risk and it directly contradicts what football bodies and other sporting authorities are saying. “It is a wake-up call to take this seriously and hopefully it will shake them out of their complacency. They need stop saying there is no evidence of risk because they can’t now.” The WHO report claims a material in rubber, MBT, is cancer causing. It is reportedly found in everything from babies’ dummies to rubber gloves and shoe insoles. It is also in the tiny rubber pellets that are spread across the artificial pitches currently at the centre of a cancer scare. We were the first in the UK to expose how the rubber crumb used to make football pitches bouncy has been linked to hundreds of cancer cases in the US. It is feared that players, particularly goalkeepers, have developed deadly conditions after accidentally swallowing the pellets while diving. Mr Maguire and a growing lobby of campaigners are convinced there is a link between health problems and the substance. But football authorities have rubbished the claims insisting synthetic pitches are safe. Despite this, Mr Maguire, of Darlington, County Durham, called for an “immediate end to building new pitches while thorough research is done”. At a meeting in France, 24 experts from eight countries said they were satisfied there was enough evidence to add MBT to its encyclopaedia of carcinogens. The WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer reviewed data on the substance, including a study of workers at a Welsh chemical factory. The research, by Professor Tom Sorahan, of Birmingham University, linked MBT to bladder, bowel and types of blood cancer. But the boffins behind the research also played down the impact of the chemical on public health. Professor Sorahan said that while large amounts of MBT loose in factories could be dangerous, small amounts were not likely to be harmful. He added: “I doubt whether MBT is a health issue for the general population.” But Dr Michael Warhurst, of campaign group CHEM Trust, said: “People would be right to be concerned about this, and to ask retailers whether this chemical is present in products that they have bought.” There are natural alternatives to rubber crumb but they are more expensive. READ MORE Former NHS boss fears his son developed cancer from football training on plastic pitches Sunday Post investigation into links between artificial pitches and cancer causes a storm around the world COMMENTS Aye I saw that, sensationalist with absolutely zero evidence in the article to support the claims that this was caused by an artificial pitch. Chip wrapper stuff. "Professor Sorahan said that while large amounts of MBT loose in factories could be dangerous, small amounts were not likely to be harmful. He added: “I doubt whether MBT is a health issue for the general population.” I hope his son makes a full recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loughal Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Was told that the most popular surface in the 1940's and 50's was ash parks. Glasgow mate said most parks in the city used coal ash rolled hard into the ground. He said Newlandsfield games in the summer players ran through dust clouds of the stuff, and sskint knees were par for the course. Few postponed matches mind you and no grass to cut. Alas no ash these days so we will possibly have to suffer 4g type skint knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue manalishi Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Was told that the most popular surface in the 1940's and 50's was ash parks. Glasgow mate said most parks in the city used coal ash rolled hard into the ground. He said Newlandsfield games in the summer players ran through dust clouds of the stuff, and sskint knees were par for the course. Few postponed matches mind you and no grass to cut. Alas no ash these days so we will possibly have to suffer 4g type skint knees. I played on Vale of Clyde's Fullarton Park in the early '70's & it was an ash park then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lang Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 I played on Vale of Clyde's Fullarton Park in the early '70's & it was an ash park then.and who were u playing for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue manalishi Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 and who were u playing for? Played a few games for lesmahagow as a trialist before I joined the army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lang Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Not good enough for lang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue manalishi Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 Not good enough for lang Unfortunately not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted March 1, 2016 Share Posted March 1, 2016 As I was saying, wettest winter since records began in 1910, that's the way we're headed "Scotland's two wettest winters have happened in the last three years" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-35695594 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dt17 Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Grass from March to October..... What about when clubs can't field a team due to players being on holiday etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glensmad Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 What about when clubs can't field a team due to players being on holiday etc? Won't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbigal Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 What about when clubs can't field a team due to players being on holiday etc? That An easy one to answer. They would lose the points and be fined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardest ned in glasgow Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 I prefer grass. I know through my own experiences,it's not good on the hips, knees and ankles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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