Best & Worse Pitches

Ignite_10 · Post by **Ignite_10** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:59 pm

wats your views on the best and worst pitches in the amateur league boys?

MegaBonus · Post by **MegaBonus** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:03 pm

the raptors pitch is the worst pitch ive ever played on. its facilities are worse than budapest's shed!!!!

Redders · Post by **Redders** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:06 pm

Fulham is probably the best I've played on this year, besides ours of course ;)

Westies is the worst

Although we are playing Inter this week, from memory that is pretty bad too.

The Preacher · Post by **The Preacher** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:06 pm

Worst

Ingle Farm - good for downhill skiing

MU Lions - Not bad once you spend time in the middle and get your eye in

Imbros - coz Vista boys think say so

Ignite_10 · Post by **Ignite_10** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:39 pm

you should see south coast.... you cant see the otha side of the pitch from the sideline its like an egg ...shocking

haywood djablowme · Post by **haywood djablowme** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:23 pm

Best - Gardens
Worst - Downs

adam · Post by **adam** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:54 pm

Southern Breakers... Best surface... bit of a slope though

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 6:37 am

the beach have the best ground. and yes mega the raptors pitch is the worst. atleast the shed at budapest had seats and you could get everyone in( just )

Baggio · Post by **Baggio** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:02 am

San Marco's homeground which is played on Campbelltown City's main pitch

mightyreds · Post by **mightyreds** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:35 am

I would have to say the Downs & Farm are the worst pitches in Div.1, Downs pitch is rock hard & Farm's need i say anymore with the slope...

Ronnie#10 · Post by **Ronnie#10** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:40 am

Croatias pitch is pretty average but their facilities are one of the best i think. They play at the Adelaide Raiders home ground on main north rd.

Raptors away changerooms were average a tin shed at the back of the ground, but i remember them having a fire somewhere at the same school which is why the away changerooms are so bad am i right?

MegaBonus · Post by **MegaBonus** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:00 am

@ ronnie#10

contrary to what some k nobs are saying about our facilities, you are right.

the school built a multi purpose gymnasium which was also going to house the 'after school hours care' unit.

unfortunately for the whole community, it was accidently set alight by a couple of kids mucking around with aerosole cans near the air conditioning unit.

as a result, the school has been using the clubroom as its 'after school care' unit and the away changerooms for storage (its ironic that just prior to the fire we installed a brand new hot water system in the away changerooms before upgrading the home one)

we make a note of apologising to all the away teams and explain the situation but make it clear that the shower and bathroom facilities are available to all.

just ask mr gannon from vista

for those who have played at devitt ave prior to this year would know that the changerooms are bigger than most fed clubs with access to their own showers (having played at the jets, blue eagles, red devils, metro, white eagles, polonia's, etc etc ground). as for amatuer clubs, most can only wish for what we have. i dont say that in a disrespectful manner but i know the club has worked very hard to provide these facilities for the players

legga · Post by **legga** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:34 am

mightyreds wrote:I would have to say the Downs & Farm are the worst pitches in Div.1, Downs pitch is rock hard & Farm's need i say anymore with the slope...

Being from the Downs I would have to say the Downs is up there for the worst. The council do naff all always the last to get any of their recycled water but you should see the lush cricket pitches on the footy ovals during summer bloody spot on. Mind you with 5 senior sides a couple of womens teams and a boat load of junior teams wear and tear becomes an issue one week into the season. Having said that who else can lay claim to having the famous downs bounce, just as your lining up a boot up she will bobble been the curse of many a goalie....
Nab used to have a pretty crappy ground - black stincky mud before they did some work on it and Ingle Farms was always a slog uphill into a howling breeze. As much as I dislike saying it Parafield and Lion up there with the best at least you can stand around the pitch and not get covered in crap...

chunky-monkey · Post by **chunky-monkey** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:50 am

legga wrote:
mightyreds wrote:I would have to say the Downs & Farm are the worst pitches in Div.1, Downs pitch is rock hard & Farm's need i say anymore with the slope...
Being from the Downs I would have to say the Downs is up there for the worst. The council do naff all always the last to get any of their recycled water but you should see the lush cricket pitches on the footy ovals during summer bloody spot on. Mind you with 5 senior sides a couple of womens teams and a boat load of junior teams wear and tear becomes an issue one week into the season. Having said that who else can lay claim to having the famous downs bounce, just as your lining up a boot up she will bobble been the curse of many a goalie....
Nab used to have a pretty crappy ground - black stincky mud before they did some work on it and Ingle Farms was always a slog uphill into a howling breeze. As much as I dislike saying it Parafield and Lion up there with the best at least you can stand around the pitch and not get covered in crap...

Vista have a similar problem with our putch as there are so many junior teams that train and play there it doesnt take long to tear it up. Both goal mouths are dirt and straight through the middle the same. One of the wings is still in good condition though.

Kitchimo · Post by **Kitchimo** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:01 am

Adelaide Villa worst pitch by miles this season. Three swimming pools on it, Villa reps actually had to sweep mud and water off the goalmouth with a broom.

mightyreds · Post by **mightyreds** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:44 am

Yeah your spot on there Legga, NAB's ground does stink must be all the cow sh#t they put on it...at least the Downs is pretty flat mate not like ours hey...

should be 2 cracking games this wkend...

legga · Post by **legga** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:03 pm

mightyreds wrote:Yeah your spot on there Legga, NAB's ground does stink must be all the cow sh#t they put on it...at least the Downs is pretty flat mate not like ours hey...

should be 2 cracking games this wkend...

Looking forward to it at the end of the day both teams have to play on it and I do not know if a great deal of teams have a distinctive advantage playing at home. Has anyone gone underfeated at home this year in Div 1. The Downs supporters always travel well so you do not really notice the lack of support some teams get when they travel. Which way to go first if you win the toss was always the hardest playing at the Ingle. The hill can be decieving and a couple of games I was involved in we actually played better going up. Everyone gets a good view on the hill anyway.

Fresh Football · Post by **Fresh Football** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:38 pm

Anyone played at Veneto club..? Pretty hard on the legs and probably needs a good roll on one side

Knight7 · Post by **Knight7** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 4:09 pm

Knights pitch is great at the begining of the season, but by now it's shocking! I still don't know why they let under 10's and 12's play on the main pitch it's the size of wembly and can't do much for their control etc. They pay good money etc but it doesn't make sense

I Am Number Two · Post by **I Am Number Two** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:37 am

#10 Shqiptar wrote:you should see south coast.... you cant see the otha side of the pitch from the sideline its like an egg ...shocking

I bet you now have a new worst pitch after playing at Aguila's ground on sunday...