Comments on: Plan for Hackney Marshes football facilities slammed http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2010/02/04/plan-for-hackney-marshes-football-facilities-slammed/ Hackney Citizen: latest news, events, reviews, opinion and sport from Hackney's free, independent monthly newspaper Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Len Pearson http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2010/02/04/plan-for-hackney-marshes-football-facilities-slammed/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Len Pearson Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:57:54 +0000 http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/?p=7420#comment-551 I think Football Federation gave alot of money towards this, around £4m I also think FA fund them, so I don't agree with you Dunc. I used to play at the Marshes and gave up as I was sick of awfull facilities......perhaps there'll be more adults playing there in the future if there's kids pitches in the new plans which I think their are. I think Football Federation gave alot of money towards this, around £4m I also think FA fund them, so I don’t agree with you Dunc.

I used to play at the Marshes and gave up as I was sick of awfull facilities……perhaps there’ll be more adults playing there in the future if there’s kids pitches in the new plans which I think their are.

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]]> By: Dunc http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2010/02/04/plan-for-hackney-marshes-football-facilities-slammed/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Dunc Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:46:18 +0000 http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/?p=7420#comment-491 Typical of the FA to wanting Sunday leagues to expand but not providing any decent funding. The FA have big plush offices in Soho Sq and are swimming in money. Grass roots football is the lifeblood of Football in this country and they treat it with utter contempt. The FA only believe in the Premier League and see everything else as a awkward distraction. Hackney Council can't be blamed if the local leagues don't like the design. I bet absolutely no one involved in the planning or design actually plays a team sport on public pitches. But they should at least consult the very people who will be using the new facilities. The pitches we have to play on and the changing facilities are usually medieval. I have been playing Sunday league for around 15 years and it's getting worse. Pitch hire can be around £100 plus £30 for the ref. For that you get long grass, dogshit, rusting posts, no nets and a shed to get changed in. A hot shower if you're lucky. Then we have the leagues themselves ... dishing out their petty fines like confetti. It's no wonder leagues and teams around the country are folding. The average age of players is getting older in my opinion with not many 18 year olds coming into adult leagues. They just stop playing when confronted with the costs and conditions they have to play in. English football RIP Typical of the FA to wanting Sunday leagues to expand but not providing any decent funding. The FA have big plush offices in Soho Sq and are swimming in money. Grass roots football is the lifeblood of Football in this country and they treat it with utter contempt. The FA only believe in the Premier League and see everything else as a awkward distraction.

Hackney Council can’t be blamed if the local leagues don’t like the design. I bet absolutely no one involved in the planning or design actually plays a team sport on public pitches. But they should at least consult the very people who will be using the new facilities.

The pitches we have to play on and the changing facilities are usually medieval. I have been playing Sunday league for around 15 years and it’s getting worse. Pitch hire can be around £100 plus £30 for the ref. For that you get long grass, dogshit, rusting posts, no nets and a shed to get changed in. A hot shower if you’re lucky. Then we have the leagues themselves … dishing out their petty fines like confetti. It’s no wonder leagues and teams around the country are folding. The average age of players is getting older in my opinion with not many 18 year olds coming into adult leagues. They just stop playing when confronted with the costs and conditions they have to play in.

English football RIP

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