[RobRoyGuy]

Looking for a list of all junior teams north , west , east region who play on these pitches and if possible when they started using these pitches .

And does anyone know the first team to use these sort of pitches or the old artificial pitches in the junior game .

Side point were Stirling Albion first senior team in Scotland in the 80s to use artificial pitches ?

I know Luton town , QPR , and I think scarborough used them in England and they had a terrible reputation down there obviously nowadays your 3G and 4G are much better .

[Sergeant Wilson]

Preston had one.

[taurus]

RobRoyGuy, on 07 February 2012 - 20:26, said:

Looking for a list of all junior teams north , west , east region who play on these pitches and if possible when they started using these pitches .

And does anyone know the first team to use these sort of pitches or the old artificial pitches in the junior game .

Side point were Stirling Albion first senior team in Scotland in the 80s to use artificial pitches ?

I know Luton town , QPR , and I think scarborough used them in England and they had a terrible reputation down there obviously nowadays your 3G and 4G are much better .

Weren't Oldham one as well RRG ?

[RobRoyGuy]

[ham1sh68]

Banks o'Dee in the North Superleague play on a 3G pitch. They played their first match on Wed 5th October 2011.

[RobRoyGuy]

Thanks ham i know a few but looking for a proper list of them all in every region .
I was thinking there was a few up north .

This post has been edited by RobRoyGuy: 07 February 2012 - 20:40

[Paulo Sergio]

My phone is 3G.

[cotter]

should be barred

[tell_me_more]

Stenhousemuir 3G

[connolly81]

cotter, on 07 February 2012 - 21:17, said:

should be barred

got to disagree 3g and 4g are good. we train on 3g two nights and its good. dont get me wrong they are only good if they are looked after

This post has been edited by connolly81: 07 February 2012 - 21:32

[taurus]

Only ones in the East I can think of are Broxburn and when played on Spartans .

[aidan-bufc]

Think they would be good as they can be used by the public and gives the junior teams more money to improve the club!

[RobRoyGuy]

connolly81, on 07 February 2012 - 21:31, said:

got to disagree 3g and 4g are good. we train on 3g two nights and its good. dont get me wrong they are only good if they are looked after

What do you do to look after them jc ?

[HibeeJibee]

cotter, on 07 February 2012 - 21:17, said:

should be barred

Off we go again !!


SFL... Airdrie, Stenhousemuir, Alloa, Montrose.

EOS... Gala, Spartans.

ER SJFA... Broxburn, Spartans.
WR SJFA... Bellshill(?), Petershill.
NR SJFA... Banks O'Dee.

Any more folks?

[combineharvester]

HibeeJibee, on 07 February 2012 - 21:45, said:

Off we go again !!


SFL... Airdrie, Stenhousemuir, Alloa, Montrose.

EOS... Gala, Spartans.

ER SJFA... Broxburn, Spartans.
WR SJFA... Bellshill(?), Petershill.
NR SJFA... Banks O'Dee.

Any more folks?

port glasgows new park?even tho not opened yet

[HibeeJibee]

True.

Maybe there should be a 3G Supercup?

[thelegendthatis]

HibeeJibee, on 07 February 2012 - 21:45, said:

Off we go again !!


SFL... Airdrie, Stenhousemuir, Alloa, Montrose.

EOS... Gala, Spartans.

ER SJFA... Broxburn, Spartans.
WR SJFA... Bellshill(?), Petershill.
NR SJFA... Banks O'Dee.

Any more folks?

Is this the REAL HibeeJibee?

There was a posting http://www.pieandbov...etires-from-pb/ (14th January) with HJ resigning from P&B after nearly 23,000 postings in a 4 and a bit years. Worn out I presume and probably bored to death.

Is this an imposter we have in our midst? We should be told. .

[RobRoyGuy]

Thanks for the info hibee jibee ! long live HJ !

This post has been edited by RobRoyGuy: 07 February 2012 - 22:01

[ham1sh68]

RobRoyGuy, on 07 February 2012 - 21:44, said:

What do you do to look after them jc ?

I have no first hand experience but I found this on the net:
3<sup>rd GENERATION(3G) MAINTENANCE

GENERAL MAINTENANCE

Artificial Grass Maintenance offer full range of specialist services for 3rd Generation FIFA and FA Approved

Football Pitches including brushing to collect surface detritus, mechanical decompaction, power brushing for deep cleaning, stiff vertical brush to even out sand and dress brushing plus the spraying of disinfectant algaecide &moss killer. This process generally takes 3-8 Hours depending on pitch condition.

MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME FOR 3G FOOTBALL

• FULLY DECOMPACTING AND AERATING THE SURFACE, REMOVING DETRITUS

• POWER BRUSHING TO REVITALISE PILE AND RELEASE MORE PERSISTENT DEBRIS

• DEEP INJECT ALGAECIDE INTO THE CARPET TO REMOVE DEEP SEATED ALGAE FROM THE CARPET

• SPRAYING SURFACE WITH MMC-PRO TO PREVENT MOSS AND ALGAE BECAUSE MMC-PRO CONTAINS A DISINFECTANT IT ALSO ACTS TO PREVENT AGAINST INFECTION AFTER SPORTING INJURY

• SURFACE FINISHING</sup>

[Mon The Port]

petershill, rossvale and port glasgow only ones i can think of in the west

[RobRoyGuy]

posted these pictures about a year ago on a similar thread , thought they looked great . The team is Crusaders from northern ireland

[Snowy Malone]

cotter, on 07 February 2012 - 21:17, said:

should be barred

Care to expand?.Every season we play Stirling Albion on the 4g at Forthbank,its fantastic.The ball runs smoothly,the bounce is truethere is no burns when you slide tackle.It encourages teams to keep the ball down and play football.How many Junior parks can you say that about.

[RobRoyGuy]

Snowy Malone, on 07 February 2012 - 23:25, said:

Care to expand?.Every season we play Stirling Albion on the 4g at Forthbank,its fantastic.The ball runs smoothly,the bounce is truethere is no burns when you slide tackle.It encourages teams to keep the ball down and play football.How many Junior parks can you say that about.

And Mr Strain would not have to deal with so many quagmires

[Cowden til i die]

No such thing as 4G. They must be maintained every week to ensure they remain state of the art.

[groundhopper]

HibeeJibee, on 07 February 2012 - 21:45, said:

Off we go again !!


SFL... Airdrie, Stenhousemuir, Alloa, Montrose.

EOS... Gala, Spartans.

ER SJFA... Broxburn, Spartans.
WR SJFA... Bellshill(?), Petershill.
NR SJFA... Banks O'Dee.

Any more folks?

Hamilton used to have one at New Douglas Park, when in the SFL, prior to SPL promotion.