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Post by leemendous on Feb 28, 2024 16:31:20 GMT
One area of ground grading I suspect several teams will fail on is total enclosure, and I'm not just talking about the Northern League here. In fairness Mike Amos and co were very strict on this. I remember Thornaby having to sheet about 100 meters of their fence near the access road a few years ago. Wonder how Stockton in a cage has lasted at step 4 so long... In a cage? Ridiculous, uneducated (slightly bitter?) comment. Stockton's facility is actually ready to go for Step 3 grading should it be required. Get yourself on Googlemaps (Streetview) and see if you can see Stockton Town's pitch from the road.... Your so observant you've missed the huge wooden fence around the perimeter. Why do people have to try and knock Clubs that do things the right way and are successful.
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Post by wacker on Feb 28, 2024 17:05:46 GMT
Whether its a yorkshire based northern league team transfered out of the league or one moving in from yorkshire like Knaresborough you can guarantee they will be appeals and clubs very hacked off. As much as the fa can make mistakes they have to fill leagues and the area between ripon and darlington on the a1 corridoor been a desert for northern league clubs makes things difficult Its a great point Si Towns that have the potential to support a Northern League Club in that corridor include; Easingwold-nice set up, could improve to step 6 level, but would need lights and stand etc Ripon- Really surprised with a big population and a great little ground that they have never kicked on. I believe they intend to move to a new ground so don't know if moving up the pyramid is in their sights Thirsk-oddly dropped out of the NR League, just moved to 4G with lights but no evidence of step 6 facilities Bedale- Also dropped out of the NR League and now play local league football. Ground is owned by the Bedale Sports Associations so obtaining grants would not be a problem for lights etc Richmond- Strangely developed a 4G with no chance of promotion as its only one sided for spectators, although have shown interest for progressing. Catterick- Did have a stadium with a decent size stand, no lights, but I don't believe has ever had a team in the pyramid, despite a population of over 13,000
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Post by pooliehopper on Feb 28, 2024 18:43:35 GMT
Whether its a yorkshire based northern league team transfered out of the league or one moving in from yorkshire like Knaresborough you can guarantee they will be appeals and clubs very hacked off. As much as the fa can make mistakes they have to fill leagues and the area between ripon and darlington on the a1 corridoor been a desert for northern league clubs makes things difficult Its a great point Si Towns that have the potential to support a Northern League Club in that corridor include; Easingwold-nice set up, could improve to step 6 level, but would need lights and stand etc Ripon- Really surprised with a big population and a great little ground that they have never kicked on. I believe they intend to move to a new ground so don't know if moving up the pyramid is in their sights Thirsk-oddly dropped out of the NR League, just moved to 4G with lights but no evidence of step 6 facilities Bedale- Also dropped out of the NR League and now play local league football. Ground is owned by the Bedale Sports Associations so obtaining grants would not be a problem for lights etc Richmond- Strangely developed a 4G with no chance of promotion as its only one sided for spectators, although have shown interest for progressing. Catterick- Did have a stadium with a decent size stand, no lights, but I don't believe has ever had a team in the pyramid, despite a population of over 13,000 Boroughbridge have a nice scenic ground with a tiny stand, but I'm pretty sure I remember them posting they have no desire to ever go beyond step 7.
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Post by pooliehopper on Feb 28, 2024 18:49:42 GMT
Suppose if you're a club in mid N. Yorks you're stuffed either way if you want to go to step 6, Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire trips in the NCEL and Newcastle/Northumberland trips in the NL.
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Post by windy1970 on Feb 28, 2024 20:06:16 GMT
Its a great point Si Towns that have the potential to support a Northern League Club in that corridor include; Easingwold-nice set up, could improve to step 6 level, but would need lights and stand etc Ripon- Really surprised with a big population and a great little ground that they have never kicked on. I believe they intend to move to a new ground so don't know if moving up the pyramid is in their sights Thirsk-oddly dropped out of the NR League, just moved to 4G with lights but no evidence of step 6 facilities Bedale- Also dropped out of the NR League and now play local league football. Ground is owned by the Bedale Sports Associations so obtaining grants would not be a problem for lights etc Richmond- Strangely developed a 4G with no chance of promotion as its only one sided for spectators, although have shown interest for progressing. Catterick- Did have a stadium with a decent size stand, no lights, but I don't believe has ever had a team in the pyramid, despite a population of over 13,000 Boroughbridge have a nice scenic ground with a tiny stand, but I'm pretty sure I remember them posting they have no desire to ever go beyond step 7. Do you have any knowledge about Kirkbymoorside from the YML and there set up?
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Post by windy1970 on Feb 28, 2024 20:09:56 GMT
Suppose if you're a club in mid N. Yorks you're stuffed either way if you want to go to step 6, Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire trips in the NCEL and Newcastle/Northumberland trips in the NL. Tbh you could say that about clubs from the East Yorkshire coast or just inland. The road network is dreadful and clubs thrive at a certain level, because then can monopolise the best players in the area. But the extra costs and trying to entice better players is almost impossible.
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Post by sikirk on Feb 28, 2024 20:19:25 GMT
Whether its a yorkshire based northern league team transfered out of the league or one moving in from yorkshire like Knaresborough you can guarantee they will be appeals and clubs very hacked off. As much as the fa can make mistakes they have to fill leagues and the area between ripon and darlington on the a1 corridoor been a desert for northern league clubs makes things difficult Its a great point Si Towns that have the potential to support a Northern League Club in that corridor include; Easingwold-nice set up, could improve to step 6 level, but would need lights and stand etc Ripon- Really surprised with a big population and a great little ground that they have never kicked on. I believe they intend to move to a new ground so don't know if moving up the pyramid is in their sights Thirsk-oddly dropped out of the NR League, just moved to 4G with lights but no evidence of step 6 facilities Bedale- Also dropped out of the NR League and now play local league football. Ground is owned by the Bedale Sports Associations so obtaining grants would not be a problem for lights etc Richmond- Strangely developed a 4G with no chance of promotion as its only one sided for spectators, although have shown interest for progressing. Catterick- Did have a stadium with a decent size stand, no lights, but I don't believe has ever had a team in the pyramid, despite a population of over 13,000 Suprised a thirsk or bedale team never made step 6 and dont even exist at step 7 now, very ofd for towns that size but as they are rural farming communities maybe just not football places. Richmond are the oddest, as you say why build a one sides ground when they have applied for promotion before. If the ground was 4 sided would only need a couple of pre-fab stands. One advantage now for north yorkshire sides been in northern league is the upgraded a1m
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Post by spennyfanchris on Mar 15, 2024 16:11:02 GMT
The situation this season is that only the bottom club in the NL1 will be relegated. In NL2 it’s another season of slide rule that determines which clubs are relegated. Petermiller36 on X(formerly twitter) does a decent spreadsheet on his bio and keeps it up to date. The bottom club will be relegated and at the moment the 5 worst ppg basis 2nd bottom clubs across step 6 are also inline for relegation. Washington have now fallen into this category and are 4th bottom in that particular relegation league. This might not mean that they will be relegated, because every feeder league that doesn’t promote a club(that’s from leagues with applicants), will reduce the number of relegation spots at step 6. Also any clubs promoted last year that fail the ground grading and are demoted, will also reduce the number and same with any clubs that resign before the league constitutions are released. Peter does a amazing job keeping up with everything regarding promotion and relegation
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Post by gabilonia on Mar 15, 2024 16:20:19 GMT
Good point. If they have not upgraded ground already then surely they should be starting very soon. Would be a shame to see another club demoted for ground issues It would be a bigger shame that once again a club decided to have a decent budget, and spent their finances on players rather than infrastructure, if that did happen! Aycliffe actually cut there budget this season, with travel and likes included
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