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saints pitch undersoil heating

Started By non sibi sed omnibus, Feb 04 2012 05:25 PM

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#1 OFFLINE   non sibi sed omnibus

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 05:25 PM

Been trying to find out -does the pitch have undersoil heating?

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 05:32 PM

I'm sure some one told me they don't have it NSSO,

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 09:21 PM

There is no undersoil heating at the New Stadium.
It is not needed with Summer RugbyPosted Image

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 09:30 PM

View Postvinty, on 04 February 2012 - 09:21 PM, said:

There is no undersoil heating at the New Stadium.
It is not needed with Summer RugbyPosted Image
Hi vinty.the reason I asked was to envisage its usage over winter when say footy etc would be poss looking for venues.Does anyone think this was a bit of a booboo if they are trying to make the stadium pay?

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 10:41 PM

Probably not enough money in the Kitty to pay for undersoil heating nsso they have had to get a cash injection from a director to help finance what we have got.

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 11:27 PM

Remember when they used to get the council to bring out braziers!!and all those willing hands to clear the terraces.

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 11:43 PM

When they asked for volunteers to get to the ground with a shovel to clear the pitch so that they could get the game on and they had loads of oil drum braziers all over the pitch.
That was in the days before Health&Safety was heard of,
The police inspector stood on the centre line on the popular side waving his stick to the crowd beckoning them to move to the centre so they could pack more in
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