Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I was listening to radio conversation on this on the way home from last night's match where someone was saying that his young son had not played a single game since November because his team were finding it impossible to get a pitch in a good enough condition to play on and Chris Waddle chipped in to say that he is involved with a Sunday League team that has to pay £180 per game for the pitch they use - in a game as awash with money as British football is (in some areas at least) that is a disgraceful situation which completely mirrors a society where the gap between the very rich and the poorest grows every year.
That isn't a one off either, the team I pay for are lucky enough to have a long standing arrangement with a school but one the odd occasion we've had to hire a council pitch and it was about £150-200; with a portakabin as a changing room.