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For me it's Llanelly Hill, near Abergavenny.
One of the best drainage systems ever due to the slope I must add, but the rest....
On a fine day anywhere else, it would be sleeting up there.
Gale force winds were more than welcomed by the 14 brave diehards.
Kick the ball out of touch and it would end up up 3 mile down the road in Clydach.
For bog conditions Crickhowell was a big winner.
Pentyrch. End of thread
I just had a quick Google, Nick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick
You could play bowls on that!
The Bont field in Merthyr Tydfil. Field :hehe::hehe::hehe:
Pontcanna after a week of rain we had a freeze and the place was like a turnip field
AstroTurf
AstroTurf Abertillery gave me knee burns that took some explaining. Early pitches were dreadful.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
BP Sports Ground, Sully (as it was at the time), a game of two halves due to the hurricane wind.
Sully’s ground, Burnham Avenue. Wind & slope.
Blaenrhondda for that bloody imposing mountain.
Bonvilston, for the tin bath instead of showers.
Ely Racecourse for the old army huts changing rooms and having to run to another block for a dribble of a shower.
Heath Park, the old farmhouse/barn for changing rooms.
Coronation Park under lights with Cardiff Boys, great for the wingers as they only shone on the touch lines.
Must be loads more......loved it all though, can’t beat playing.
Seems like you played a bit, SP? Any good?Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Big regret of mine is not carrying on after I left school.
I'd give anything for a game now :hehe:
Nearly all Parks Pitches were very poor, a great leveller if you were shit, pissed or both :hehe:
Edgar street late 70's. zero grass ploughed field. Herefordshire county cup finals supposed to be showcase games.
I'm not sure why, but I have you down as an 8, Des?Quote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
Totally agree, you can’t beat playing!Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Played both football and Cricket on that ground :thumbup: better in the summerQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I'm in a minority. I preferred to watch football rather than play.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
A few on here are obviosly craving their playing days. Does anyone fancy a crack at Walking Football?
If you are over 50, even over 60 then there's competitive football out there but at a more leisurely pace. Don't think that it's not competitive though and there's also the chance of representing Wales if you're good enough.
Could you bollocks. It's always freezing and the hail (never rain) comes in horizontally.Quote:
Originally Posted by valleys caveman
Give me a quagmire in the rain any day over playing on the side of a mountain like that.
i remember playing up there in sleet when i was a kid, horrendous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick
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I used to hate Ely Racecourse. Blowing a gale tipping down with rain and a mile walk back to the changing rooms for a cold shower
Do you play? I think it looks brilliant. Do you ever have issues with people cheating by breaking into a jog?Quote:
Originally Posted by Papa Ratzi
Football if overwhelmingly the best participator sport in the world. My dad can have a game with my kid despite the 70 year age gap. And my kid can have a game with his peers. All you need is a ball. What a sport.
I've played cricket there in the summer, it was bitterly cold, stood in the field I did think it'd be lovely on a decent day!Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
Maslin Park, Barry Island.
Barry Island
Dagenham Marshes
The Marl- Grangetown
another good call :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Oh it was still bitterly cold when I played, but it was better than the winter when it was even more bitterly cold :hehe::hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by GL1Blue
Read it last week, really enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Park Life
To add mine, it was a stag do to Gdańsk in Poland, the 30 lads wanted a kick around. Our Polish organizer’s took us to an area with apartment blocks and a square of grass in the middle. As we played we kept on picking up empty shotgun carcasses from the patch of grass.
Agreed, we’ll worth a read.Quote:
Originally Posted by TexasBlue
It was something of a one off because I can’t remember the pitch being too bad otherwise, but my local park when I lived in Pentrebane that I’ve heard called Waterhall or Ashcroft Park was in terrible shape one Sunday afternoon after a weekend of rain. The pitch nearest the woods was always a bit of a problem because the ball would occasionally have to be fished out of the nearby stream and pond, but on this day it was more like a lake and, of course, the ball was going into it more often. The pitch was a mud heap, but the worst thing was that it wasn’t just mud, the flooding of the stream and pond meant the effect of the nearby sewage pump was far greater than it was in normal circumstances - there was what I’ll call a pungent aroma present throughout and the response when I got home with my dirty kit confirmed that the stink had not confined itself to the park.
I used to play local league football on a red ash pitch in Germany. You couldn't tackle like you would on a grass pitch as anyone going to ground would end up with ash embedded in any abrasions and the ground was hard as nails. Sliding tackles would have inflicted damage on the tackler himself.
Too fat, too slow GK but always had quick reflexQuote:
Originally Posted by valleys caveman
Bedlinog on the side of a mountain- glad we didn’t have to supply the balls and always seemed to be snowingQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Glider Fields - Llandaff.. Mudbath
Hawthorn Fields by the river in Rhydfelin- Nice pitch, but all had our wallets stolen
Trelai Fields— when the wind blew you couldn’t get the goal kicks out of the box 😂
Any water based Astro 😳
Phillipstown- Had to remove the rocks and glass from the pitch before k.o
Graig-Y-Rhacca - as a kid playing rugby remember finding discarded syringes on the side
Cwm Welfare- pitch was fine, but they were short of players and brought in a load of psychopathic egg chasers. Ended up in a huge punch up 🤦*♂️
Had 5 seasons playing in England from as far south as Leicester and as far north as Chesterfield and absolutely nothing to compare with the South Wales pitches and levels of violence!
Suited me. 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Only played cricket there. Thought the facilities were pretty decent. Shows what I’d got used to 😂Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
Special mention to Morgan Jones Park. A swamp for 2/3 of the season with a raging torrent swirling past one end and one side of the pitch which the balls constantly ended in and random piles of dog shit dotted around.Facilities in Caerphilly were so bad that we ended up playing home games on a superb pitch in Trehafod near Porth.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
And of course- there was ‘The San Siro’ in Butetown 👍
the san siro was fine :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
:hehe: Glider fields was Llanishen, i think Tim. Where the Leisure Centre is. Llandaff North would've been Hailey Park, which seemed to hold up in the winter, at least better than most.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lawnmower
Yes I do play - some players do try to extend the rules but if the referee says you’re not walking you get a warning, there’s a 2nd warning and then it’s a blue card and a spell on the touchline
Yeah, that’s the one. Remember playing Cubs football there as a 9 year old in goals as I was the only one who could touch the crossbar.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Goal area was a lake 😂
Played for Llandaff North in the Sunday league for about 3 seasons toward the end of my 11 a side days.. Decent side, won a load of trophies there and got to the top division- which was an experience 👍 and Hailey Park was our home ground for a bit . From my memory that was one of the better onesQuote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Thank you TexasBlue, much appreciated, always nice to hear someone enjoyed reading it :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by TexasBlue