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Topic Originator: Jock Par36  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:17

Why do we play our football during the winter months.
It`s about time we were doing the same as Ireland,
Norway and Sweden. Bring in the months of June and
July and forget about January and February.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Never10yairds  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:22

I’ve been banging on about this for 15 years. It has all sorts of advantages and no insurmountable problems.

The real reason is that the SFA are too set in their ways.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: McCaig`s Tower  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:22

Would that not mean the league deciders/promotion play-offs/cup final would be held in November/December when pitches aren`t famed for their quality and can be unplayable for weeks at a time?

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: wee eck  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:24

Isn`t it the clubs who make these decisions rather than the SFA?
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:26

I want stuff to do in the winter, plenty to do in the summer.

Spent over £100 on tickets today, I`m frustrated but the Pars are the only show in town for me this time of year.

I would have plenty distractions in the summer.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: the saline hill puma  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:32

Quote:

Jock Par36, Sat 14 Feb 12:17

Why do we play our football during the winter months.
It`s about time we were doing the same as Ireland,
Norway and Sweden. Bring in the months of June and
July and forget about January and February.


Well the season would be getting played now so a game would still be off....
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: twin par  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:34

It would be too disruptive.Players and club staff are just as entitled to have a holiday as we are.
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: buffy  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:40

We need to move EEP to Tenerife. All year roond warmth.
😎 ☀️ 👙 🏖️

”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: 1985Par  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 12:49

No summer football for me. Plenty else going on throughout the summer and I’ve seen nothing to suggest attendances wouldn’t suffer. Besides, fitba is about the only thing that gets me through the winter.
I do think we need a rethink about artificial pitches- inferior to a good grass pitch but you only get a good grass pitch in the first third of the season- even Aberdeen and Dundee utd can’t get a game on and the rest are getting ploughed up.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: DA-go Par Adonis  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 13:04

What research have you seen that suggests crowds would go down?

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: NMCmassive  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 13:04

I hate this argument 🤣

Only ever pops up when a pitch is frozen.

Having played a couple of seasons on the 7’s rugby circuit I’ll tell you this-swollen ankles and skint knees. A dried out pitch is as bad as a frozen one. Pitches aren’t like putting greens, there is divits, undulations and everything else. I get that they are look after pitches much better these days but there will still be that sort of thing in them.

what if we had a summer drought and they were allowed to water the grass? Beech football?

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Angus_W  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 13:15

Sit in your shorts & T-shirt or wrapped up to the nines in freezing conditions??

Surely it’s worth having a winter shutdown in Jan-Feb. People go holidays all year round, days of the Glasgow fair are well gone.

Lot cheaper to water a pitch than run under soil heating.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Jock Par36  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 13:17

Saline hill puma i did say forget January and February

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Jock Par36  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 13:31

Ok then how`s about starting the season in August
through to the 1st 2 weeks in December. Shut down
January and February. Then resume March to the end of June
Then use August to fix fixtures ect for the next season.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: DBP  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:20

I would love summer football… for me it’s all about the temperature when you’re outside for hours, not doing much…
Number of times I’ve come home in real pain due to numb hands and feet (even in days that aren’t that cold to many)

For me selfishly, I’m delighted game of today as had already decided I wasn’t going to go as to cold for my old bones.
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:22

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Topic Originator: Jock Par36 like
Date: Sat 14 Feb 13:31

Ok then how`s about starting the season in August
through to the 1st 2 weeks in December. Shut down
January and February. Then resume March to the end of June
Then use August to fix fixtures ect for the next season.


No.

We built a daft stadium that engulfs the pitch in shadow.

We are the only game off in the top 3 divisions.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Jock Par36  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:26

DBP, I hear you😁😁

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Parfect69  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:28

Still remember in 2010, still snow in my front garden in April. Keep it as is for me. Usual topic pops up whenever a game gets called off. Still going to be playing this season in the summer at this rate!!

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Fethiyespar  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:37

Quote:

buffy, Sat 14 Feb 12:40

We need to move EEP to Tenerife. All year roond warmth.
😎 ☀️ 👙 🏖️


Definitely not 🇹🇷 freezing here just now.
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: veteraneastender  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:40

"We are the only game off in the top 3 divisions."

Delete "are" and insert "were" - travelling Ayr fans especially must be raging.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 14:52

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Topic Originator: veteraneastender like
Date: Sat 14 Feb 14:40

"We are the only game off in the top 3 divisions."

Delete "are" and insert "were" - travelling Ayr fans especially must be raging.



Surprised that Gayfield is not playable, near the sea and all.

Fog or wind aye.

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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Sammy_Must_Die  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 15:06

Quote:

Fethiyespar, Sat 14 Feb 14:37

Quote:

buffy, Sat 14 Feb 12:40

We need to move EEP to Tenerife. All year roond warmth.
😎 ☀️ 👙 🏖️


Definitely not 🇹🇷 freezing here just now.


I`ll be out your way in 6 weeks. Can`t come soon enough 😁



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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: wee eck  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 15:11

Not so long ago wasn`t one of our League Cup ties in July/August called off because of torrential rain during the warm-up?
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 Re: Summer football
Topic Originator: Jock Par36  
Date:   Sat 14 Feb 15:14

You can get torrential rain any time of the year.

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