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Croker to close every Spring

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Is this a Joke or what????
It is pretty much closed from October until March anyway barring a few matches like Club all-irelands and maybe the odd schools final and then after that it has maybe 15 - 20 matches all of which take place in the summer (driest period). It is not as if it has to be like a carpet for the Gaelic and Hurling or Rugby where the ball is mostly off the ground and as for the soccer, the surface was brutal anyway!
So I am not sure what they are doing with the pitch for nearly 6 months of the year!!
Look at the soccer pitches in England where they play nearly 30 matches a year during the winter where you have sliding tackles etc.. and then after their 6 week break, the pitches are again in pristine condition!

I wonder if they know what they are doing at all!!

JonnieG (Meath) - Posts: 254 - 15/05/2008 14:08:30    19415

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johnie, calm down, ya swear ya lived there

lino_de_legend (Dublin) - Posts: 816 - 16/05/2008 00:42:39    19702

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we need it our rugby players deserve the best possible surface to play on

ball-boy (Mayo) - Posts: 4211 - 19/05/2008 12:42:43    20652

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