Club News 2008 - 2009
Pedestal field preparation
Des
Ife 4th August 2008 10:00 BST
In an attempt to save the club some money Des did not have the grass
cut at the usual times. Unfortunately, when he went down to check
on it he found that it had grown very long. It had become too long
for our usual grass cutters to cut it. Des then located a company
that cut fields for farmers and they arranged to come down on Wednesday
30th August to do an initial cut. In the evening they returned to
bale up and remove the grass and then Pam and Des went down to try
and locate the post holes. After prodding around with metal rods
they eventually located them at about 9pm. On Thursday morning the
grass was given two further cuts and then, in the afternoon Pam
and Des went down to mark out the goal-lines. On Friday Pat joined
them to mark out the touch lines and parts of the 6yd, 18yd and
half-way lines. This job was interrupted by showery rain. On Saturday
morning the intrepid three completed the marking out but were again
interrupted by constant heavy rain so returned in the evening to
erect the goalposts with the help of Pat's son, Paul. Des is now
awaiting the bill for the grass cutting which will probably be a
lot more than the cost of having 3 monthly cuts by our usual cutters.
He will not make the same mistake again!!!
Pedestal
pitch
Des
Ife 1st January 2009 16:30 GMT
Pat, Pam and Des went down to the Pedestal at 1pm to prepare the
pitch for the coming weekend and were astounded at the number of
molehills present. After spending the first hour removing Pat's
van after it had become bogged-down near the clubhouse they set
about raking down the molehills. Unfortunately most of them were
frozen and so had to have the soil chopped up by spade before they
could be raked down properly. In the meantime Pam had mixed up the
lime and set about marking-out the lines (which to our surprise
were still visible). By 3.45pm we had cleared the molehills and
marked-out most of the pitch but the light was beginning to fade.
We decided to return tomorrow to complete the work. To all you players
that think all we do is come along to watch please note that we
all gave up time on New Year's Day to carry out this gruelling task
in order that football can be played.
On 2nd January we three went down to the ground again where we spent
two hours completing the marking-out and watering in some mole repellent
in the hope that this will keep the moles away.
The
End
Des
Ife 20th January 2009 00:30 GMT
It is with deep regret that, after being in existance since 1969,
this football club has now been disbanded. We had been struggling
on for most of this season but there were numerous problems both
financial and with the attitude of some members of the team. This
decision was not taken lightly and has been made with full agreement
by the committee. We would like to thank most of the players that
supported us and hope that, should they wish to continue playing
football, they find new clubs to play for. We will refund unused
subs to the players that have paid up the first instalment and their
fines but still require those that haven't settled up to do so before
we release them.
