Ground improvement

[zeke]

I see they are widening the path behind the goal. Anyone know how wide it will be?

[nward68]

That's good news they will probably widen it one more slabs width,then we need a bit more covered areas around the ground.

[nward68]

I've just had a quick look at Claines lane and they are widening the path,it doesn't look that much wider maybe an couple of inches wider,as I said it was only a quick look so can't tell for sure.

[lancashirelad2]

Jun 27, 2023 12:02:41 GMT nward68 said:

That's good news they will probably widen it one more slabs width,then we need a bit more covered areas around the ground.

One of the "ends" really does need to be covered. Nothing massive, but something like the "end" at Bromsgrove would be good.

[cloud]

Jun 27, 2023 15:56:26 GMT nward68 said:

I've just had a quick look at Claines lane and they are widening the path,it doesn't look that much wider maybe an couple of inches wider,as I said it was only a quick look so can't tell for sure.

You are right, it's not much bigger. Last night, even with a sparse crowd, you sometimes (as before) had to go up the bank to get round people.

[alwaysnextyear]

If/ when the City get to step 4, there will need to be things done to Claines Lane to meet the FA ground grading criteria, setting aside the s**t pitch. Step 5 downwards criteria is very relaxed, whereas steps 1-4 are far more stringent.

Claines Lane would need 2 permanent "clicking " turnstiles as opposed to the 2 sheds there at present, more toilets and more covered accommodation plus other things.

The obvious question is who pays ? One would like to think the Worcs FA Ltd as according to their latest accounts to 30 June 2023, they are worth £ 1,139,202 with cash at bank of £ 393,376.

However whilst spending on their offices and employee empire building has not proved a problem to them so far, we can all see what's been spent on the ground and pitch can't we ?