Re: 5-a-side footie
Posted: 28 Jan 2011 12:39
At this point I think it only fair to offer my feedback for the NSC pitch. I played there this past Monday and IF you didn't hear it first-hand on Weds I am referring to the facilities at the National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace Park...you know the place, between the stadium and the swimming pool?:
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1) It's handy. Most of us can either walk or cycle or quick car down the backroads to get there.
2) It's comparatively cheap. £62 'rack rate' for each week and we get to bound around in a hockey pitch - which is about 11s size.
3) We don't wake up in the morning with lots of 'black flecks' on our bedsheets and all over our homes...
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1) You need to either get in there by dusk, or, if late, trawl around Pong and Anally to get into the park via the main 'Sport England' entrance on Anally Road.
2) There are no boards and few nets. The pitch is good, indeed excellent. BUT the '7s' pitch is playing horizontally on a hockey pitch - if that makes sense - and the pitch is then marked out by placing training cones. It's almost headers and volleys-esque but with Hockey goals. Woe betide you if your aim/passing isn't true
3) Haven't checked out the bar but if it's inline with all other NSC facilities expect it to be a run-down 60s affair.
The upside was that the Monday Fives FC I played with are a good bunch and some excellent players. WE should think about a 11s game against them? If nothing else.
Thanks for reading. My prognosis for NSC is dim.
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1) It's handy. Most of us can either walk or cycle or quick car down the backroads to get there.
2) It's comparatively cheap. £62 'rack rate' for each week and we get to bound around in a hockey pitch - which is about 11s size.
3) We don't wake up in the morning with lots of 'black flecks' on our bedsheets and all over our homes...
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1) You need to either get in there by dusk, or, if late, trawl around Pong and Anally to get into the park via the main 'Sport England' entrance on Anally Road.
2) There are no boards and few nets. The pitch is good, indeed excellent. BUT the '7s' pitch is playing horizontally on a hockey pitch - if that makes sense - and the pitch is then marked out by placing training cones. It's almost headers and volleys-esque but with Hockey goals. Woe betide you if your aim/passing isn't true
3) Haven't checked out the bar but if it's inline with all other NSC facilities expect it to be a run-down 60s affair.
The upside was that the Monday Fives FC I played with are a good bunch and some excellent players. WE should think about a 11s game against them? If nothing else.
Thanks for reading. My prognosis for NSC is dim.
