Wall Around Pitch

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Does any one else think the low wall around the pitch is dangerous? How many times have we seen players nearly get injured hitting it?

I noticed on Saturday a Crewe player deliberately shove Gordon and he just managed to check himself before hitting the wall. It only led to a bit of hand bags but it made me think. What if Gordon had got injured or worse? Where would that have left the club and the Crewe player?

There was a young South American footballer who died this way (Emmanuel Ortega). Its on youtube if you wish to view it. Not nice to watch that’s why I havent posted a link to it.

I just think it could so easily happen at the Banks’s.

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There really must be nothing at the club to talk about if we have resorted to a thread about a brick wall :grinning: . In all seriousness though it does seem dangerous especially seeing that video on Ortega .

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I’ve often thought this. It nearly happened to Adrian Littlejohn just after we moved in.
I would imagine that a number of other grounds need to improve this hazard too.
However, they appear to be a bit too concerned with advertising revenue.

I think a solution would be to have a padded hoarding with advertisers on it.
The club would have to sort out any lengths they can’t sell to third parties.
Should make for some interesting sale rates per metre.

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Big fish too fry than a wall son

Should build a wall for defence not around the pitch

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Our new stadium will have a better arrangement :slight_smile:

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You make a good point. My lad didn’t play for two years having smashed his knee on a wall of similar height. I’ve often thought it should go.

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I think that the only reason it’s there is to fix advertising boards to,it’s certainly not high enough to prevent fans going on the pitch,maybe they should make it a foot or so higher and fix rubber advertising boards to it.

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I have thought that at loads of football stadiums. Even more at Rugby League ones.

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Suppose they have to consider potential injury to spectators. If Andy Cook lands on your lap you’re going to know about it…

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Guess it is close to the pitch compared to many grounds. Wall at Fellows Park was close to the pitch too, but was probably a bit higher. Think Stuart Watkins got hurt when hitting the wall near dugouts at Bescot. Was sitting right in front of where it happened

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Not much you can do about it. Can’t move it back or it’ll be on our laps.

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We’ve talked at length about toilets and chips.

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Doesn’t help when we have all that land but such a small stadium squashed in the middle of it…its like football was an after thought by our outgoing chairman :wink:

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And that my friend in a nutshell, sums it all up.

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Yes,if only the stadium was twice as big,we would regularly be getting 20,000 crowds now. damn that man Bonser… :rage:

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Im talking about how cramped the stadium is not the actual size of it.

Imagine, had the stands been built a little further away we wouldnt need a stupid wall around the pitch, wouldnt need cramped office space, cramped tunnels, small dressing rooms, very small toilets…

It all comes down to planning. I doubt many people in that industry would be comfortable signing off a monstrosity like the Banks’s

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