Groundsharers at the OSD?
Posted: 13 Aug 2020, 16:02
This is presumably a decision for the OSD Ground Trust to make on financial grounds (i.e. if it's a good source of revenue then we may not have a choice) but interested what fans think.
Guessing by the time we move in we'll have at least 2, maybe 3 11-a-side teams (M1T, W1T, W2T?) plus Young Tons, 5s... will we even have room for another team? And as we know the pitch historically hasn't been great (although I'm sure OSDGT Grounds Maintenance group will work wonders), should we be keeping it in as good nick as possible by not having someone else on it? Could mean it can be used for more one-off community events too?
There is a shortage of Step 5/6 grounds (assuming the OSD is going to be one of those grades, I don't know what's planned) with space for sharing in the area, as we know from APSA & Zombie Clapton having to play at Terry Mac which isn't Step 5 apparently. Just off the top of my head I assume London Bari (now renamed Hackney Wick), Sporting Hackney (if they want to progress), West Essex (I think Hashtag are sharing with Barking now), Woodford Town 2017 (although iirc they are trying to get a ground of their own in Woodford), Lopes Tavares, would probably all be interested.
Is there another Newham-based team with good community links? Iirc the aims of the ground are that it's used for the good of the local community etc.
Of course all this may change if/when we get a plastic pitch but 1 thing at a time...
Guessing by the time we move in we'll have at least 2, maybe 3 11-a-side teams (M1T, W1T, W2T?) plus Young Tons, 5s... will we even have room for another team? And as we know the pitch historically hasn't been great (although I'm sure OSDGT Grounds Maintenance group will work wonders), should we be keeping it in as good nick as possible by not having someone else on it? Could mean it can be used for more one-off community events too?
There is a shortage of Step 5/6 grounds (assuming the OSD is going to be one of those grades, I don't know what's planned) with space for sharing in the area, as we know from APSA & Zombie Clapton having to play at Terry Mac which isn't Step 5 apparently. Just off the top of my head I assume London Bari (now renamed Hackney Wick), Sporting Hackney (if they want to progress), West Essex (I think Hashtag are sharing with Barking now), Woodford Town 2017 (although iirc they are trying to get a ground of their own in Woodford), Lopes Tavares, would probably all be interested.
Is there another Newham-based team with good community links? Iirc the aims of the ground are that it's used for the good of the local community etc.
Of course all this may change if/when we get a plastic pitch but 1 thing at a time...