As for maintinence (or lack of it) Did anyone see all the water pouring off the roof of the southstand on Sunday? In the corner where the Away team and ref enter the field.

But at the same time I did notice the toilets have being painted, all the wood around the tops of the sinks ect is now a Dark Grey, I'm sure it was the same Blue as the Safety Bars on the terracing before.

Part the problem is the waste of space footballers! The grass being cut so short does not help it take the punishment of the weather as well as Sports being played on it. And you can see that the pitch is "Marked" around the goal mouths especially

The Soccer muppets as ever decide to blame the Rugby club for its own mistakes and then as ever make stories up which I hope somebody follows through with a court order as some of the stuff must be libel! Its this reason why I would never ever begin to support the soccer club due to the idots who support them. And that group is more than a small number.
Also its a bit rich about saying Fax do not pay their bills-remind me who left debts of million pound or so before going under.

Also the Groundsmans job surely involves more than the pitch-Making sure things are clean, broken fences or facilities are repaired etc. I know its a building site now but I hope in future more attention is payed to other things than just the pitch

dont know how they can go on about the state of the pitch, total bozzo's, i still play football on a saturday, and i know where the pitch gets knackerd, in each goal mouth u will find bare patches, on what ever pitch u play on this time of the year,, it just so happens they found a pic of gleeson scoring a try in that very patch,ohh lets blame the rugby for that, sorry boys but u r so so wrong, football does more damage then rugby, get used to the fact,,, and get used to the fact we use the pitch, we pay rent, so wine on as much as u like, we have a first class team, going places, not a second rate pub team, going nowhere

We were told the groundstaff wanted either a double header on sunday or games on fri and sunday,when decision made to play sat and sun groundstaff went to Durham to watch Town n weren't working on sunday!Time sumone gave them a kick up the bum and reminded them that supporters of both teams pay there wages,they are employed as groundstaff for the ground n not just Town and that the "ground "covers more than just the pitch.The water was cascading of both ends of the South stand on sunday at this rate that stand will need millions spending on it when the East is finished because it is just being left to deteriorate.How much would it cost to get some down piping adn fix it up to avoid this.Stadium management-couldn't manage a trip round John Smiths!

don't think more can be done about the pitch to be honest.

it is the minority of people that complane about the rugby so dont call f.c halifax town a second rate pub team.

least we never golt relegated from a division with no points before did we.

if your going to call my first club a pub team i will take the mick about us getting relegated without a single point. now can we stop having a dig at each other as much as we can and just get on with what we do.

plus it has nothing to do with football the mud patches in the goals they could have done something about it but halifax town had not played on that pitch for a month at the time.

The rugby club only play 14 games on the pitch all season, FC Halifax Town play over 30, so who is doing more damage?

ok fair enough on most of your points, we can end them there,, but for the last one, sorry cant agree, the mud patches are all down to the football in the goal area, i know as i am a goalkeeper and play every saturday, and i know what happens in the goal erea, all goal mouths are like that this time of the year,,,

The Soccer Muppets would be best supporting their team that CONTINUALLY fails to impress at even Pub League Standards instead of looking to blame Fax or the game of Rugby League for the Pitch.
Thing is its not a uniqure problem to us. Huddersfield Giants, Wigan, hull FC have all problems with the Soccer lot who blame them for this that and the other or create problems

The 'Soccer Muppets' are challenging for promotion this season. What are 'Fax challenging for?

This bickering just gets even more tedious......

Town are challenging but will not get promotion. The crowds will drop again and they will remain in the Pub League forever more. Halifax Town are going nowhere and nothing more than what a large number of the fans deserve. Its a shame on the decent fans that they not only have a poor team that continually fails even at the lowest levels but has such fans that blame everybody but the soccer club and players

I got snowed on sitting in the middle of the Skirtcoat Stand on Sunday!

My worry is, that while the East Stand will get finished off, the rest of the ground will detioriate furthur.

How many other Council Owned Facilities are on the same downhill slope, schools ect.

If the Town Hall's condition was to get in such a mess, the person in charge of maintinence would surely have their competancy questioned. Same goes for any other council owned building no?

I'd rather have got relegated that way than have been demoted due to the club being so badly run.

What do you suggest though Brew if there isnt the money there to upkeep the Shay as a facility?

We have seen how SST has struggled with its maintenance and since the Council came in they have paid for some of important jobs doing. But they aint going to continue to fund all the works.

Part of me is beginning to realise the Shay is far too big for a club in the lower reaches of the football pyramid and a club in a sport where there is no promotion. Neither club has the potential of attracting crowds which will even half fill the stadium.