Quote daftdad="daftdad"Why are these games not been played at the Hive before or after the main game like last year? Another opportunity lost for attracting support for the first team since there will be a few who go and watch the youth.'"
The Hive already has 3 teams playing on it. Barnet U18 and development squad play on the outside pitches, as do London Bees U18s and development squads so I see no reason why Broncos U19 should be allowed to add to the wear of the Hive pitch. If we got to the point where 8-9 teams are playing on it then it would be in a mess very quickly.
This weekend Barnet play on Sat and Broncos play Sunday. That is more than enough damage as far as I'm concerned. Maybe once the South Stand at Underhill is moved to the Hive they can look at holding these games at Underhill.
To cope with the extra wear a Desso style pitch would need installing ,meaning that it has 3% artificial fibres to prevent breakup of the surface and reduce damage caused by playing multiple games.