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Stoned Love

Of all the odd requests FC United has asked of its members over that last few years, we reckon this one will at least be in the top five of all time.

We need an army of volunteers, and we need you to turn up at Broadhurst Park for 5pm Wednesday 9th July.

Yes it’s short notice but this is very, very important.

Why? - because we need to pick up the remaining stones from the top soil on the main pitch before we can lay the surface.

We have done all we can with mechanical equipment but it’s now down to good old fashioned hard work to do the remaining trawl of the pitch.

So we need as many of our members to turn out and come to Moston and to help form a line across the pitch and walk in unison from one end to the other, and to pick up as many of the remaining stones as we can.

Yes, we told it would it was an odd request, but it’s essential so that the surface can be laid as soon as possible.

Now if just 5 people turn up, it’s going to be a tough slog, If 30 people turn out, that can start to make a difference.

If 50-100 people turn out, we can get this cracked in no time at all.

We do want to have the best playing surface as possible and any stones left under that turf could undermine this.

We want to see Jerome Wright and Liam Brownhill bombing down the wings without the ball bobbling out of their control because of a small bump under the turf.

We want nothing to interfere with Norts & Greaves while they’re terrorising the opposition defence.

Likewise, we wouldn’t want Dave Carnell, landing on something hard while carrying out a spectacular one handed save.

So it’s not so much as leaving no stone unturned, rather than leaving no stone behind (and you get to go on the pitch at Broadhurst Park).

All you will need is sensible footwear (ie no flip flops) and a bucket or two or three plastic bags to collect the stones. Please make it if you can.

FC United - doing things differently.


First Posted ~ 14:08 Tue 8 Jul 2014
News ID ~ 5576
Last Updated ~ 00:47 Tue 16 Feb 2021