Edinburgh rugby

[hibees 7062]

And the yams

[Golden Bear]

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And the yams

Given that they play a lot of their fixtures on a Friday night, I can't see this going ahead as the pitch would not stand up to the extra wear and tear.

[LancsHibs]

this would destroy our playing surface!! Suppose the income would come in handy though!

[Haymaker]

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this would destroy our playing surface!! Suppose the income would come in handy though!

Unless the playing surface is being replaced with the weave and rubber style they have in the BPL? Could be part of the deal.

[Pete]

How will moving "accommodate hearts"?

...and where the **** are these cheats getting the money to build a new stand?? Maybe they should have used all these millions they wasted on redevelopment instead of a few tainted trophies.

[JimBHibees]

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Given that they play a lot of their fixtures on a Friday night, I can't see this going ahead as the pitch would not stand up to the extra wear and tear.

The pitch is bad as it is.

[Golden Bear]

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The pitch is bad as it is.

But it would ten times worse if we allowed 30 marauding gorillas to tramp all over it less than 24 hours before the kick off time for a normal Saturday fixture.

[JimBHibees]

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But it would ten times worse if we allowed 30 marauding gorillas to tramp all over it less than 24 hours before the kick off time for a normal Saturday fixture.

Indeed.

[Oscar T Grouch]

Solution, hertz obviously don't want to lose the income over a season if they redevelop the death trap stand, so move Edinburgh Rugby in there, 10k stadium will more than do them. The hertz can move to the soulless shell that is muddyfield, letting a good part of the 400k get their ST. Hibs are left in their modern stadium to thrive, with no egg chasers or puddledrinkers in sight. Is that a good idea or is it too simple?

[JimBHibees]

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Solution, hertz obviously don't want to lose the income over a season if they redevelop the death trap stand, so move Edinburgh Rugby in there, 10k stadium will more than do them. The hertz can move to the soulless shell that is muddyfield, letting a good part of the 400k get their ST. Hibs are left in their modern stadium to thrive, with no egg chasers or puddledrinkers in sight. Is that a good idea or is it too simple?

Perfect solution.

[since90plustwo]

The pitch is am obvious concern but if the clubs canm come up with a solution i would be all for it. Would be a great source of revenue !

[Mikey09]

Erm... No thanks. Move along now egg chasers and plough up someone else's pitch.

[Steve20]

"The possible relocating could accommodate Hearts at BT Murrayfield, according to reports. The Jambos want to redevlop Tynecastle, particularly the main stand and are considering playing elsewhere for a season."


The way the article came across was that Edinburgh Rugby could play at Easter Road, which would allow Hearts to play at Murrayfield. I assume it's not intended to be that as I can't see any reason we should be messing up our pitch so Hearts can have somewhere to play while their midden is getting redeveloped.

[Keith_M]

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Solution, hertz obviously don't want to lose the income over a season if they redevelop the death trap stand, so move Edinburgh Rugby in there, 10k stadium will more than do them. The hertz can move to the soulless shell that is muddyfield, letting a good part of the 400k get their ST. Hibs are left in their modern stadium to thrive, with no egg chasers or puddledrinkers in sight. Is that a good idea or is it too simple?

I'd go with that but the pitch at the PBS is far too small.

[Pete]

The Hearts bit sounds like it's been shoehorned in there.

Hearts need the rugby side to move in order for them to be accommodated...yet we can accommodate edinburgh rugby? Doesn't make sense.

[7062]

I heard a rumour about Edinburgh Rugby using Easter Rd a while ago and I was told that part of the deal, if it was to go ahead, would be that it was Edin Rugby's responsibility to keep the pitch in a decent condition whether that be paying for getting it relayed, using those big lamps or whatever else.

If that turned out to be the case then I'd be happy for hibs to get the extra revenue.

[JimBHibees]

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"The possible relocating could accommodate Hearts at BT Murrayfield, according to reports. The Jambos want to redevlop Tynecastle, particularly the main stand and are considering playing elsewhere for a season."


The way the article came across was that Edinburgh Rugby could play at Easter Road, which would allow Hearts to play at Murrayfield. I assume it's not intended to be that as I can't see any reason we should be messing up our pitch so Hearts can have somewhere to play while their midden is getting redeveloped.

Doesnt really make sense given that Murrayfield has just had a brand new pitch put in which incorporates both grass and artificial.

[Gatecrasher]

If this happens I personally wouldn't mind, especially if the pitch upkeep (which it needs to be in good condition for the way we play) part is true which will save us a lot of cash.

[greenginger]

http://www.zinescene.pwp.blueyonder....MOBpurpose.htm


Here is Chris ( pieman ) Robinson's take on the PBS and why it was not fit for purpose 12 years ago.

[hfc rd]

Don't know if this is true but don't Wigan Athletic & Hull City allow their local rugby clubs to use their stadium?

If we're to generate extra income, then I give the thumbs up. My biggest worry though is the potential state of the pitch unless Edinburgh Rugby reassure us that they will take care of the pitch and have it in very mint condition for our games.

[bingo70]

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Don't know if this is true but don't Wigan Athletic & Hull City allow their local rugby clubs to use their stadium?

If we're to generate extra income, then I give the thumbs up. My biggest worry though is the potential state of the pitch unless Edinburgh Rugby reassure us that they will take care of the pitch and have it in very mint condition for our games.

Hull probably do as it's a community stadium, reading do as well, neither of them have issues with their pitch so I assume they've got one of the new type pitches I've seen people speak about.

Wigan will share their pitch and it's a mess so I assume they've just got a normal grass pitch.

[LaMotta]

Didn't work the last time Edinburgh Rugby tried this, so dont see why they want to go back again to Easter Road.

With an average crowd of somewhere between 3 and 5 thousand, they really need a much smaller stadium.

[easty]

When I was a bairn I had a wee unit thing that you could play pool on one side, then flip over the lid and play table hockey. Can we no get a revolving pitch for Easter road? One side for football, one for egg chasing.

[Baader]

Missed their chance I'd say. Surely the time to do this was under Butcher when the ball wasnt in contact with the pitch very much...

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Would they not play home games on the Friday's before we play away games? That would mean one game a week on the grass.

[Waxy]

When it comes to the crunch. The yams will always be held back by their wee ground. They basically MUST move, but the longer they leave it the further out they'll have to build as all the potential building areas are taken up by other business.Tynecastle could end up being the death of them.

[weonlywon6-2]

No matter what, this will ruin the pitch and the money involved surely isn't great as Edinburgh Rugby don't get big crowds
they should move the rugby to a club ground and forget football stadiums

[bingo70]

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No matter what, this will ruin the pitch and the money involved surely isn't great as Edinburgh Rugby don't get big crowds
they should move the rugby to a club ground and forget football stadiums

It's not no matter what though as there's examples of rugby teams sharing pitches down south abd it not effecting the pitch (hull and reading), it appears there's pitches that can cope with both sports being played.

Its the sru that would be paying for it and I doubt it would be relative to the size of the crowds they currently get.

[Haymaker]

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No matter what, this will ruin the pitch and the money involved surely isn't great as Edinburgh Rugby don't get big crowds
they should move the rugby to a club ground and forget football stadiums

Unless the costs are being paid by the SRU? Pretty sure other sports governing bodies help their teams. ECB defo do down here.

[Scouse Hibee]

It works for Hull,Reading & Wigan.