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Brucemeister

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Just something that came to mind after looking into the history of our stadium,since 2011 i think it was,we dont seemed to have been allocated any U21 games or Womans Internationals,is that down to the club not wanting them or the Fa not choosing Deepdale ?
 
Brucemeister said:
Just something that came to mind after looking into the history of our stadium,since 2011 i think it was,we dont seemed to have been allocated any U21 games or Womans Internationals,is that down to the club not wanting them or the Fa not choosing Deepdale ?
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Think we has an U-21 (?) game a few years ago as I went on. Sweden I think ?
 
There was an U21 game a couple of years ago against USA. Jordan Pickford played whilst on loan with us.
 
Strongbow said:
Think we has an U-21 (?) game a few years ago as I went on. Sweden I think ?
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I remember watching us play Iceland and Albrighton and Nathan Delfouneso were playing. 2011, 7 years ago! However we played USA u23 at Deepdale in 2015, Pickford played.


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i remember a schoolboy international match in the 1970s at Deepdale - England v Northern Ireland. Norman Whiteside was a hot young prospect at the time who a few people turned up to watch !!
 
Brucemeister said:
Just something that came to mind after looking into the history of our stadium,since 2011 i think it was,we dont seemed to have been allocated any U21 games or Womans Internationals,is that down to the club not wanting them or the Fa not choosing Deepdale ?
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The Womens FA think Deepdale is still too big for their matches...

When the Dick Kerrs statues were unveiled I spoke with the FA womon from Wembley about that and she said "at present we would rather try to fill a 15000 ground than have a 1/2 empty bigger one.
But one day it could be possible"
 
Roger Mellie said:
The Womens FA think Deepdale is still too big for their matches...

I'm sure we could reduce the length of pitch and bring in the touchline to make it easier for them.



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Three things...

1. Sexist prat.

2. You obviously didn’t understand that they were talking about the ground capacity rather than the pitch size.

3. Learn how to edit a quote properly.
 
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Dirty Harry said:
I'm sure there is a minimum and a maximum, for pitch sizes, and you can have anything in between.
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I thought it got changed. It was mentioned with spurs playing at Wembely that now they had the same sized pitch as everyone else. I think all new grounds have to be able to use a standard size and any stadia that can accommodate the default size has to.

Could be wrong though
 
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paddysr said:
I thought it got changed. It was mentioned with spurs playing at Wembely that now they had the same sized pitch as everyone else. I think all new grounds have to be able to use a standard size and any stadia that can accommodate the default size has to.

Could be wrong though
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I remember in the old days when they always used to refer to the 'wide open spaces of Wembley' in cup final commentaries etc when in reality, the playing pitch was said to be no bigger than your average pitch.
 
Dirty Harry said:
I remember in the old days when they always used to refer to the 'wide open spaces of Wembley' in cup final commentaries etc when in reality, the playing pitch was said to be no bigger than your average pitch.
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Like I said I could be wrong. I know for a fact that White Hart Lane was particularly small so might just be that.
 
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