Training in Newton Abbot?

Millbay Park would seem ideal. Other than that, what's wrong with playing at Home Park. A nice experience for the kids and it's not exactly over used.

Rollo Tomasi wrote:

Millbay Park would seem ideal. Other than that, what's wrong with playing at Home Park. A nice experience for the kids and it's not exactly over used.

i would agree but i wager its something to do with operating costs to stage reserve/youth games there. The pitch is one of best in the country so it could take more football if required.

Lets just break this down into segments.
1. How many young lads travel daily from the far west for Argyle training?
2. Whilst some players have further to travel some are now nearer to the training facility.
3. Distance vs time is not part of any arguement. From my school days when discussing how long it would take to travel a certain distance the speed of travel is actually quite important. In fact its very important. I travel 9 miles to work and that can take me between 12 mins and 30 mins.
4. In life, if you really want something then you walk through brick walls to get it. You don't give up when, just after the brick wall, you find another hurdle.
5. ''Plymouth teams should train in Plymouth'' Why? That sort of rule, if ever used, is actually discriminatory against smaller towns. Manure train at Carrington which is 6 miles from OT but, because Manchester is bigger than Plymouth, the facility is in Manchester. I mean, hell up, where do the ''Dog and Duck'' team train? In the bar, lounge or beer garden?

tigertony wrote:

Lets just break this down into segments.
1. How many young lads travel daily from the far west for Argyle training?
2. Whilst some players have further to travel some are now nearer to the training facility.
3. Distance vs time is not part of any arguement. From my school days when discussing how long it would take to travel a certain distance the speed of travel is actually quite important. In fact its very important. I travel 9 miles to work and that can take me between 12 mins and 30 mins.
4. In life, if you really want something then you walk through brick walls to get it. You don't give up when, just after the brick wall, you find another hurdle.
5. ''Plymouth teams should train in Plymouth'' Why? That sort of rule, if ever used, is actually discriminatory against smaller towns. Manure train at Carrington which is 6 miles from OT but, because Manchester is bigger than Plymouth, the facility is in Manchester. I mean, hell up, where do the ''Dog and Duck'' team train? In the bar, lounge or beer garden?

And to your 5 points i raise one

what benefit does training in newton abbot on a farmers field to pay torquays rent which they begged their fans to pay for first btw have for Plymouth Argyle in the long run? none really. You and graiser need to stop comparing adult situations of "i travel 9 miles to work la dee da de da" to school children. Doesnt work at all.

Quite an interesting comment from Owen Pickard in Friday's herald about how he had to travel 40miles to plymouth for training as a youngster

Graiser wrote:

Quite an interesting comment from Owen Pickard in Friday's herald about how he had to travel 40miles to plymouth for training as a youngster

who?

Angry wrote:

tigertony wrote:

Lets just break this down into segments.
1. How many young lads travel daily from the far west for Argyle training?
2. Whilst some players have further to travel some are now nearer to the training facility.
3. Distance vs time is not part of any arguement. From my school days when discussing how long it would take to travel a certain distance the speed of travel is actually quite important. In fact its very important. I travel 9 miles to work and that can take me between 12 mins and 30 mins.
4. In life, if you really want something then you walk through brick walls to get it. You don't give up when, just after the brick wall, you find another hurdle.
5. ''Plymouth teams should train in Plymouth'' Why? That sort of rule, if ever used, is actually discriminatory against smaller towns. Manure train at Carrington which is 6 miles from OT but, because Manchester is bigger than Plymouth, the facility is in Manchester. I mean, hell up, where do the ''Dog and Duck'' team train? In the bar, lounge or beer garden?

And to your 5 points i raise one

what benefit does training in newton abbot on a farmers field to pay torquays rent which they begged their fans to pay for first btw have for Plymouth Argyle in the long run? none really. You and graiser need to stop comparing adult situations of "i travel 9 miles to work la dee da de da" to school children. Doesnt work at all.

Totally right Angry, Plymouth players should surely train in Plymouth!

Well perhaps your a young un, Owen Pickard was an Argyle youngster and turned pro with Argyle, didn't quite hit the heights but he's now opened an argyle academy type training centre for the youth in North devon

Foxy wrote:

Angry wrote:

tigertony wrote:

Lets just break this down into segments.
1. How many young lads travel daily from the far west for Argyle training?
2. Whilst some players have further to travel some are now nearer to the training facility.
3. Distance vs time is not part of any arguement. From my school days when discussing how long it would take to travel a certain distance the speed of travel is actually quite important. In fact its very important. I travel 9 miles to work and that can take me between 12 mins and 30 mins.
4. In life, if you really want something then you walk through brick walls to get it. You don't give up when, just after the brick wall, you find another hurdle.
5. ''Plymouth teams should train in Plymouth'' Why? That sort of rule, if ever used, is actually discriminatory against smaller towns. Manure train at Carrington which is 6 miles from OT but, because Manchester is bigger than Plymouth, the facility is in Manchester. I mean, hell up, where do the ''Dog and Duck'' team train? In the bar, lounge or beer garden?

And to your 5 points i raise one

what benefit does training in newton abbot on a farmers field to pay torquays rent which they begged their fans to pay for first btw have for Plymouth Argyle in the long run? none really. You and graiser need to stop comparing adult situations of "i travel 9 miles to work la dee da de da" to school children. Doesnt work at all.

Totally right Angry, Plymouth players should surely train in Plymouth!

or at a training ground worth relocating too.

Exeter still has he better training ground out of the 3 teams perhaps we should relocate out youth academy there. Have the kids walk 40 miles in the foggy to training everyday skip maths to prove they want to play for a league 2 side.

tigertony wrote:

''Plymouth teams should train in Plymouth'' Why? That sort of rule, if ever used, is actually discriminatory against smaller towns. Manure train at Carrington which is 6 miles from OT but, because Manchester is bigger than Plymouth, the facility is in Manchester. I mean, hell up, where do the ''Dog and Duck'' team train? In the bar, lounge or beer garden?

The kids, and not forgetting the coaching staff, will travel 30+ miles to train. I assume most days of the week. What Carrington being 6 miles from Old Trafford has to do with it escapes me. Although if United players travelled 30 miles then they'd be training in Liverpool.

Genuine question here chaps, before this move to Newton Abbot did you have a training ground in Plymouth? If so why move?

Foxy wrote:

Genuine question here chaps, before this move to Newton Abbot did you have a training ground in Plymouth? If so why move?

yes we do Harpers park and we ue marjons for the summer. While Harpers Park is shit and we do need to seriously upgraded it or finance a new training ground fit for a professional club and its youth academy moving the youth academy to a training ground in newton abbot thats not much better than harpers park is utterly pointless and stinks of us bending over backwards to help out Torquay at our expense when we are begging the trust and anyone who will listen to pay to send them on trips or funding training provisions.

I understand we were offered Sid James but wanted somewhere better.

Angry wrote:

Foxy wrote:

Genuine question here chaps, before this move to Newton Abbot did you have a training ground in Plymouth? If so why move?

yes we do Harpers park and we ue marjons for the summer. While Harpers Park is shit and we do need to seriously upgraded it or finance a new training ground fit for a professional club and its youth academy moving the youth academy to a training ground in newton abbot thats not much better than harpers park is utterly pointless and stinks of us bending over backwards to help out Torquay at our expense when we are begging the trust and anyone who will listen to pay to send them on trips or funding training provisions.

Now I can understand your frustration with this situation, as you say pointless.

tigertony wrote:

I understand we were offered Sid James but wanted somewhere better.

Cat and Fiddle training ground tiger, which is actually decent at League 2 standard

Foxy wrote:

tigertony wrote:

I understand we were offered Sid James but wanted somewhere better.

Cat and Fiddle training ground tiger, which is actually decent at League 2 standard

trained on it many times

KNEW IT

link wrote:

The Argyle South West Peninsula League side is about to embark on another exciting season...
...sure to be filled with as many twists and turns as the first team doing their stuff out on the hallowed surface of Home Park.

We use the Peninsula League side as a vital stepping stone into football for aspiring young footballers looking to break through to the full youth Academy team and then on to the first-team wearing the famous Green shirt.

We are delighted to now have a permanent home at Seale-Hayne for our South West Peninsula League fixtures, as this excellent playing surface can only help with the development of our young players.

As part of the move to Seale-Hayne, just off the A38 on the road toward Newton Abbot, we are facing increased travel costs in transporting the team, as well as pitch fees, facility maintenance and the standard fees for match officials, administration and kit.

To help cover these costs, we are expanding our match-day programme for the Peninsula League to an eight-page publication that will be free of charge to all those attending our home fixtures at Seale-Hayne.

We will print approximately 100 copies for each game and would now like to offer you and your business the opportunity to include a small advert in the programme for just £100 for the whole season.

As part of your sponsorship of the programme, we will also run a full story on the Argyle Community Trust website, with a permanent link to your company website, and a short feature on the official Argyle website [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

These will be accompanied by a full press release sent to all our media and club partners. You will also be invited to attend a game of your choice involving our Peninsula League side.

is there anything at all that brent/the club are prepared to fund him/themselves?

Marketing! Some years back I started a 'programme' for my local cricket club where my sons played. The materials, printing costs etc was mopped up by selling adverts and in total it actually made money for the club.
PS - I had the job taken off me eventually when some of the committee (all over 70) couldn't handle my humour! (I'm expecting replies now folks) The 'funny' article that broke the camels .. etc was about a member/friend called Mark who was in Treliske having an operation and on return would wish to be called 'Suzanne'. (Mark was aware of the article) The committee decided I had broken confidentiality rules about Mark and his health etc. WTF!

tigertony wrote:

Marketing! Some years back I started a 'programme' for my local cricket club where my sons played. The materials, printing costs etc was mopped up by selling adverts and in total it actually made money for the club.
PS - I had the job taken off me eventually when some of the committee (all over 70) couldn't handle my humour! (I'm expecting replies now folks) The 'funny' article that broke the camels .. etc was about a member/friend called Mark who was in Treliske having an operation and on return would wish to be called 'Suzanne'. (Mark was aware of the article) The committee decided I had broken confidentiality rules about Mark and his health etc. WTF!

I have to say Tony, I agree with that committee. You shouldn't be talking about Graiser like that.

That Tiger's got no morals, he knows full well Suzanne only comes out on Saturday nights down the Barbican

Graiser wrote:

That Tiger's got no morals, he knows full well Suzanne only comes out on Saturday nights down the Barbican

I guess this must be Suzie then, arriving at the Mayflower Steps

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The size 10 high heels does tend to give it away

Looks like all your wishes have been granted, Harper's Park being renovated and the academy (or whatever it's called these days) moved out of Seale Hayne back to Plymouth I assume

Graiser wrote:

Looks like all your wishes have been granted, Harper's Park being renovated and the academy (or whatever it's called these days) moved out of Seale Hayne back to Plymouth I assume

first cameron resigns now this