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| 1. Author: Jock Par36 Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:17 Why do we play our football during the winter months. It`s about time we were doing the same as Ireland, Norway and Sweden. Bring in the months of June and July and forget about January and February. Reply |
| 2. Author: Never10yairds Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:22 I’ve been banging on about this for 15 years. It has all sorts of advantages and no insurmountable problems. The real reason is that the SFA are too set in their ways. Reply |
| 3. Author: McCaig`s Tower Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:22 Would that not mean the league deciders/promotion play-offs/cup final would be held in November/December when pitches aren`t famed for their quality and can be unplayable for weeks at a time? Reply |
| 4. Author: wee eck Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:24 Isn`t it the clubs who make these decisions rather than the SFA? Reply |
| 5. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:26 I want stuff to do in the winter, plenty to do in the summer. Spent over £100 on tickets today, I`m frustrated but the Pars are the only show in town for me this time of year. I would have plenty distractions in the summer.  Reply |
| 6. Author: the saline hill puma Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:32 Jock Par36, Sat 14 Feb 12:17 Well the season would be getting played now so a game would still be off.... Reply |
| 7. Author: twin par Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:34 It would be too disruptive.Players and club staff are just as entitled to have a holiday as we are. Reply |
| 8. Author: buffy Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:40 We need to move EEP to Tenerife. All year roond warmth. 😎 ☀️ 👙 🏖️ ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 9. Author: 1985Par Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 12:49 No summer football for me. Plenty else going on throughout the summer and I’ve seen nothing to suggest attendances wouldn’t suffer. Besides, fitba is about the only thing that gets me through the winter. I do think we need a rethink about artificial pitches- inferior to a good grass pitch but you only get a good grass pitch in the first third of the season- even Aberdeen and Dundee utd can’t get a game on and the rest are getting ploughed up. Reply |
| 10. Author: DA-go Par Adonis Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 13:04 What research have you seen that suggests crowds would go down? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Equal rights and justice in this time Reply |
| 11. Author: NMCmassive Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 13:04 I hate this argument 🤣 Only ever pops up when a pitch is frozen. Having played a couple of seasons on the 7’s rugby circuit I’ll tell you this-swollen ankles and skint knees. A dried out pitch is as bad as a frozen one. Pitches aren’t like putting greens, there is divits, undulations and everything else. I get that they are look after pitches much better these days but there will still be that sort of thing in them. what if we had a summer drought and they were allowed to water the grass? Beech football? COYP Reply |
| 12. Author: Angus_W Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 13:15 Sit in your shorts & T-shirt or wrapped up to the nines in freezing conditions?? Surely it’s worth having a winter shutdown in Jan-Feb. People go holidays all year round, days of the Glasgow fair are well gone. Lot cheaper to water a pitch than run under soil heating. ‘Hello my name is Jefferson - I’m happy to be here let’s go!’ Reply |
| 13. Author: Jock Par36 Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 13:17 Saline hill puma i did say forget January and February Reply |
| 14. Author: Jock Par36 Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 13:31 Ok then how`s about starting the season in August through to the 1st 2 weeks in December. Shut down January and February. Then resume March to the end of June Then use August to fix fixtures ect for the next season. Reply |
| 15. Author: DBP Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 14:20 I would love summer football… for me it’s all about the temperature when you’re outside for hours, not doing much… Number of times I’ve come home in real pain due to numb hands and feet (even in days that aren’t that cold to many) For me selfishly, I’m delighted game of today as had already decided I wasn’t going to go as to cold for my old bones. Reply |
| 16. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 14:22 Topic Originator: Jock Par36 like No. We built a daft stadium that engulfs the pitch in shadow. We are the only game off in the top 3 divisions. Reply |
| 17. Author: Jock Par36 Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 14:26 DBP, I hear you😁😁 Reply |
| 18. Author: Parfect69 Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 14:28 Still remember in 2010, still snow in my front garden in April. Keep it as is for me. Usual topic pops up whenever a game gets called off. Still going to be playing this season in the summer at this rate!! Post Edited (Sat 14 Feb 14:31) Reply |
| 19. Author: Fethiyespar Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 14:37 buffy, Sat 14 Feb 12:40 Definitely not 🇹🇷 freezing here just now. Reply |
| 20. Author: veteraneastender Date: Sat 14th Feb 2026. 14:40 "We are the only game off in the top 3 divisions." Delete "are" and insert "were" - travelling Ayr fans especially must be raging. Reply |
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