Hi

Does anyone have the geographical number for 0871 522 2570 its the Ground Fitness for the East Riding FA?

Thanks

Dave

I think "Ground Fitness" in this context is a service which can be called to check whether the Local Authority football pitches are fit to be played on, usually for Saturday or Sunday amateur players.  This can prevent a long journey in lousy weather.

For Hull City Council pitches it used to be an 01482 number - at least it was before I hung my muddy boots up many years ago!.

And I suspect you are spot-on re East Riding of Yorkshire.

Hey sorry, i homepaged this so I came on when I opened my browser, sorry forgot to look.

Yep the number is for the East Riding Football Association, it is a number used for referees and clubs to see whether they should travel out to the match (the groundmen may call the ground unplayable so it saves a journey if the match is cancelled).

The number before this was 01482 600570

However it recently changed to this pay number, so when you ring you just get a message saying "Sorry the number you have called has been changed to 0871 522 2570"

ermmm I cant really think of anything else to say about it, the homepage for the east riding FA is
http://www.eastridingfa.com/

Thanks for the replys so far, and im sorry Dave due to the lack of information I provided

Thanks for the info Solac. I've amended the title.

The first thing that I suggest you do is email the management to express your disgust/disdain at their new number. It costs 10p/min from KC, BT and Virgin Media (formally ntl:Telewest) lines. Mobile providers usually charge more. You're talking in the region of 35p/min to 40p/min, so if you're out on the road, depending on the length of the call, it could cost quite a bit. I also suggest that you also inform fellow users of this service about the costs and suggest that they complain too.

I note that the message redirecting to the 0871 number is a network announcement rather than a recording they have put on.

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So they think that they can get away with this because it's still cheaper than making a journey that you needn't!!!

I have just Googled the 01482 600570 number and it appears to be a Hull City Council service rather than an East Riding FA one. I cannot find a trace of it on the ERCFA website. 

Not sure whether you should complain to ERCFA or not, although I suppose if you make them aware of the issues, they could contact the council.

Solac wrote on Feb 10^th, 2007 at 8:53pm:

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