Goal Post Safety
The Importance of Football Clubs
replacing unsafe goal posts
Safety within Football is of paramount importance, and
every Football club ranging from Sunday League to Premier
League must take goal-post safety seriously. Whether you
are a coach, groundsman or official in grassroots Football,
the safety of the goals used should be top priority.
Harrod Sport, who are the UK’s leading manufacturer of
goals, posts and nets, understand the importance of goal-
post safety within Football. The sporting-goods company
based in Suffolk supply to national stadiums across the
world including Wembley, Twickenham, Millennium, Aviva,
Hampden Park, Murrayfield, Croke Park and the Ethiad
as well as St George’s Park, the Football Association’s
national football centre. With their impressive portfolio, it
is no surprise that they are experts in the field of goal-post
safety and maintenance.
John Robinson, Sales Manager at Harrod Sport says,
“Goal Post Safety is of high importance at Harrod Sport.
As one of the original members of the European Standards
Committee (CEN), Harrod Sport have been at the forefront
of raising safety standards on goalposts in the UK market
for over 30 years.
The condition of goals posts is always taken for granted,
and that they will last for years with no maintenance. This is
far from the truth. Operators/owners of a facility or playing
field have a responsibility to the public to be maintaining
their goalposts to the industry standard. This is achieved
by weekly checks and regular maintenance, replacing
damage parts, missing bolts etc. The most important task
is to document the maintenance programme and report any
damaged parts.’’
Safety is always the utmost importance, and Harrod
Sport have been significant in helping create the new
BS EN 16579 football goal post standard. During the
summer of 2018, the European Standards Committee
(CEN Committee) introduced a newly developed standard
for football goals. BS EN 16579 specifies the safety
requirements, test methods and functional requirements
for all types of portable and permanent socketed goals,
representing the most significant changes in goal post
safety in recent times.
Due to the vast majority of their range, Harrod Sport are
now in the ongoing process of updating their relevant
products towards this new standard. For more information
on goal-post safety and maintenance, please visit
www.harrodsport.com
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