02 Jan 2014
January 2, 2014

Goalpost testing

January 2, 2014 0 Comment

Goalpost testing

We suggest  Scrapping the current dangerous  safety standards that allow and  encourage heavy  goalpost products to be made within BS 8462:2012 .

Children are still being killed by heavy dangerous goalposts twenty three years since the first safety standard was created and draft. A simple and easy to understand  document  based on common sense and basic health & safety principals that everyone can have access to without charge. Throw away standards created by individuals working for companies that have commercial interests in how the standard is stet out, Ignore standards that have been created by flawed consensus. Ignore standards that are voted through by a committee of  yes men. Ignore standards that reflect incompetence and lack of understanding of the subject. Ignore standards that have members who pay to be on committees at the exclusion of expert opinion.

The fact remains and will never change. Intelligent comment and ideas never go away even if they are at first ignored. No amount of fuzzing around the edges, back slapping or commercial based opinion will ever change the facts. If you are wrong you are wrong. Why does the government put so much trust in a flawed system of standards that rules how goalpost products deserve subsidy or grant.  This spending of tax payers money should be based on quality engineering, longevity and safety.

About the Author


The creator of Mini Soccer for children. Company Chairman of ITSA Goal posts Ltd the first goal post manufacturer of uPVC plastic goal posts in carry bags. Children's football with smaller sides, allowing more touches of the football with proportional goalposts and pitches. A Product Designer and Innovator who has been driving industry standards in goal post safety for over twenty five years. A Founder member of the European EN 748 goalpost safety committee.