{"id":43,"date":"2015-03-03T16:27:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T16:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markharrod.com\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2025-12-09T15:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T15:35:47","slug":"goalpost-safety","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/about-us\/goalpost-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Goalpost safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Goalpost safety is of utmost importance to every ground<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p>The Code of Practice provided by BSEN16579 gives guidance on the type of checks that should be carried out on football goals and how often they should be done. Although this is football specific, it is widely considered best practice for all sports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The responsibility to ensure goalpost safety, and that other sports equipment is fit for purpose and well maintained to the correct standard is down to the facility operator. Facility operators also have a responsibility to their staff (under the Health and Safety at Work Act) to ensure they are properly trained to carry out the required tasks for which they are employed. The facility providers could find themselves liable if an accident occurs where a member of staff is found not to be competent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goalpost safety is of utmost importance to every ground The Code of Practice provided by BSEN16579 gives guidance on the type of checks that should be carried out on football goals and how often they should be done. Although this is football specific, it is widely considered best practice for all sports. The responsibility to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6961,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6961"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18617,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43\/revisions\/18617"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhgoals.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}