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Aluminum Goal Iinformation

Fully welded goal post corners on ITSA GOAL products are Raising the Industry Standard. Some manufacturers, but not all, are beginning to follow our lead and are incorporating, at long last, welded corners on some of their products. The problem of un- welded mitred corners on football goal posts was highlighted in 2005 at Old Trafford when the goal posts they were using came apart during a live broadcast game between Manchester Utd and Liverpool on Match of the day.

The photographs below demonstrate the maintenance problems and dangers of un-welded corners and joints on aluminium football goal posts.Crossbars can expand up to eight millimeters whilst uprights expand just one which means that any un-welded corners and joints can never stay together without constant re-alignment and re-tightening of bolts. Be sure to check before you buy that ALL corners are fully welded on your goals.

All our aluminum free standing football goals have fully welded corners and side frames that do not rust. We believe where possible not to mix steel (ferrous metal) and aluminum (non ferrous) and that is why we prefer not to make goal posts with heavy steel net supports that are bolted onto aluminium goal frames or try to hold uprights and crossbars together with internal steel brackets. All our aluminium football goals are fully welded frames made with the latest TIG welding equipment and each set of goal posts is initialed and dated by the welder before they are released for painting.

Non-Welded corner


Example of mitred front corner on free standing movable aluminium goal post with rear rollers. not supplied by ITSA GOAL	example of top corner on mitred goal post. not supplied by ITSA GOAL	Photograph of a mitred corner coming apart on socketed Goal posts at Hatfield Main F.C not supplied by ITSA GOAL

Other Non-Welded corners


A mitred corner on free standing oval wheeled goal post	example of mitred corners when bolts have not been checked on a regular basis.	Aluminium goalposts being used in a sports centre with mitred corners

the result of bad maintenance on mitred corner goal posts	photograph shows how far out of square uprights are on goalposts pulling heavy rear rollers.

ITSA GOAL LTD - Leaders in goal post design that is raising Industry standards.

By pointing out problems future development ,design, and improvement in safety of all football goal posts is ensured. Our stance on the welding of crossbars to upright corners to prevent them expanding apart and the problem of nets becoming entangled in rear roller goals have led to other manufacturers having to implement design changes. Our non lifting twist & lock steel uprights are also being introduced by other manufacturers which will improve safety . We lead the design of football goal posts .. others follow