Blundell Park pitch

Quoted from GollyGTFC

We all know the pitch at BP has been dreadful this season and needs tearing up and relaying over the summer.

If we don’t pull off the great escape maybe we could install a 5G pitch for the National League?

Would mean we could train at BP without having to worry about the pitch.

If we return to the EFL before we move to a new stadium we would have to relay grass, but we could keep the 5G pitch and install it at the new training ground that is in the pipelines.

5G pitches haven’t done any harm to Harrogate & Sutton in recent seasons.

I disagree. I think the training pitches and the playing surface should be the same quality. Otherwise, the players are playing on a different surface once a fortnight than they are training on 5 times a week!

Quoted from GollyGTFC

We all know the pitch at BP has been dreadful this season and needs tearing up and relaying over the summer.

If we don’t pull off the great escape maybe we could install a 5G pitch for the National League?

Would mean we could train at BP without having to worry about the pitch.

If we return to the EFL before we move to a new stadium we would have to relay grass, but we could keep the 5G pitch and install it at the new training ground that is in the pipelines.

5G pitches haven’t done any harm to Harrogate & Sutton in recent seasons.

I disagree. I think the training pitches and the playing surface should be the same quality. Otherwise, the players are playing on a different surface once a fortnight than they are training on 5 times a week!

Quoted from malkamalka

I disagree. I think the training pitches and the playing surface should be the same quality. Otherwise, the players are playing on a different surface once a fortnight than they are training on 5 times a week!

We get your point Malka! I agree though, the two should replicate one another in size and quality as much as possible.

No need for a 3/4/5G pitch, (if we go down) we’ll have almost 4 months to get the pitch in excellent condition. That might mean some financial outlay to get top side of it, but with mentions of the training facilities and in particular the pitches there potentially being updates by the new owners, then I would guess they would want that standard replicated at BP.

I’m not sure how much they cost to buy/lease, but those mobile lighting strips you see at most bigger clubs would help no end, especially the patch in front of the Findus.

The pitch needs to be better and I’m sure it will be next season.

Looking at a number of clubs we’ve visited this season the overall standard has been poor in many cases so it doesn’t make it right but we’re not alone.

I’d like to think the training & playing pitches would be well looked after.

On a relative note I think that clubs in the bottom 2 Divisions of the EFL and NL should have the choice of being able to install a “G” pitch if they want to. This should prevent most postponements, provide a consistent surface to play on and give clubs some opportunity to raise revenue by using it for other football events.  

In the football league postponements for excrement pitches aren’t as common as they are in the conference. Better facilities or stricter rules for covers etc help, and probably more than one groundsman.

Furloughing our groundsman tells you everything about the morons who’ve been running our club for twenty years and emphasises again that they prepared for the season to never start or certainly not finish.

I’m not a fan of artificial or hybrid pitches but I see why a club may invest in one.

The one thing that I have noticed is how hard and blobbly it is . A simple remedy would be to water it well before the game.

Quoted from mimma

The one thing that I have noticed is how hard and blobbly it is . A simple remedy would be to water it well before the game.

they're on a water meter , i'm afraid Fenty won't let it happen

Quoted from mimma

The one thing that I have noticed is how hard and blobbly it is . A simple remedy would be to water it well before the game.

It's a simple solution but would Fenty pay? He might see it as money down the drain. (couldn't resist the pun)

Quoted from malkamalka

I think the training pitches and the playing surface should be the same quality. Otherwise, the players are playing on a different surface once a fortnight than they are training on 5 times a week!

That's what Fenty thought the fact that he could save money was a bonus.