Blundell Park pitch

What on earth has happened to the pitch? In the 50 years I’ve been going, until the last couple of years it always drained well and always in reasonable condition.

But yesterday it was in a poor state and it’s only early January. Admittedly the weather hasn’t been great, but not exceptionally bad either.

I think we’ve spent money on improving the drainage, but it’s still a mess.

Don’t know what can be done about it, but looks like something is urgently needed.

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

What on earth has happened to the pitch? In the 50 years I’ve been going, until the last couple of years it always drained well and always in reasonable condition.

But yesterday it was in a poor state and it’s only early January. Admittedly the weather hasn’t been great, but not exceptionally bad either.

I think we’ve spent money on improving the drainage, but it’s still a mess.

Don’t know what can be done about it, but looks like something is urgently needed.

It’s nigh on 100 years old (I’m well aware it’s been replaced) and I’d imagine the knock on effect of furloughing thr groundsman which meant the pitch went to rack and ruin for a year hasn’t helped…

Quoted from NorthseaMariner

What on earth has happened to the pitch? In the 50 years I’ve been going, until the last couple of years it always drained well and always in reasonable condition.

But yesterday it was in a poor state and it’s only early January. Admittedly the weather hasn’t been great, but not exceptionally bad either.

I think we’ve spent money on improving the drainage, but it’s still a mess.

Don’t know what can be done about it, but looks like something is urgently needed.

Check out some of the historic footage on You Tube etc.. yes it clearly has not stood up well in the last few weeks but I don’t think it’s always been brilliant up until now.

The Town v Man City game from the mid 80s was a mud-fest of epic proportions.    Happy days!

But yes, I saw the highlights of yesterday's match and thought it looked a bit rough and stodgy.

Yes, maybe my memory is a tad clouded, probably due to the fact all pitches were much heavier than they are nowadays.

But it doesn’t change the fact something needs to be done.

They’ve been training on it a bit lately cause Cheapside was waterlogged.

We have had a lot of rain. Currently in York and the river is up and covering the footpaths, on the verge of widespread flooding if we get any more.

Weather patterns are changing and causing havoc. The pitch was frozen not so long back.

There was a lot of work done on the pitch in the summer. All the grass was scraped off and re-seeded, so they are trying their best to keep it in good nick, but nature wins mostly.

It probably wants taking up and relaying with more modern systems and grasses, but that is a big expense.

Seen it in a lot worse states in the past . Going back to when there was a game there every week when we had a reserve team . We have had quite a lot of rain this last few weeks and the sun is low and grass does not grow in the winter so it is expected to get damaged to some degree.. And if someone wants to put a team together that in their words plays football you are on a looser when the winter sets in as all pitches will suffer

I saw someone on the Stockport forum saying the match should never have started it was that bad.

Surely that is hyperbole - it was perfectly playable considering the time of year.

Knowing the intricacies of your own pitch is one of many advantages of being at home so let Stockport moan all they like.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I saw someone on the Stockport forum saying the match should never have started it was that bad.

Surely that is hyperbole - it was perfectly playable considering the time of year.

Knowing the intricacies of your own pitch is one of many advantages of being at home so let Stockport moan all they like.

It's a case of sour grapes, it was the same for both teams, and as mentioned, the Stockport pre-match churned it up a bit more.