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Pitch relay at SMS


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I'm sure they'll have enough time to seed it as well which will be a lot less expensive than turfing it. I guess they just dont take it for granted that the pitch will be great and this is pre-emptive action to ensure it is.

 

According to the commentary the remaining subsoil will be mixed with 180 tons of sand, then fertlized and watered.

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When we were in the Prem apparently it was the norm to rip up the pitch and re lay it, which is a job that costs even for us £100k. We went on a tour after the first season at SMS, the lady taking us around said that when she saw the pitch for the last game she thought the pitch looked superb, when she came in the next week with a tour group the first glimpse of the pitch on the tour was from one of the boxes and she was shocked to find the pitch had disappeared.

 

I would have thought that it would have been better to just leave it another season when you consider the ploughed fields we have struggled on this last season: a few bomb holes on the SMS pitch might work in our favour. ;-)

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When was the last time it was relayed out of interest? Was it done last year or was the last time just before Claus' testimonial?

 

I would imagine we had higher issues last summer.

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my little boy played in the matt le tissier tournament on Sunday and said it was amazing - they were given a tour of the staduim but they had to change in the away changing room as some skate b*stards had smashed up the home changing room in a tournament on the saturday

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my little boy played in the matt le tissier tournament on Sunday and said it was amazing - they were given a tour of the staduim but they had to change in the away changing room as some skate b*stards had smashed up the home changing room in a tournament on the saturday

 

hope they got prosecuted

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It definitely needs relaying in the goal areas, I scratched my knees to bits last week in the warm up. Grass was amazing but just below the surface was griity as hell!

 

Pah, you should try some of the Italian pitches we have to put up with. Our home pitch is fine, but you should see the awful state of some of the ones around Turin - barely any grass. I always have a big tub of vaseline in my bag and spread it liberally on my knees and exposed leg as I have an English reputation for sliding tackles to maintain!

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