They shifted tons of snow off it in December to get the game on. Don’t suppose that did it any good.
Snow actually behaves like a greenhouse, but if it fell on frozen ground it may have warmed the top half inch or so only. This may have resulted in the grass roots breaking away at the frozen part of the ground. Just speculation on my part, but possible.
They shifted tons of snow off it in December to get the game on. Don’t suppose that did it any good.
I think that Cheltenham game, which we lost, messed the pitch up. That was the one where we were going to use the undersoil heating but didn't have any oil for the boiler.
Someone ordered in an inappropriate temporary boiler, I believe the terminology used was........"It was more suited to heating a couple of flats than a football pitch". In fact someone saw exactly the same model boiler heating the academy rooms at Sparrows Lane and thought "Thats exactly what we need at The Valley for the pitch" and ordered it. As if someone would want to try to make a name for themselves and do something like that? Morning Burger Boy.
As an aside to this..............When you've made as many friends both past and present as Burger boy, when you f*** up, my phone goes into melt down with the amount people wanting to tell all about it.
First a Valley tour with @KillersBeard then a meal in the New Viceroy, the only restaurant in Charlton Village with a 2022/23 on the wall. Excellent food and value.
Delighted to be able to thank our band of fantastic volunteers for all their great work.
But relevance to this thread are the photos of the pitch being reconstructed
First a Valley tour with @KillersBeard then a meal in the New Viceroy, the only restaurant in Charlton Village with a 2022/23 on the wall. Excellent food and value.
Delighted to be able to thank our band of fantastic volunteers for all their great work.
But relevance to this thread are the photos of the pitch being reconstructed
In that bottom photo is that the new squad, meeting for the first time? I knew there was no need to worry
Ain't the pitch lovely and flat now, after that kind Belgian man paid to get the hump in the middle of the pitch removed, and shortly before that naughty Belgian lady, paid to have some couple hump in the the middle of the pitch.
Seems they've started on the pitch early this year. Usually it's hired out during late may/early june before reconstruction starts mid-June. This year there's been no hiring out at all it seems (certainly not received the usual adverts regarding hiring the pitch)
Would indicate the major reconstruction that's been clearly needed, and avoided for the last few years, is finally being done.
Seems they've started on the pitch early this year. Usually it's hired out during late may/early june before reconstruction starts mid-June. This year there's been no hiring out at all it seems (certainly not received the usual adverts regarding hiring the pitch)
Would indicate the major reconstruction that's been clearly needed, and avoided for the last few years, is finally being done.
If Palace come we will need to get a boiler. But before undersoil heating I think the learning from last season is not to bust a gut to get a game on as per Cheltenham as the damage it does to the pitch is lasting.
Don’t forget the pitch covers weren’t even in the borough let alone on the pitch, the executive decision to send the covers to VCD in an attempt to get the women’s game on meaning The Valley pitch was already frozen before the covers went on.
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This may have resulted in the grass roots breaking away at the frozen part of the ground.
Just speculation on my part, but possible.
First a Valley tour with @KillersBeard then a meal in the New Viceroy, the only restaurant in Charlton Village with a 2022/23 on the wall. Excellent food and value.
Delighted to be able to thank our band of fantastic volunteers for all their great work.
But relevance to this thread are the photos of the pitch being reconstructed
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Think they were all quite shy as Peter said we couldn't talk to them or ask them any questions.
Think they were gardeners as we overheard them talking about funding hedges
Get it right next time 😇😉
Would indicate the major reconstruction that's been clearly needed, and avoided for the last few years, is finally being done.