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New State-of-the-art Pitch at The Valley

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  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,842
    Henry Irving said:
    Looking good now
    I was going to say in the match thread yesterday how nice the stadium and pitch were looking on TV. 
  • OhMyGodden
    OhMyGodden Posts: 313
    Was it just me or were the lines brighter or had been re-painted yesterday? 
  • charlton4ever
    charlton4ever Posts: 1,768
    edited December 2025
    Been watching a lot off the reruns of "The Big Match Revisited" - firstly what a commentator Brian Moore was. And then those old pitches! Quagmires !! - shows you how far they have come. Think The Valley pitch for the time of year is amazing.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,198
    OhMyGodden said:
    Was it just me or were the lines brighter or had been re-painted yesterday? 
    Or the new floodlights?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,560
    2 Jan 2026


  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,890
    Was wondering if the boiler had been installed 
  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,569
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,290
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
    don't think he meant pitch - think he meant stadium generally as in tough place to come to type thing
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 680
    DOUCHER said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
    don't think he meant pitch - think he meant stadium generally as in tough place to come to type thing
    I just commented on this in the post match, you’ve explained without me knowing!🙄
  • cafc_se7
    cafc_se7 Posts: 2,317
    DOUCHER said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
    don't think he meant pitch - think he meant stadium generally as in tough place to come to type thing
    I thought he meant the pitch itself to be fair.

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  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 680
    Posted this on the other thread, more appropriate on here:
    Sorry to go over old ground, but noticed Lampards comment about the pitch and then sort of stopped, any ideas what that was about? Always see it as a good sign when an opposing manager finds it difficult to give any credit, he managed to squeeze out, we were good at what we do which always feels like a back handed comment to me. I have enjoyed how we’ve got under other clubs skins at times though, shows we are doing some things right😂
  • DOUCHER
    DOUCHER Posts: 8,290
    cafc_se7 said:
    DOUCHER said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
    don't think he meant pitch - think he meant stadium generally as in tough place to come to type thing
    I thought he meant the pitch itself to be fair.
    i'd be amazed if he could use the quality of the pitch as a factor - think its been great this season 
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 680
    DOUCHER said:
    cafc_se7 said:
    DOUCHER said:
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
    don't think he meant pitch - think he meant stadium generally as in tough place to come to type thing
    I thought he meant the pitch itself to be fair.
    i'd be amazed if he could use the quality of the pitch as a factor - think its been great this season 
    They certainly seem to have got over the teething problems from last season
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,751
    It did look on the TV like it had a few bare / roughed up patches around the JS end. I assumed it was prep work ahead of laying the beach to greet Chelsea. 
  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 7,046
    On TV it looked dry and bobbly. I think Lampard was definitely referring to the state of the pitch.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,890
    It didn’t seem to get watered before kick off at half time 
  • 2121
    2121 Posts: 1,341
    ElliotCAFC said:
    Interesting that Frank Lampard commented on how difficult our pitch was to play on. Looked fine on TV. 
    My dad and i kept commenting on how bad the pitch was. Looked terrible tbh 
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,239
    I have been told - by someone who gets to stroll around on it - that the pitch is rock hard. And that the watering makes little difference. The same person suggested that the Liverpool pitch has the same problem.

  • valleynick66
    valleynick66 Posts: 5,056
    I assume the pitch will be covered pretty much permanently for the next week ahead of Chelsea given the forecast temperatures. 
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,586
    The pitch is considetably better than this time last season but it's not in A1 condition. I wasn't surprised to hear Lampard mention it. 

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  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,410
    valleynick66 said:
    I assume the pitch will be covered pretty much permanently for the next week ahead of Chelsea given the forecast temperatures. 
    I’d get some sand on it for them. See how they like it. 
  • gringo
    gringo Posts: 729
    charltonkeston said:
    valleynick66 said:
    I assume the pitch will be covered pretty much permanently for the next week ahead of Chelsea given the forecast temperatures. 
    I’d get some sand on it for them. See how they like it. 
    First delivery arrived yesterday!

  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,449
    They were mowing the pitch with fancy new mowers about 30 odd mins after the game finished on the 1st 

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