State of the Pitch
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You got good eyesight. I couldn't see any for the grass.
Lionel Bart-At
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None. ?
I grew up playing on mud (at 't bottom of a lake). Why the question?
I grew up playing on mud (at 't bottom of a lake). Why the question?
rebus
On my final warning
Groundsman Steve’s done a great job. Superb surface.
badgerbee
Mafeking Avenue........gets you there!!!!
Will all be ruined after LI v Gloucester on Sunday...... 
TW3Bee
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Couldn't see them at all.
They seem more visible on TV, although barely, the football lines are more prominent when I watch the rugby on TV.
pompeybee
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Yes, first time I've noticed. Just to the west of halfway.
It doesn't affect play, I just always think it looks naff when I see it at other grounds.
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Pitch looked very good Banana, perfect in fact. Test will be around November to January but from what we're seeing so far it's looking good.
horshambees
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Looks like a newly laid carpet compared to some of the rubbish we have seen over the years.
Obviously with the weather about to change in the next few days we will see it in different conditions very soon so let's judge it then as well.
Obviously with the weather about to change in the next few days we will see it in different conditions very soon so let's judge it then as well.
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I was thinking yesterday how good it was looking
hobbsy
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Growing lamps are still in use throughout the week , I guess the nimbys aren't complaining as the flats are in the way now.
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Can't be good for the new flats though!
rebus
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That will wait until the people move into the flats and get the full glare!
TW3Bee
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I noticed the greened out Rugby markings more at the Norwich game than I have at other games this season.
Same actually! Although I must say the surface itself looked fantastic. Will be a real test over winter, but I'm confident it will hold up
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They weren’t there at the start of the season. So no surprise really.
Isleworth_Bee
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Agree but once the game started it wasnt an issue.
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Seems to be holding up quite well at the moment, have to see what effect the winter has.
Including pre season, BCS will host a minimum of 40 fixtures this season (24 football, 16 rugby).
14 have already been played (10 football, 4 rugby) with no obvious wear/damage to the pitch.
Difference this season is that more games have/will be played in Aug/Sept/Oct/April/May when
the pitch is driest and firm and less in the wetter winter months like last season.
Worth noting in the 9 weeks of Nov and Dec there are only 3 rugger matches, all nicely spaced out.
Crunch time for the pitch will be Jan and early Feb with 3 rugby, 2 football and 2 potential
FA Cup home ties, and fixtures on 2nd and 3rd Jan. Let's hope for a dry start to 2022 !
14 have already been played (10 football, 4 rugby) with no obvious wear/damage to the pitch.
Difference this season is that more games have/will be played in Aug/Sept/Oct/April/May when
the pitch is driest and firm and less in the wetter winter months like last season.
Worth noting in the 9 weeks of Nov and Dec there are only 3 rugger matches, all nicely spaced out.
Crunch time for the pitch will be Jan and early Feb with 3 rugby, 2 football and 2 potential
FA Cup home ties, and fixtures on 2nd and 3rd Jan. Let's hope for a dry start to 2022 !
Ealing Bee
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An FA Cup run with home ties could add to the tally, while there will be three (four?) matches for the Womens' Euro's in July.
Certainly getting good use out of the pitch/stadium.
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I’m not an expert, but I have never watched a game as low down as row 2 until yesterday, and I was amazed how often the ball bobbled as it was passed back to David. To the point where I was genuinely worried an air shot would happen. I was right behind the net.
The biggest issue last year was the drainage in the South West corner. Do we know if anything was done about the tank below the pitch to address that or have we just been lucky with less rainfall?
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That's just an attenuation tank that caches rainwater before releasing it into the local sewers at a lower rate so that they don't get overwhelmed.
coconino
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The pitch looked excellent viewed from the top of E113 for Southampton. Something else to get used to at BCS, the idea that a full calendar of football and rugby won’t leave the surface knackered this late in the season.
coconino
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They can hold rally cross on it and plant potatoes in the tyre tracks for all I care, as long as it’s tip-top for pre-season.
shepperton bee
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The ground staff deserve a lot of credit for the way the pitch has played this season , must admit I was a bit sceptical at the presentation when we all bought our ST when they assured us the pitch would be fine !! Last season it definitely looked a bit ropey at times but we’ll done all involved it’s looked great all season and the Rugby markings are barely visible .
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As an old boss of mine frequently used to say, "I'm not going to congratulate you for doing your job".
Was he well liked?
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Oh I like that. If I was not retired I would definitely pinch it!
abeeforever
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It got of to a bad start and most people feared for the worst, But a great job has been done by the ground staff, It looks perfectly fine to me now, Certainly a lot better than Leeds the other night on TV where the rugby lines were clearly visible and looked as prominent as the football lines, They deserved to go down for that offence alone. 
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Wont be so good after the Leeds game once the Police Horses have been over it..........
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It’s a bit like the colour of the seats .. people were worrying over nothing 
hobbsy
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The yellow ones still annoy me. Luckily we’re a full house so not seen as oftenIt’s a bit like the colour of the seats .. people were worrying over nothing
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Looks like substantial* work started this week. Presumably squeezing it in before the Euro matches
*I'm basing this wild assumption on the large piles of earth of the car park and seeing a section of the playing surface looking roughed up. Not a pitch expert
*I'm basing this wild assumption on the large piles of earth of the car park and seeing a section of the playing surface looking roughed up. Not a pitch expert
hobbsy
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No, it has to be relaid each year regardless.
JANORAK
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Every year? Just leave it growing a little bit longer. Mrs J doesn’t seem to notice when she’s on our lawn.
badgerbee
Mafeking Avenue........gets you there!!!!
It’s used for cricket in the summer……
Makes it better to baton…….