| New Pitch 10:15 - May 1 with 3955 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Club have mentioned a few times, that 'when we dig down we don't know what we'll find'
Does anyone know the ins and outs of this? How deep do they actually need to dig out?
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| New Pitch on 10:17 - May 1 with 2932 views | MJallday |
Part of luc nillis shinbone I should imagine |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:21 - May 1 with 2890 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| New Pitch on 10:17 - May 1 by MJallday |
Part of luc nillis shinbone I should imagine |
Only at one end. | |
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| New Pitch on 10:30 - May 1 with 2849 views | PhilTWTD |
There's not been any deep down work on the pitch since 1977, so they're unsure precisely what's below the surface. Old brick has appeared towards the surface in the past, I believe. Also, I seem to recall the ground was built on an old rubbish tip. |  | | |
| New Pitch on 10:30 - May 1 with 2835 views | Ryorry |
They might find some green & yellow plastic that was discarded between October 2007 - April 2021.
Should be reycled as toddlers' potties. |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:38 - May 1 with 2806 views | BloomBlue |
| New Pitch on 10:30 - May 1 by PhilTWTD |
There's not been any deep down work on the pitch since 1977, so they're unsure precisely what's below the surface. Old brick has appeared towards the surface in the past, I believe. Also, I seem to recall the ground was built on an old rubbish tip. |
Correct it was built on an old rubbish tip, which was a positive previous groundsmen have said as it aided natural drainage. Although (apparently) when they built the Pioneer stand the foundations subsequently ruined that and its been a battle since to keep the grass/pitch at a high quality. |  | | |
| New Pitch on 10:45 - May 1 with 2734 views | clive_baker |
What if it turns into an archeological dig and gets delayed by months, can we play at the airport for the bants. |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:48 - May 1 with 2710 views | NthQldITFC |
| New Pitch on 10:45 - May 1 by clive_baker |
What if it turns into an archeological dig and gets delayed by months, can we play at the airport for the bants. |
Imagine visiting Everton players going up and down those concrete spiral staircases in studs in January! (Ashton would definitely put them in the upstairs changing rooms) |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:53 - May 1 with 2661 views | FrimleyBlue |
This is why I'd love to see a live feed to the works. It's not just putting down some seeds. There's a lot of work going on this summer millions £s spent on this |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:55 - May 1 with 2650 views | Keno |
The remains of a bus several teams have parked there lately |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:56 - May 1 with 2645 views | clive_baker |
| New Pitch on 10:48 - May 1 by NthQldITFC |
Imagine visiting Everton players going up and down those concrete spiral staircases in studs in January! (Ashton would definitely put them in the upstairs changing rooms) |
Haha Inheacho freezing his nuts off in cell block H. | |
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| New Pitch on 10:57 - May 1 with 2642 views | J2BLUE |
| New Pitch on 10:53 - May 1 by FrimleyBlue |
This is why I'd love to see a live feed to the works. It's not just putting down some seeds. There's a lot of work going on this summer millions £s spent on this |
Agree. With options to watch it back x10 or something it would be interesting. |  |
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| New Pitch on 10:59 - May 1 with 2604 views | SlippinJimmyJuan |
| New Pitch on 10:53 - May 1 by FrimleyBlue |
This is why I'd love to see a live feed to the works. It's not just putting down some seeds. There's a lot of work going on this summer millions £s spent on this |
But all you would actually see is a long shot of excavators digging up dirt and a few tradesmen scratching their 'arris - if you pay me a tenner you can come and sit in my spare room and look out the window for the summer. |  |
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| New Pitch on 11:00 - May 1 with 2584 views | GavTWTD |
| New Pitch on 10:45 - May 1 by clive_baker |
What if it turns into an archeological dig and gets delayed by months, can we play at the airport for the bants. |
I hope they don't find rare newts. |  |
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| New Pitch on 11:02 - May 1 with 2563 views | FromReuserWithLove |
| New Pitch on 10:30 - May 1 by PhilTWTD |
There's not been any deep down work on the pitch since 1977, so they're unsure precisely what's below the surface. Old brick has appeared towards the surface in the past, I believe. Also, I seem to recall the ground was built on an old rubbish tip. |
So we can expect to won the fa cup the following year? |  | | |
| New Pitch on 11:15 - May 1 with 2496 views | Ewan_Oozami |
Don't know about that, I could hear the bones crack from high up in the West Stand (can't remember what it was called back then!) - so they could be anywhere! |  |
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| New Pitch on 11:17 - May 1 with 2473 views | pointofblue |
| New Pitch on 11:15 - May 1 by Ewan_Oozami |
Don't know about that, I could hear the bones crack from high up in the West Stand (can't remember what it was called back then!) - so they could be anywhere! |
Britannia Stand, at that point. | |
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| New Pitch on 11:19 - May 1 with 2463 views | TheMover |
Are they going to sell off the existing turf?
Plenty good enough for a garden then the buyers could legitimately say they have played on the portman road pitch! | | | |
| New Pitch on 11:55 - May 1 with 2382 views | Guthrum |
| New Pitch on 10:45 - May 1 by clive_baker |
What if it turns into an archeological dig and gets delayed by months, can we play at the airport for the bants. |
That is a risk, being fairly close to the town centre and the river. Kind of place people might have done stuff in the distant past.
They may be going deeper than before with the pipework for under-pitch heating. |  |
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| New Pitch on 12:01 - May 1 with 2337 views | RobTheMonk |
When I was 14, we were playing in the local club ground goal before a men's match. I was in goal and saved a shot and went knee first into the ground. I was suddenly rolling around in agony and thought I'd go knee first into a stone. Turns out it was a massive bit of pipe that has slowly got unearthed over the years. They had to dig it out before the game whilst my friends helped me home. Still got the scar on my knee! |  | | |
| New Pitch on 12:01 - May 1 with 2331 views | wkj |
| New Pitch on 10:17 - May 1 by MJallday |
Part of luc nillis shinbone I should imagine |
I was front row in the North Stand that day... jesus... I still wretch thinking about it. |  |
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| New Pitch on 12:05 - May 1 with 2295 views | leitrimblue |
| New Pitch on 10:45 - May 1 by clive_baker |
What if it turns into an archeological dig and gets delayed by months, can we play at the airport for the bants. |
They may need to find a archaeologist willing to turn a blind eye for cash.....  |  | | |
| New Pitch on 12:05 - May 1 with 2292 views | Keno |
obviously Sitters trainer will be dug up at some point | |
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| New Pitch on 12:06 - May 1 with 2293 views | Bluespeed225 |
Remember a few years back when they had a cafe in Planet Blue, I sat on the balcony in the North Stand and watched them scrape off the top of the pitch, but it was only probably 6 inches, but fascinating to watch our pitch get peeled off. Would they go down, say 2 feet? That’s a lot of soil going to be coming out of there! | | | |
| New Pitch on 12:13 - May 1 with 2266 views | Muncher |
I was speaking to someone who knows the contractors involved, the trial holes suggested some really poor soil at depth so I believe they may be using the permavoid system Liverpool recently used, that is where the entire pitch is covered with plastic attenuation tanks and the pitch constructed above that. As for depth they are going to be removing around 500mm, so a really substantial volume of soil to remove and re-import. We are talking hundreds and hundreds of wagons. As for cost I can’t be 100%, but I was told around £3.5m for the stadium pitch, with over a million spent on the training ground ones. | | | |
| New Pitch on 12:38 - May 1 with 2133 views | PhilTWTD |
| New Pitch on 11:02 - May 1 by FromReuserWithLove |
So we can expect to won the fa cup the following year? |
I assume so, by beating the team we host first in the season by the same scoreline at Wembley. | | | |
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