| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority 14:50 - Apr 23 with 947 views | galacticoblue |
..if not it should be! |  | | |  |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:51 - Apr 23 with 948 views | wkj |
I think it is due a re-lay this year isn't it? I think the last major one was the season before we went down.
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| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:52 - Apr 23 with 922 views | galacticoblue |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:51 - Apr 23 by wkj |
I think it is due a re-lay this year isn't it? I think the last major one was the season before we went down.
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think it needs much more than just a relay from what I understand | | | |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:55 - Apr 23 with 901 views | wkj |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:52 - Apr 23 by galacticoblue |
think it needs much more than just a relay from what I understand |
I think relaying is about the most extreme maintenance you can do - the sod is probably healthy enough to re-seed in all honesty | |
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| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:56 - Apr 23 with 900 views | PhilTWTD |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:51 - Apr 23 by wkj |
I think it is due a re-lay this year isn't it? I think the last major one was the season before we went down.
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They do a scrape and reseed every summer, although it missed out on that last year.
It does need biger work done to it which is going to cost a lot. It was the only 100 per cent natural pitch in the Championship and the last really deep down work was done in 1977. |  | | |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:57 - Apr 23 with 886 views | Muncher |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:52 - Apr 23 by galacticoblue |
think it needs much more than just a relay from what I understand |
It's long overdue some really serious investment, the kind that would make it a sand based pitch with undersoil heating, improved drainage and part synthetic fibres, which will be a million quid plus job. I suspect it will only have superficial work this summer, if only because planning that kind of work would take quite some time I imagine. | | | |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:57 - Apr 23 with 878 views | wkj |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:56 - Apr 23 by PhilTWTD |
They do a scrape and reseed every summer, although it missed out on that last year.
It does need biger work done to it which is going to cost a lot. It was the only 100 per cent natural pitch in the Championship and the last really deep down work was done in 1977. |
Im sure they wouldn't do major major work until they're ready to install undersoil heading, surely? | |
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| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:59 - Apr 23 with 871 views | wkj |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:57 - Apr 23 by Muncher |
It's long overdue some really serious investment, the kind that would make it a sand based pitch with undersoil heating, improved drainage and part synthetic fibres, which will be a million quid plus job. I suspect it will only have superficial work this summer, if only because planning that kind of work would take quite some time I imagine. |
If the new owners are sure of their Premier LEague ambitions, I am sure they will put that work off until we go up - as I think undersoil is a condition of entry into the PL is it not? | |
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| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 15:25 - Apr 23 with 799 views | PhilTWTD |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:57 - Apr 23 by Muncher |
It's long overdue some really serious investment, the kind that would make it a sand based pitch with undersoil heating, improved drainage and part synthetic fibres, which will be a million quid plus job. I suspect it will only have superficial work this summer, if only because planning that kind of work would take quite some time I imagine. |
Ian Milne put it at a million or a million and a half a couple of years back and the logistics are difficult, in part because access is only available via the tunnel. The plan was always that after promotion to the Premier League it would be set for the following summer.
 Milne: State of Pitch Down to Number of Games and Weather 3rd Apr 2018 12:04MD Ian Milne says the poor current state of the Portman Road pitch is down to the number of games played on it during January and adverse weather conditions, however, he says the club are looking at ways of improving it going forward.  31
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| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 15:48 - Apr 23 with 725 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 15:25 - Apr 23 by PhilTWTD |
Ian Milne put it at a million or a million and a half a couple of years back and the logistics are difficult, in part because access is only available via the tunnel. The plan was always that after promotion to the Premier League it would be set for the following summer.
Milne: State of Pitch Down to Number of Games and Weather 3rd Apr 2018 12:04MD Ian Milne says the poor current state of the Portman Road pitch is down to the number of games played on it during January and adverse weather conditions, however, he says the club are looking at ways of improving it going forward. 31
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It'll be easy once they knock down the Cobbold Stand. |  |
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| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 15:55 - Apr 23 with 700 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Investment to fix the portman road pitch must be a fairly high priority on 14:59 - Apr 23 by wkj |
If the new owners are sure of their Premier LEague ambitions, I am sure they will put that work off until we go up - as I think undersoil is a condition of entry into the PL is it not? |
Is it?
Not doubting you at all WKJ; It's good if thats the case now. | |
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