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[Albion] The Pitch



Munchkin

Well-known member
Jul 12, 2005
2,286
Littlehampton
What is going on with the Amex pitch? Looked terrible today, Bournemouth players and manager moaning about it also. Not sure why we can’t produce a playing surface of Premier League quality when every other club seem to manage?

Grass appreared longer today and the pitch cut up quite badly as the game progressed.
 






British Bulldog

The great escape
Feb 6, 2006
10,889
Was bound to cut up with the pace the game was played at, been a lot of rain lately as well.
 
















Brian Munich

teH lulZ
Jul 7, 2008
163
Loads of rain and very little natural daylight in between games does that; it was the same last year and the year before.

Another good reason why we definitely don't need to have the women's team also playing at the Amex. The main reason being that women's football is crap, of course.
 






Sussex Nomad

Well-known member
Aug 26, 2010
18,185
EP
Loads of rain and very little natural daylight in between games does that; it was the same last year and the year before.

Another good reason why we definitely don't need to have the women's team also playing at the Amex. The main reason being that women's football is crap, of course.

Controversial. Do women play football?
 


Munchkin

Well-known member
Jul 12, 2005
2,286
Littlehampton
Heavy rain, I get that....

But it does rain consistently at most PL grounds, more so in most! But pitches seem to stand up to it a lot better than the Amex surface.

3 games in December!!! It looked shocking after today’s game.
 






Papa Lazarou

Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Jul 7, 2003
18,840
Worthing
Heavy rain, I get that....

But it does rain consistently at most PL grounds, more so in most! But pitches seem to stand up to it a lot better than the Amex surface.

3 games in December!!! It looked shocking after today’s game.

From my lofty perch at the front of the West Upper there are clearly 'channels' running the length of the pitch where the pitch was particularly waterlogged. The grass was darker / thinner in these areas, and there was thicker mud as well. Clearly the drainage is struggling in these areas, as the rain isn't draining properly.
 


PILTDOWN MAN

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Sep 15, 2004
18,606
Hurst Green
Why do they dig it up each year?

They don't. They remove the very top of the surface, top dress and re-seed
 




Thunder Bolt

Ordinary Supporter
The amount of rain we've had recently would've caused the game to be postponed in other times, if we didn't have good drainage. Remember the good old waterlogged pitches?
 




PILTDOWN MAN

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NSC Patreon
Sep 15, 2004
18,606
Hurst Green


1066familyman

Radio User
Jan 15, 2008
15,185
You have no idea about stadium pitches. They plant potatoes and dig them up. Makes us £2.60 a year.

The farm shop by the stadium (the one where people in fancy cars pay a fortune to own the road and drive at us peasants on foot at the end of each game) have a sign up for potatoes at £12 for a 25kg bag I seem to recall. At those prices we could buy ourselves a decent striker before you know it!
 



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