The Pitch

[itsmee]

Summer Work Begins


Close season maintenance work has begun on the pitch, with the club's ground staff removing the top 15mm from the surface ahead of re-seeding.
This summer will also see some additional work carried out to improve drainage of the Molineux turf.
Club secretary Richard Skirrow explains: "Whilst we were very pleased with the way the pitch performed last season, there are still isolated patches that have drainage problems.
"To remedy this we have put some extra drainage slits into the affected areas. These are basically perforated pipes that connect up with the main drainage system, and we should see an improvement during periods of heavy rainfall."

Does that mean they put the the old turf back down or use new ?anyone know

[Wivey Wolf]

Summer Work Begins


Close season maintenance work has begun on the pitch, with the club's ground staff removing the top 15mm from the surface ahead of re-seeding.
This summer will also see some additional work carried out to improve drainage of the Molineux turf.
Club secretary Richard Skirrow explains: "Whilst we were very pleased with the way the pitch performed last season, there are still isolated patches that have drainage problems.
"To remedy this we have put some extra drainage slits into the affected areas. These are basically perforated pipes that connect up with the main drainage system, and we should see an improvement during periods of heavy rainfall."

Does that mean they put the the old turf back down or use new ?anyone know





I'm no expert, but they do mention re-seeding, so that would suggest that they are starting afresh

[itsmee]

Yes... ok... I missed that one...its is only 10.30 am on a saturday though. Help ! delete this foolish post I made...Im a very new poster, sorry !! I think I will start to read things properly first !! LOL

[N1GHTFALL]

Estimated cost of pitch improvements....... circa £30mill.
BANG .. there goes the investment!!

<joke>

[RyanWolf]

Maybe they should change it back to the way it was before Hoddle had it widened.

[5150]

Why 15mm ? why not 16 or 17 ?....pretty accurate for such a large piece of machinery !:)

[leedswolf]

Why 15mm ? why not 16 or 17 ?....pretty accurate for such a large piece of machinery !:)

Yep. it's called technological progress .....................................

[Stewarton Wolf]

I'm no expert, but they do mention re-seeding, so that would suggest that they are starting afresh
I think they will have to seed, I hear there is a turf shortage in all the local garden centres.........:)

[ROVERT47]

I worked with Ken Bates for many years,who is now on the groundstaff.

I would expect the pitch to be in perfect condition at the start of next season.:rolleyes: