Heavy pitches no more

[The Widow's Son 399]

Watched a few tributes to George Best recently and I had forgotten how heavy the pitches used to be.  Derby County's was bad and both Manchester teams had very heavy pitches.  It would seem that you rarely/never see this type of surface these days.  Is drainage so much better or are the groundsmen scientists?  Remember a good few Rangers games on a heavy pitch - an Old Firm game at Ibrox which ended in a 2-2 draw, mid-1960's, a 4-4 draw in the early (?) 1980's.

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

Is this The George Best Den

[RDFM 3,809]

George Best again 

[KeyserSoze 14,492]

Heavy pitch for a thread tbf 

[centenarystand 2,227]

Bit random but the OP has  a point.

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

Is true, pitches seem better drained than back in the 70s which must help teams like Rangers who move the ball around.  Remember players kicking the ball and it getting stuck in a mud pile.  Noticed t the Access game and away at Dundee both clubs watering the pitch at half time, murder for the subs trying to warm up. Is this a new trend,?

Stealth global warming thread 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

Better drainage and better grounds men, a lot of today's pitches are part synthetic including ours which also helps. 

[No.12 508]

1 minute ago, Courtyard Bear said:

Better drainage and better grounds men, a lot of today's pitches are part synthetic including ours which also helps. 

I thought ours was fully seeded grass?

[STILLGAME 55 4,128]

30 minutes ago, centenarystand said:

Bit random but the OP has  a point.

This isn't random the ops a fucking tit

[Ibroxholm 2,274]

Clearly there have been advances in how the groundman tends the park but in those days Ibrox was used week in, week out by the first team and reserves, sometimes even to train.  Although the pitch may suffer a bit, would like to see a return to playing reserve (under 20s) games at Ibrox.  Seems ridiculous that a stadium like Ibrox only has around 20-25 games a year.  Players don't even train their anymore so the stadium is a white elephant most of the time.  Would like to see it used far more often.

[BlueboyG 5,200]

Cars don't rust anymore, welcome to 2016

[WATP-FOREVER 5,231]

1 hour ago, KeyserSoze said:

Heavy pitch for a thread tbf 

 

Has anyone weighed it ?

[EatDolphins 5,355]

I'm sure grass wasn't invented til the mid 90's 

[Courtyard Bear 41,357]

1 hour ago, No.12 said:

I thought ours was fully seeded grass?

It's what it's grown on mate, there are plastic fibres through the sandy soil. 

[Gascoigne8 3,369]

42 minutes ago, BlueboyG said:

Cars don't rust anymore, welcome to 2016

When i was growing up everybodys motor had a dent in it

[No.12 508]

2 hours ago, Courtyard Bear said:

It's what it's grown on mate, there are plastic fibres through the sandy soil. 

Ah I see! something learned.

[roboscot 1,176]

Anybody remember this game against Osasuna in the pishing rain, mid 80s, we won 1-0 but lost the tie. 

The ball was just stopping on parts of the pitch and the amount of water running off the roof of the  Main Stand was unbelievable. 

 

[blueballss 2,965]

 

always remember the rain this night and Chris Woods missing a penalty

[harlands plater 16,952]

4 hours ago, STILLGAME 55 said:

This isn't random the ops a fucking tit