[azul]

When can we start?

Not much progess on the pitch, I'm getting I just seeded my bare patch!

At least they've dug the tractor out

[BlueRover52]

azul, on Apr 6 2010, 07:11 PM, said:

When can we start?

Not much progess on the pitch, I'm getting I just seeded my bare patch!

At least they've dug the tractor out

Not been much visual change since camera has been down! It's like those"spot the difference"games,only one difference though!

[A Spireite]

BlueRover52, on Apr 6 2010, 08:36 PM, said:

Not been much visual change since camera has been down! It's like those"spot the difference"games,only one difference though!

Not much changed inside but had a look through "the hole in the fence" this afternoon and it looks very impessive from the NE corner on the outside, the brickwork is really good and the "roll top" finish to the roofline gives the stands a high quality appearance. I think we'll be quite proud of the place. Certainly fit for league 1; come on lads lets make it happen

[fishini]

A Spireite, on Apr 6 2010, 10:56 PM, said:

Not much changed inside but had a look through "the hole in the fence" this afternoon and it looks very impessive from the NE corner on the outside, the brickwork is really good and the "roll top" finish to the roofline gives the stands a high quality appearance. I think we'll be quite proud of the place. Certainly fit for league 1; come on lads lets make it happen

Does that mean we will need another one for the championship in 4 years time?

[A Spireite]

fishini, on Apr 8 2010, 12:20 PM, said:

Does that mean we will need another one for the championship in 4 years time?

Of course we'll need a new one by then - or half the fans will be left outside

[BlueRover52]

Looks like the new grass has had a cross cut recently---looking better by the day.

[Odysseus]

Does anyone know if the pitch treatment will be an annual event, and any idea how much it may cost to do? I personally think it is a price well worth paying to have the quality of surface we had last season. I do miss the web cam for watching the grass grow, used to love that!

[moondog]

Odysseus, on 04 June 2011 - 10:17 AM, said:

Does anyone know if the pitch treatment will be an annual event, and any idea how much it may cost to do? I personally think it is a price well worth paying to have the quality of surface we had last season. I do miss the web cam for watching the grass grow, used to love that!

This article states it is routine maintenance so it seems so

http://www.chesterfi...2371084,00.html

[BlueRover52]

Odysseus, on 04 June 2011 - 10:17 AM, said:

Does anyone know if the pitch treatment will be an annual event, and any idea how much it may cost to do? I personally think it is a price well worth paying to have the quality of surface we had last season. I do miss the web cam for watching the grass grow, used to love that!

Yes,definiately an annual job.Anyone with a decent lawn will tell you the same,only then it's better to "rag" it out in the autumn.Using the pitch to late in May has made things tight for the work to be done but will be ok for mid to late July.

[Odysseus]

Any update on the pitch, the wet weather will have done it good, blimey I miss the web cam!

[valemadness]

Odysseus, on 16 June 2011 - 09:53 AM, said:

Any update on the pitch, the wet weather will have done it good, blimey I miss the web cam!

there is grass there, having seen the pictures of Nathan Smith signing

[Odysseus]

If my lawn is anything to go by the grass at the stadium must be knee high by now! Any more interviews with the grass as a back ground?

[dalekpete]

Odysseus, on 21 June 2011 - 11:40 AM, said:

If my lawn is anything to go by the grass at the stadium must be knee high by now! Any more interviews with the grass as a back ground?

Having been working there this afternoon I can say that there is plenty of grass. From a distance it looks fine- close up a bit more like Rooney's scalp!

[Odysseus]

dalekpete, on 21 June 2011 - 05:35 PM, said:

Having been working there this afternoon I can say that there is plenty of grass. From a distance it looks fine- close up a bit more like Rooney's scalp!

Oh no, you mean it looks like it was done by a 10 year old with a felt tip, please say it ain’t so!

[Odysseus]

Has anyone been passed the ground recently, as I was wondering if any work has started on landscaping the outside of the ground yet? Always thought that a relatively quick and simple thing to do to make a place look loved, is to have it set in nice well maintained scenery, don’t you think?

Anymore news on the grass, I noticed this piece from PNE, I think we will be giving them a run for their money on who has the best playing surface this season.

http://www.pnefc.net...2385650,00.html

[JonB]

Odysseus, on 04 July 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

Has anyone been passed the ground recently, as I was wondering if any work has started on landscaping the outside of the ground yet? Always thought that a relatively quick and simple thing to do to make a place look loved, is to have it set in nice well maintained scenery, don’t you think?

I drove past one lunchtime towards the end of last week and there were a couple of lads with spades doing something but not sure if its full landscaping or not.

[Frank Thacker]

Ant, I think, has been hard at it with a brush cutter. Brightening up those bits would have been a nice use for the unsold Saltergate turf.

[valemadness]

Odysseus, on 04 July 2011 - 02:29 PM, said:

Has anyone been passed the ground recently, as I was wondering if any work has started on landscaping the outside of the ground yet? Always thought that a relatively quick and simple thing to do to make a place look loved, is to have it set in nice well maintained scenery, don't you think?

Anymore news on the grass, I noticed this piece from PNE, I think we will be giving them a run for their money on who has the best playing surface this season.

http://www.pnefc.net...2385650,00.html

when I went to the ground on Friday, Ant and his team were working on the outside, not sure what they were doing apart from a bit of digging and raking, but definitely doing something

[Odysseus]

Another week gone, just under 5 weeks to go before the first home league game, blimey that looks a long time when you write it down, 16 days until the first home friendly, so how does the pitch look?

[BlueRover52]

Odysseus, on 10 July 2011 - 10:28 AM, said:

Another week gone, just under 5 weeks to go before the first home league game, blimey that looks a long time when you write it down, 16 days until the first home friendly, so how does the pitch look?

Well we've had our first game on the refurbished pitch and it looked great.Ant,however,reckons it's not as advanced as the same time last year but should be by the time we play our first league game.