We've got the best pitch in League One

[Gaspode]

Best Pitches Announcement

[Rev]

Probably because we don't use the middle of it much!

[RoyMac5]

 

[Jimbo Ram]

We won something 🥳🍾🎈👯‍♀️

[chadlad]

Shame that the ball is never on the grass…😂

[DiggerB]

1 hour ago, Gaspode said:

Best Pitches Announcement

It’ll be all that cash we’ve got hiding under it, away from the nosey EFL! 😱

[Kernow]

Remember how awful the state of the pitch was during administration? Just another small indicator of how much of a mess we were left in by our previous custodian.

Things like paying staff to maintain the pitch isn’t really something that’s thought about in football, but is just another thing that highlights the difference between an owner that cares and one that doesn’t.

[Hans Datdo-Dishes]

We can add the trophy to all the ones we won at the Baseball Ground.

[IslandExile]

2 hours ago, Gaspode said:

Best Pitches Announcement

Best ground.

Now where's that other recent thread about PP?

[DarkFruitsRam7]

59 minutes ago, Kernow said:

Remember how awful the state of the pitch was during administration? Just another small indicator of how much of a mess we were left in by our previous custodian.

Things like paying staff to maintain the pitch isn’t really something that’s thought about in football, but is just another thing that highlights the difference between an owner that cares and one that doesn’t.

I seem to remember it really going downhill during covid. Coinciding with an utterly joyless period of supporting the club. 

[IslandExile]

36 minutes ago, IslandExile said:

Best ground.

Now where's that other recent thread about PP?

Oh it is "grounds team" so is more related to the pitch than the whole thing. Apologies.

And congratulations to the staff involved and the support they get from Sir David.

[hintonsboots]

Great accolade for the groundsman and staff. It looks like a chessboard and I thought I heard Warne shout move Knight to C2. 

[angieram]

17 minutes ago, hintonsboots said:

Great accolade for the groundsman and staff. It looks like a chessboard and I thought I heard Warne shout move Knight to C2. 

I find it very helpful in working out how many yards the players are stealing at throw-ins, so I'm yelling accurately to the ref!

[1977 Ram Raider]

2 hours ago, Hans Datdo-Dishes said:

We can add the trophy to all the ones we won at the Baseball Ground.

Next to the coffee cup.

[Guest]

Great accolade for those that work hard to make it look great, congrats to all concerned.

[Kernow]

6 hours ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said:

I seem to remember it really going downhill during covid. Coinciding with an utterly joyless period of supporting the club. 

It probably seems very insignificant. A few years ago I’d probably think “so what?”

But the pitch was utterly dreadful by todays standards. Still playable, but it shows the standards you can “get away with” when you either have to, or choose to pay the bare minimum.

The fact it’s gone from that to now the best pitch in the league is credit to the ground staff and also to Mr Clowes for the high standards he holds for us. I used to think it was ironic we play at Pride Park with the way it was being left to deteriorate. It’s so nice that we’re back to having pride in our club again.

[Vimto Enjoyer]

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We've got the best pitch in League One

You'll never sing that!

[Comrade 86]

13 hours ago, Gaspode said:

Best Pitches Announcement

Say what you want but in my jumbled head it's the little stuff, the attention to detail and the like, that makes me think that Clowes is the right owner for the club, so this is nice to know. 

[ilkleyram]

19 hours ago, Kernow said:

It probably seems very insignificant. A few years ago I’d probably think “so what?”

But the pitch was utterly dreadful by todays standards. Still playable, but it shows the standards you can “get away with” when you either have to, or choose to pay the bare minimum.

The fact it’s gone from that to now the best pitch in the league is credit to the ground staff and also to Mr Clowes for the high standards he holds for us. I used to think it was ironic we play at Pride Park with the way it was being left to deteriorate. It’s so nice that we’re back to having pride in our club again.

In 2016\17 our pitch was highly commended, along with Newcastle’s. Villa’s won the award for the Championship. There was a period of several years in MM’s ownership when he invested in both the stadium and the pitch, until the money he was prepared to spend ran out.

[Kernow]

3 hours ago, ilkleyram said:

In 2016\17 our pitch was highly commended, along with Newcastle’s. Villa’s won the award for the Championship. There was a period of several years in MM’s ownership when he invested in both the stadium and the pitch, until the money he was prepared to spend ran out.

I know. I don't think anyone could ever argue that MM didn't put money in to the club, we find ourselves in this position because of that.

My post was more aimed at the fact that David Clowes stepped in not because he really wanted to own the Club, but because he really wanted to still have a Club to support. It would be easy to just keep us going without spending too much, but things like this just demonstrate the high standards he wants us to work to.