Lawnmowers

[TheOldKop]

Not sure if this was mentioned after Saturdays game.

I noticed as soon as the players were off the pitch there were three grounds staff on cutting the grass.

Just more visible evidence of how much we’ve progressed professionally since Simon took over.

Never saw that once under the Stains, unless you count pitch forking and stamping the turf down!

 

[Willie Mcgrotty]

Must admit that conjures up an image I'd like to forget. Probably taking our fantastic playing surface for granted a bit.

 

[BigHandsOliverKahn]

Wondered about that and why they do it immediately after. Was reading that it cleans up a lot of debris. Some clubs also cut their pitch up to 5 times a day in summer and they can't cut on the day of a game prior to a match, presumably due to having just painted the lines.

 

[TangerineBayern]

The groundsmen take it very seriously:

 

[Raging_Bull]

Not sure if this was mentioned after Saturdays game.

I noticed as soon as the players were off the pitch there were three grounds staff on cutting the grass.

Just more visible evidence of how much we’ve progressed professionally since Simon took over.

Never saw that once under the Stains, unless you count pitch forking and stamping the turf down!

I think Stan the milkman was too busy refilling his milk float to worry about about divots on the pitch post match back then, not that the Stains would give a flying f@ck in any case.

 

[Blackpool-rocks]

Must admit I noticed the three mowers.

 

[tango94]

It seems to be the thing now...they are usually whirring away in the background while the post match interviews are taking place!

 

[hills98]

I must say I stopped and marvelled for a moment at the pitch as I came into the ground on Saturday. It was so perfect it didnt look like real grass!

 

[Lytham_fy8]

 

[585 = never give up]

I think post match, Stan was told by brown pants, that he had no budget for lawnmowers and petrol, and that he had to bring his pigs from Garstang to chew the grass. Hence the mess caused by their trotters is evident on Lythams excellent picture

 

[MartonBornandBred]

To me, they didn’t look like mowers. The machines they were using were a lot small than the mowers I see in the week when on volunteer duties.

 

[Eventhepenguins]

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Those damned nematodes

 

[tango94]

That one from Lytham's shaming the Oystons dossier is truly shocking.

 

[Wizaard]

I think post match, Stan was told by brown pants, that he had no budget for lawnmowers and petrol, and that he had to bring his pigs from Garstang to chew the grass. Hence the mess caused by their trotters is evident on Lythams excellent picture

Stan made full use of his herd of dairy cows to give the pitch some much needed fertiliser.

 

[Lytham_fy8]

That one from Lytham's shaming the Oystons dossier is truly shocking.

How do you know about the dossier? It's supposed to be strictly confidential with the indecipherable codename 'w8nk3r3'.

 

[fcblackpool]

Not sure if this was mentioned after Saturdays game.

I noticed as soon as the players were off the pitch there were three grounds staff on cutting the grass.

Just more visible evidence of how much we’ve progressed professionally since Simon took over.

Never saw that once under the Stains, unless you count pitch forking and stamping the turf down!

They wanted Sunday off

 

[tango94]

How do you know about the dossier? It's supposed to be strictly confidential with the indecipherable codename 'w8nk3r3'.

Let's just say I was told about it by a man in Latvia and have reason to believe that there's plenty more in there.