DW pitch

Fujiman · Post by **Fujiman** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:06 pm

Someone in the pub last night said IL had chucked in £120K towards the cost. Not seen anything about it myself. Any one else heard similar?

sheepsteeth · Post by **sheepsteeth** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:40 pm

Unless something has changed without my knowledge the Football League don't let teams play on artificial pitches so it's a non starter.

I have no knowledge of the mechanics of engineering or laying putches but it seems obvious to me the drainage is inadequate. Bite the bullet and fix the drainage system.

Failing that spend the money and get the best groundsman in the business.

markill · Post by **markill** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 12:51 pm

Would the solution be agreement by both clubs/tenants (and with the acceptance from their fans) that they'll both lose half a season of home games whilst the place is ripped up properly and redone for good - i.e. not just a pitch relaying??

We'd go play at Leigh and have a couple of on the road games and maybe try to get RFL support to put our big home games on when we can have use of the ground (i.e. Leeds, Saints, Wire). Latics can go and play at Bolton or wherever will have them.

Bert's Medal · Post by **Bert's Medal** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 3:53 pm

ian.birchall wrote:
Fujiman wrote:Arsenals ground has large fans under the pitch that sucks the water from the surface
And 60000 paying an average £70 a ticket which gives them a 'bit' more money to come up with these fancy solutions.
And don't get me started on the millions they get from TV

But the DW Stadium should have had a similar system installed to that at the Emirates - have a read at this, for once, unbiased article from Cockney Latic: http://www.cockneylatic.co.uk/index.php ... &Itemid=50

Just to add, that article is from 2011.

butt monkey · Post by **butt monkey** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:09 pm

Fujiman wrote:Someone in the pub last night said IL had chucked in £120K towards the cost. Not seen anything about it myself. Any one else heard similar?

That was a wind up from the Latics fans

Fujiman · Post by **Fujiman** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:02 pm

butt monkey wrote:
Fujiman wrote:Someone in the pub last night said IL had chucked in £120K towards the cost. Not seen anything about it myself. Any one else heard similar?
That was a wind up from the Latics fans

Cheers BM. Made me smile though

Maverickpils · Post by **Maverickpils** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 11:10 am

Does anyone know the state of the pitch following the Latic's game at the weekend?

butt monkey · Post by **butt monkey** » Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:42 pm

Maverickpils wrote:Does anyone know the state of the pitch following the Latic's game at the weekend?

From what I have been told, not that good.

Was not a full relay so still bare patches around the pitch and it cuts up pretty easily too (not had enough time to bed in).

OJ · Post by OJ » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:49 pm

If the weather in Wigan is anything like it is here i.e. raining since about 6 pm last night, the poor groundsman must be in need of therapy by now.

Does anyone know if they've managed to cover the pitch with anything?

I can just picture it now - game on Sky being shown worldwide as various strips of turf float along in front of the cameras or become dis-lodged and trip up the players and the ref

Post by **Mike** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:01 pm

I imagine the pitch relay could actually make the situtation worse for rugby, at least if it isn't actually raining on the day. I relay that hasn't had time to bed in often cuts up very badly. If its doign that for footabll, imagine what it will be like when you are digging yoru studs in a being pushed the other way - we could see huge chinks just give way. I hope it works out better than that, but the Brisbane game could be a nightmare.

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