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JJB turf seen today

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:55 pm
by Poster
I know what you are all thinking but no, it comes in big rolls and then is laid lengthways.It is coming from near York where it started to be cut Mon and is continuing 24hrs till delivery is complete. About 25% is down and should all be there for the weekend. The pitch seems to have more of a crown than before but looks very good.

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:49 am
by luke_robinsons_angel
i hope the new playing surface is good enough to shut that fiona phillips woman up, everytime football is mentioned on GMTV she brings up the state of wigans pitch

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:14 pm
by medlocke
where's all the other post's gone, it's starting to get a bit like RLFANS on here with posts disappearing and threads getting moved or deleted :conf:

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 3:27 pm
by Mike
They were nothing to do with the topic of the thread. I have deleted them.

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:21 pm
by sheepdip
Don't know whether this is true or not. I heard they found 10000 out of date replica football shirts under the pitch. I wonder if someone was trying to get rid of some old stock.

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:37 pm
by El Bobbers
luke_robinsons_ angel wrote:i hope the new playing surface is good enough to shut that fiona phillips woman up, everytime football is mentioned on GMTV she brings up the state of wigans pitch
How can Fiona Phillips comment? She stuggles to read off autocue!!!
Poster wrote:I know what you are all thinking but no, it comes in big rolls and then is laid lengthways.It is coming from near York where it started to be cut Mon and is continuing 24hrs till delivery is complete. About 25% is down and should all be there for the weekend. The pitch seems to have more of a crown than before but looks very good.
That's far to slow they should have asked me to do it I did my back garden in 1 day and I had to turn the soil over! :wink:

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:01 pm
by FROM A TO B
sheepdip wrote:Don't know whether this is true or not. I heard they found 10000 out of date replica football shirts under the pitch. I wonder if someone was trying to get rid of some old stock.
They would have been put there to help the grass grow. Grass thrives on manure

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:10 pm
by josie andrews
JJB Stadium Head Groundsman Ian Forshaw talks about the problems which led to the reconstruction of the JJB Stadium pitch and gives an update on the massive job which is currently underway to replace the playing surface.

Video - Groundsman's Update on JJB Pitch


http://www.wiganwarriors.com/news_full.asp?newsid=3929

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:18 pm
by cpwigan
Good interview that. I could have done with those contractors for my back garden.

Re: JJB turf seen today

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 3:22 pm
by josie andrews
cpwigan wrote:Good interview that. I could have done with those contractors for my back garden.
I know Ian he's a good bloke if you want a good gardener though give me a pm. My nephew used to be Whelans landscape gardener but has now gone on his own :)