But seems, according to @addickted05 on twitter, a whole new pitch is being laid at the Valley.
Wasn't it stripped and reseeded a year after the new drainage, irrigation and pipes for under soil heating put in? I seem to remember someone saying that the original works included the resurfacing for the first 3 seasons.
Mick Everett @Addickted05 12h12 hours ago Gillingham, England Mick Everett Retweeted Heather McKinlay Every year after pitch hires we start renovations.Include taking top 25mm off pitch, laying fibre sand and reseeding
Ok. Thought last close season it was covered in sand but I guess that picture is a bit early to tell.
The response to the picture on the museum Twitter is Mick Everett- he's said that "Every year after pitch hires we start renovations.Include taking top 25mm off pitch, laying fibre sand and reseeding"
Ok. Thought last close season it was covered in sand but I guess that picture is a bit early to tell.
The original poster of the picture on Twitter is Mick Everett- he's said that "Every year after pitch hires we start renovations.Include taking top 25mm off pitch, laying fibre sand and reseeding"
nathan chapman @nathanc1978 actually, the head groundsman
Ok. Thought last close season it was covered in sand but I guess that picture is a bit early to tell.
The original poster of the picture on Twitter is Mick Everett- he's said that "Every year after pitch hires we start renovations.Include taking top 25mm off pitch, laying fibre sand and reseeding"
nathan chapman @nathanc1978 actually, the head groundsman
Work has begun on the annual resurfacing of The Valley's playing surface Olly Groome reports
Work has begun on the annual resurfacing of The Valley's pitch, which will ensure a brand new, lush turf in time for the start of the 2016/17 season in August.
The Addicks' playing surface has proved to be one of the best in the Football League since it was completely renovated in the summer of 2014 and requires a yearly re-seeding process to keep it in tip-top condition.
Valley Groundsman Nathan Chapman is overseeing the work which began early on Tuesday morning and he explained the reasons for digging up the pitch on an annual basis.
"The reason for renovation is to revitalise everything, bring back the levels and, very simply, to re-establish it," he said.
"It is vital to do this every year because, if you don't, you'll end up with a lot of horrible grasses and divots within the pitch. Also, the end-of-season pitch hire events badly damage the surface, so it allows us to start afresh every season.
"We have now taken the old pitch off, gone down to a depth of 7mm and will be re-incorporating 87 tonnes of fibre concentrate. We will then re-seed and fertilise and we should expect to see green again in about three weeks time."
Supporters can keep up to date with the progress of the Valley's pitch regrowth via all the usual social media channels over the coming weeks.
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I seem to remember someone saying that the original works included the resurfacing for the first 3 seasons.
They're so desperate to show they can do something right again and this is what they come up with.
Pathetic morons!
Or has the breakdown in goodwill now got to the stage where the club won't even show us something that's good.
With a long wait we are under way
Take off the top surface and then reseed it.
Mick Everett Retweeted Heather McKinlay
Every year after pitch hires we start renovations.Include taking top 25mm off pitch, laying fibre sand and reseeding
He was the idiot who thought up having a DJ in Crossbars!!
We'll probably see ice hockey style perspex next season.
Another poor crowd ...... supporters staying away in droves.
ROLAND OUT!
Olly Groome reports
Work has begun on the annual resurfacing of The Valley's pitch, which will ensure a brand new, lush turf in time for the start of the 2016/17 season in August.
The Addicks' playing surface has proved to be one of the best in the Football League since it was completely renovated in the summer of 2014 and requires a yearly re-seeding process to keep it in tip-top condition.
Valley Groundsman Nathan Chapman is overseeing the work which began early on Tuesday morning and he explained the reasons for digging up the pitch on an annual basis.
"The reason for renovation is to revitalise everything, bring back the levels and, very simply, to re-establish it," he said.
"It is vital to do this every year because, if you don't, you'll end up with a lot of horrible grasses and divots within the pitch. Also, the end-of-season pitch hire events badly damage the surface, so it allows us to start afresh every season.
"We have now taken the old pitch off, gone down to a depth of 7mm and will be re-incorporating 87 tonnes of fibre concentrate. We will then re-seed and fertilise and we should expect to see green again in about three weeks time."
Supporters can keep up to date with the progress of the Valley's pitch regrowth via all the usual social media channels over the coming weeks.
Read more at http://www.cafc.co.uk/news/article/charlton-valley-pitch-work-3132050.aspx#xhRAxBLMTtuUjKYG.99