[Albion] Amex pitch - gone already!

[dolphins]

No time wasted in getting rid of the pitch at the Amex - was up there this evening for a book launch (Peter James's new book, which concerns a kidnapping at the stadium) and the diggers were out...



What surprised me was that I couldn't see any trace of where the sprinklers are/were...

 

[Goldstone1976]

No time wasted in getting rid of the pitch at the Amex - was up there this evening for a book launch (Peter James's new book, which concerns a kidnapping at the stadium) and the diggers were out...
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What surprised me was that I couldn't see any trace of where the sprinklers are/were...

I run a digger company* - sprinklers? What sprinklers??

* possibly

 

[dolphins]

The ones that sit underneath the grass...I always wonder when the players are running around, if there's a difference in feel underfoot when they go over one. Presume they have a thick grassy flap covering them.

I know they get rid of the grass at the end of every season; just surprised it is so early. Nice to see them cracking on with getting things ready for pre-season.

 

[The Rattler]

Please tell me this isn't going to be a Jack Straw style ground-dismantling thread?! Give Falmer its AONB (muddy brown field) back...

 

[Weststander]

Looking for the missing cup money? (Before he posts it!)


Do they replace the Amex grass each close season these days?

 

[Milano]

I like Peter James, what's the new book called? Dead Seagull, Dead Together, Blooming Dead?

 

[spence]

The Amex is built for Premier league. It's a fantastic ground

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I like Peter James, what's the new book called? Dead Seagull, Dead Together, Blooming Dead?

Dead Similar To All His Other Books?

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

I try and have a new lawn laid every 30 years......failed so far though

 

[neilbard]

 

[Milano]

Have the club stopped doing the camp on the pitch night now then? Last season they said it wasn't happening due to all the stadium work for EPL.

 

[Is it PotG?]

My seat was squeaking. Have you sorted it? Barber OUT.

 

[Official Old Man]

Hope PB is on holiday. If he sees what they've done to his pitch he'll go mental.
Does he read NSC on holiday? Quick, delete this thread.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Played nicely last friday though.

There's something surreal about playing in an empty stadium like the Amex, it's amazing and you know it is and you forget where you are during the game but then the ball will go out of play and you'll remember where you are. I can't imagine what it must be like to play there in front of a full house.

 

[Gabbafella]

Diggers....... groundbreaking.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Hope PB is on holiday. If he sees what they've done to his pitch he'll go mental.
Does he read NSC on holiday? Quick, delete this thread.

They're all in Vegas aren't they? Getting RIGHT on it.

 

[Barham's tash]

Played nicely last friday though.

There's something surreal about playing in an empty stadium like the Amex, it's amazing and you know it is and you forget where you are during the game but then the ball will go out of play and you'll remember where you are. I can't imagine what it must be like to play there in front of a full house.

Had a similar experience at The Boleyn Ground. Played on the pitch in the last ever game there as an extra in a film.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Was it them tubby old walking footballers who last played on it?
Must have roughed it up good and proper with sliding tackles and the like.

When's the first home game - pre-season friendly or league?

 

[Sheebo]

Played nicely last friday though.

There's something surreal about playing in an empty stadium like the Amex, it's amazing and you know it is and you forget where you are during the game but then the ball will go out of play and you'll remember where you are. I can't imagine what it must be like to play there in front of a full house.

How did you get to play there if you don’t mind me asking? It’s on my bucket list. Do they stilll rent it out?

 

[Bulldog]

Do they sell the old turf. i would love to returf my garden with a bit of the Amex pitch.