How would you know ?

i do know that the pitch 40 years ago was green and in excellent nick all through the winter

There you are you see, mad and you don't even realise

i'll be passing your namesake in about an hour ,must remember to have a lag oon the nearest gate post

The interesting line from the article is this:



[i'In order to get the Cravendale Festive Challenge and Matt Diskin’s testimonial game on the pitch was twice cleared of heavy snowfall during the height of the winter freeze. Whilst both games went ahead successfully the damage done is now been dealt with by the groundstaff.'

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So the state of the pitch is Leeds RL's fault and nothing to do with the Union side.

the BARLEY MOW was always a good firm pitch and so was Mc Laren Field .

as is belleview still is now maybe next week we will see a better show from leeds rhinos there.

believe me and many others headingley from 63to 1980 was the best in england leeds united were envious they played on something like lastnights surface

Interesting point.



I read it at face value but you're right.



The groundsman is factual and honest but the marketing spin at the beginning seems to deliberately omit reference to games other than the 2 RL friendlies.

Is the pitch at the Galpharm not grass and have they had more sunshine in Huddersfield than Headingley this winter?

I thought we'd already covered the minimal effect of the powder-puff fairies tiptoe-ing across the fine green sward, and given that Jason Booth has already stated that Headingley has only had one day of sun in the past seven weeks (and that probably not raising the temperature at all) then its probably safe to assume that the Galpharm may have had a touch more sun on its back, yes.



By the way, if it makes Mr Booth feel any better, my lawn looks fs'kin awful too.



Mind, I've got a big dog that s on it at least once a day, must get around to teaching him to put it in a bag afterwards...

but joking apart i think we as supporters and the players should expect to play the first game of the season on a very good playing surface

Huddersfield have engineered grass which comprises of 1% plastic. This helps with creating a better surface. Also, Leeds do not have the option to relay the turf when it takes a beating and have to nurture it back to it's original condition. IIRC, the grass on the pitch now has not been replaced in 80 years. I think I got that factoid from the History Makers book, or maybe the website. I definitely read it somewhere.

Didn't a mr Booth collect an award last year for RL groundsman of the year ?



lionarmour87.. Did you notice the sign outside mty mates house says McLaren Fields ?

ooops .



Was there more than one field ?

How did the groundsmen dig up the under soil heating without replacing the grass?