Dumbarton Rock

I'm actually feeling sorry for your groundsman now. Just a couple of weeks ago he had to deal with a game on the Saturday then another on the Sunday which is madness on that surface. Then this week Kazakhstan U21s train on it 4 days before an important league game. Now I'm hearing Broomhill are back on it tomorrow. Full time groundsman would struggle to deal with this nonsense. I just don't get it

If it has been verti-drained recently it won't flood, I believe itsGavin Irons that's back doing it and he does it right. You need to go down 7 to 8 inches to reach the hard-core, that basically leaves a hole straight through your problem part of the pitch so it drains away fine. A day like this which a soggy pitch will close most of the holes up though and your heading back to square one. That's why you need to do it at least 4 times a season on that pitch. 20 years of just the basic maintenance to blame I'm afraid.

How time flies, 7 years ago

To answer a few of your questions. I always had Gavin booked up for as soon as the season was done, he would do us and Cappilow at the same time. He would vertidrain it then 60 ton of sand would get spread on it and it would get over seeded as well. It would then be left for a couple of weeks to let the seed germinate. The sand gets brushed into the holes the vertidrain made and that helps with the drainage and let's air into the soil. Then I'd start 3 weeks of cutting and watering constantly and it would then be ready for the start of the season. I'd also over seed the touchlines and goalmouths myself. I couldn't believe it when I saw that sand getting put on this late. Bizarre.

I walked by on Thursday and saw about 40 ton of sand sitting at the gate, my thoughts were no way are they putting that on the park with a game in 48 hours. They did. . That gets done the week after the last game

Well I can't see you getting a 4g pitch this year, your summer work was done today so can't see them ripping it up now. Interesting to see Carrick Sports have been binned and Gavin Irons done the work. That's the first time he's been back since I left.

Pitch getting vertidrained again today. It will work this time as conditions are good.

Yes.

Had a wee look on my home from the Rock, park is fine, looks a bit wet in the goalmouths but the vertidrain has done it's job.

I finally got them to agree to spend 3 grand getting it corralled then the total collapse in the championship relegation battle happened. The next message was see yer corralling it ain't happening. In hindsight that was the day that broke me.

I did say on Tuesday that this was his plan of attack. Vertidarin Tuesday so no chance of it being on but gave today's game a fighting chance. If Tuesday had went ahead today would probably have been off. Club can't afford to lose all these Saturday games. Good effort Mr Paton.

Depends how long it lasts

Pishing down again

Wee chance guys looks like the vertidrain done it's job and he got the ride on on it yesterday. He's lining it just now so must think it has a chance.

You know what that means. If it had a chance it would be half 12 1ish.