Edinburgh City vs Dumbarton/Dumbarton vs Edinburgh City

[GordyBrow]

Just now, Zen Archer Esq. said:

It's an old slipway from when it was a boat yard.

And it was originally flat...

[Bring Back Paddy Flannery]

2 minutes ago, Tattie36 said:

Why didn’t they make the pitch flat when they built The Rock? That slope in the corner to the right of the stand is ridiculous for a new (ish) build.

I know, so daft of them to deliberately install an uneven pitch.

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

2 minutes ago, GordyBrow said:

And it was originally flat...

I've just checked an old map and the whole pitch is built on an infilled tidal basin.

[Tattie36]

1 minute ago, Bring Back Paddy Flannery said:

I know, so daft of them to deliberately install an uneven pitch.

Has it subsided since it was built or was it genuinely built like that? I’ve noticed it before but it looks even more pronounced now.

[Sons Fan]

1 minute ago, Tattie36 said:

Has it subsided since it was built or was it genuinely built like that? I’ve noticed it before but it looks even more pronounced now.

Its subsided over time. I think is been “fixed” once maybe twice but still settled.

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

Detailed Old Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913) , Kirkcaldy, Fife Co-ordinates 56.115299, -3.159471 (archiuk.com)

[Stevie Aitken's Love Child]

This has all the hallmarks of a classic Duffyball shitfest

[vikingTON]

I don't think I've seen a more fundamentally useless promotion-chasing finalist than this mob. There's nothing to them whatsoever.

[GordyBrow]

2 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said:

Detailed Old Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913) , Kirkcaldy, Fife Co-ordinates 56.115299, -3.159471 (archiuk.com)

Suspect that’s the wrong map. Surprised Ava Street doesn’t appear on the old map unless it’s hidden under the railway?

[BallochSonsFan]

5 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said:

Detailed Old Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913) , Kirkcaldy, Fife Co-ordinates 56.115299, -3.159471 (archiuk.com)

They used a lot of demolition waste and other industrial shite as infill too. The land isnt great down behind that goal.

[stu20vt]

And they want to build houses on that land?

[Jack Burton]

Why didn’t they make the pitch flat when they built The Rock? That slope in the corner to the right of the stand is ridiculous for a new (ish) build.

Been to Dumbarton's ground a few times but didn't realise there was such a slope in that corner before.

Edinburgh have offered nothing. Surprised at how poor they have been they were a better side than this the last time we played them in league 2.

[Sons Fan]

Just now, stu20vt said:

And they want to build houses on that land?

It would be a “feature” 

[Tattie36]

This ref is atrocious.

[embow]

1 minute ago, Tattie36 said:

This ref is atrocious.

As a neutral I have to say he's not even that good! Total roaster. Where, just where, does Scottish football get them?

[BallochSonsFan]

4 minutes ago, stu20vt said:

And they want to build houses on that land?

Thats one of the problems that Brabco faced. The land isnt worth as much as they thought it was when you factor in the remedial/clean up work that a house builder would need to do. Would affect the sale price of the land.

[Tattie36]

Could be an interesting second half. With this wind Edinburgh need to shoot on site. Terrible game so far ruined by the wind, occasion and ref.

[BallochSonsFan]

I've spent the past 10 minutes looking at the old railway routes on that map. It has been far more enjoyable than watching the game would have been. I'm missing Eurovision semi-final 2 for this.

[FifeSons]

Dreadful game so far, but the scoreline will do.

[Cosmic Joe]

28 minutes ago, Tattie36 said:

Why didn’t they make the pitch flat when they built The Rock? That slope in the corner to the right of the stand is ridiculous for a new (ish) build.

That corner has subsided a couple of times since the pitch was put down. They appear to have over-compensated this time around, but it might subside again. Thomson Park in Lochee has a similar problem being built over a quarry.