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Post by wakeypotter on Nov 22, 2024 18:01:25 GMT
International week nearly over 😃
Just thinking of the next 3 games coming up and 2 off those teams had plastic pitches without looking probably in 80s/90s and was thinking how were they allowed to do this as it was a clear advantage to the home team.
Couldn’t see this being allowed now.
Were there anymore plastic pitches other than QPR and Luton
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Post by Davef on Nov 22, 2024 18:03:17 GMT
Preston and Oldham.
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Post by J-Roar on Nov 22, 2024 18:04:38 GMT
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Post by wakeypotter on Nov 22, 2024 18:06:23 GMT
I know you like these threads mate so did it for you 😃 Just wondered how they got away with it really |
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Post by wakeypotter on Nov 22, 2024 18:08:09 GMT
Forgot about those 2 👍 Should have never got away with it QPR and Luton had very good home records |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Nov 22, 2024 18:31:26 GMT
Overseas plastic pitches are used at . . . . .
Amsterdam ArenaA in Netherlands
Boras Arena in Sweden
State de Suisse home of Young Boys in Switzerland
Luzhniki Stadium home of FC Spartak in Russia
plus quite a few in Scandinavia presumably because of the winter climate.
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Post by lordb on Nov 22, 2024 18:33:02 GMT
Think we only once on plastic,at PNE?
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Post by Clayton Wood on Nov 22, 2024 18:34:45 GMT
Vale park.
They put so much shit on it every other week they needed a combine harvester to cut it.
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Post by wakeypotter on Nov 22, 2024 18:34:49 GMT
Overseas plastic pitches are used at . . . . . Amsterdam ArenaA in Netherlands Boras Arena in Sweden State de Suisse home of Young Boys in Switzerland Luzhniki Stadium home of FC Spartak in Russia plus quite a few in Scandinavia presumably because of the winter climate. Would be interesting to see the home form of those clubs Assuming Ajax would be good at home anyway |
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Post by bertiestan on Nov 22, 2024 18:35:19 GMT
Think we only once on plastic,at PNE? Tony Ellis scored🔴⚪️ |
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Post by lordb on Nov 22, 2024 18:37:35 GMT
Think we only once on plastic,at PNE? Tony Ellis scored🔴⚪️ He was better away He stylishly bent the ball wide of the goal at The (real) Boothen End seemingly at will |
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Nov 22, 2024 18:40:20 GMT
Didn’t we lose 6-0 at QPR on their plastic pitch mid ‘80’s?
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 22, 2024 18:49:31 GMT
Oldham Athletic were a tremendous side under Joe Royle back in the day with their plastic pitch. We were pretty hopeless on it and routinely took a pasting there.
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Post by mickstupp on Nov 22, 2024 18:50:40 GMT
Think we only once on plastic,at PNE? 92/93 promotion season under Macari. Won 2-1 I think with goals from Lee Sandford and John Butler. |
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Post by robwahlmann on Nov 22, 2024 18:56:07 GMT
In Norway astro turf is a big problem in my opinion! We don't create good enough central defenders any more because they don't learn to tackle when they are young due to the surface of the pitch! Maybe the one thing keeping Norway away from the big tournaments in my opinion!  |
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Post by wakeypotter on Nov 22, 2024 19:04:16 GMT
In Norway astro turf is a big problem in my opinion! We don't create good enough central defenders any more because they don't learn to tackle when they are young due to the surface of the pitch! Maybe the one thing keeping Norway away from the big tournaments in my opinion! Yeh that’s a fair point. I remember a lot of players wore tracksuit bottoms. Is that the case in Norway Rob? |
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Post by vamborools on Nov 22, 2024 19:20:52 GMT
Didn’t we lose 6-0 at QPR on their plastic pitch mid ‘80’s? Sure did, went this one, not sure but think it was a midweek match. Men n Boys, we hardly had a touch |
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Post by Gods on Nov 22, 2024 19:37:33 GMT
I remember Robbie James (RIP) boldly declaring the plastic pitch at QPR would suit his smooth passing style just before we got absolutely rinsed 6-0 at QPR!!!
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Post by senojbor on Nov 22, 2024 19:55:05 GMT
I was just thinking that there's no need for plastic pitches now because modern methods and how they construct pitches means that games are never impacted by the poor state of the pitch.
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Post by outspaced on Nov 22, 2024 19:56:37 GMT
Was at Oldham when we came back from 2 down to draw. Think Simon Stainrod and Chris Kamara scored. Without looking it up Roger Palmer probably scored for them because when we played Oldham he always did!
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 22, 2024 20:00:39 GMT
Wasn’t the 4-3 win at Preston with the last minute Dean Crowe winner on the plastic pitch?
Equally was the 4-3 defeat under Cotterill on the same plastic pitch?Thats the day I still can’t think about without feeling anger after we equalised in injury time(Cooke I think) only for Cresswell to go up the other end and get their winner😡
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Post by davejohnno1 on Nov 22, 2024 20:05:20 GMT
Think we only once on plastic,at PNE? 92/93 promotion season under Macari. Won 2-1 I think with goals from Lee Sandford and John Butler. The away support that day was out of this world. Happy memories |
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Post by PotterLog on Nov 22, 2024 20:07:38 GMT
Wasn’t the 4-3 win at Preston with the last minute Dean Crowe winner on the plastic pitch? Equally was the 4-3 defeat under Cotterill on the same plastic pitch?Thats the day I still can’t think about without feeling anger after we equalised in injury time(Cooke I think) only for Cresswell to go up the other end and get their winner😡 They were both years after the plastic pitch days |
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Post by robwahlmann on Nov 22, 2024 20:10:20 GMT
In Norway astro turf is a big problem in my opinion! We don't create good enough central defenders any more because they don't learn to tackle when they are young due to the surface of the pitch! Maybe the one thing keeping Norway away from the big tournaments in my opinion! Yeh that’s a fair point. I remember a lot of players wore tracksuit bottoms. Is that the case in Norway Rob? No, I don't think so, but they don't tackle any more! The reason why is that astro turf surfaces rarely are watered enough before young kids play so if they tackle they will get hurt because of the friction. Because of this we have stopped creating enough top central defenders like Ronny Johnsen and Henning Berg in my opinion. Now we only have central defenders like Østigård, and as you all know he isn't much of a footballer!  |
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Nov 22, 2024 20:10:59 GMT
Wasn’t the 4-3 win at Preston with the last minute Dean Crowe winner on the plastic pitch? Equally was the 4-3 defeat under Cotterill on the same plastic pitch?Thats the day I still can’t think about without feeling anger after we equalised in injury time(Cooke I think) only for Cresswell to go up the other end and get their winner😡 They were both years after the plastic pitch days I could have sworn Dean Crowe’s winner was on plastic😊I’m losing it 😳 |
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Post by PotterLog on Nov 22, 2024 20:20:43 GMT
They were both years after the plastic pitch days I could have sworn Dean Crowe’s winner was on plastic😊I’m losing it 😳 Smudge was a couple of rows behind me at that game we managed to throw away after Cookey grabbed the equaliser. My ears are still ringing from it   |
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Post by owdestokie2 on Nov 22, 2024 20:50:32 GMT
International week nearly over 😃 Just thinking of the next 3 games coming up and 2 off those teams had plastic pitches without looking probably in 80s/90s and was thinking how were they allowed to do this as it was a clear advantage to the home team. Couldn’t see this being allowed now. Were there anymore plastic pitches other than QPR and Luton I played on the QPR pitch the year before it got replaced. Right in front of the dug outs on the half way lane there was a gap you could put your thumb in and was about a 1m in length. Scored a corker at the QPR home end. It was a works friendly 😂😂😂 |
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Post by maine on Nov 22, 2024 21:38:54 GMT
The Tele arena in Stockholm I think is 'artificial turf'-but I'm not sure if it's plastic or not.
I remember Terry Venables writing a book called 'They used to play on grass'.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Nov 22, 2024 22:08:21 GMT
Plastic PitchesThis article sums up the Football League’s plastic pitches pretty accurately.
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Post by JoeinOz on Nov 22, 2024 22:44:39 GMT
Luton got relegated as soon as they got rid of theirs. Which says something.
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