by gillsfan1066 » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:43 am
I totally agree if your putting down turf in the garden. Lay the turf down in late August or September and forget it , by the Summer allow people to play on it. On the other hand laying turf on a soccer pitch in late summer or fall and it's a pretty good bet that 22 guys and a ref running around on it once or twice a week ain't going to do it much good.
My bet is the grounds keeper went to Scally at the end of last season in early May, and siad Sire, look at the mud we call a pitch, we need to replace it NOW. We can have the new turf down in a couple of weeks keep people off it and water it , let the sun shine on it and watch it grow, we will be fine by August.
Of course while he was saying that the owner of the club that knows everything other than how to run a successful football club,had his fingers in his ears and was singing show tunes from The Sound of Music .