: Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:38 pm  

Dicky Ticker wrote:

Slightly off topic, used to love it before the derbys on the old baked mud of the Boulevard when a Rovers fan would run on and sprinkle grass clippings on the centre circle and the Rovers fans would sing "What's it like to play on grass!"....Priceless!

after the mud of the boulevard, didn't they re-lay it making it out to be one of the best pitches around?

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 9:34 pm  

rovers r red wrote:

after the mud of the boulevard, didn't they re-lay it making it out to be one of the best pitches around?

They certainly did, it was transformed and was superb afterwards.

: Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:40 pm  

Always been a superb playing surface, in recent years. Before was a sand pit, now excellent.

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:26 pm  

What a great idea by Rovers, to invest the money from the service level agreement with the Council, for work in the community, on the construction of the best playing surface in Super League.

: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:30 pm  

phil webbo wrote:

What a great idea by Rovers, to invest the money from the service level agreement with the Council, for work in the community, on the construction of the best playing surface in Super League.

Yup just need a team and a stadium now

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:48 pm  

KC must be a good pitch as it's the same as Liverpools and Real Madrids pitches so it's got to be up there.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:40 pm  

The Craven Park pitch has certainly improved dramatically since the early days there.

I think now it is getting some of the recognition it desrves as an excellent playing surface.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:43 pm  

Captain Dave wrote:

The Craven Park pitch has certainly improved dramatically since the early days there.

I think now it is getting some of the recognition it desrves as an excellent playing surface.

Didn't your pitch cost something like £600,000?
Would imagine that it's one of the top pitches in the league.

: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:59 pm  

A unknown superstar wrote:

KC must be a good pitch as it's the same as Liverpools and Real Madrids pitches so it's got to be up there.

Didn't know they played rugby league.

although i see your point as both those football clubs don't share there ground with another club, so the KC must be up there considering the hammering it gets.

: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:09 am  

Obviously the quality of any pitch will depend on the standard of the groundsman and the number of matches played on it. I believe a number of premiership soccer teams allow only first team games and train elsewhere as do their reserve and junior teams.

Fortunatley Rovers are in a position to allow only their first and reseve team to play at Craven Park thus usually limiting the surface to the minimum wear and tear. Othe clubs may not be so fortunate....and Man Utd for instance can still blame any defeat at home on the R.L. Grand Final played in September