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Been up to the ground today and the diggers have arrived, starting work tomorrow, and the 15 sprinkler heads look to be settling well in the home dressing room lol :theband:

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how long will it take to do ??????????? all the suff

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Given the number of games postponed last season because of waterlogging, it's been suggested elsewhere they are going to plumb it in backwards to suck the water out :)

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Fingers crossed its the 1st of many jobs to be done on the ground this summer.


Any news of cowshed being demolished yet????

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suggest that at the meet tonight, the stewards could do it.:D

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Ill happily bring my mates digger down and start it for them :)

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Just been up at the ground - nowt seems to be happening yet.

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I presume that's "tomorrow" in O'Neill time? :rolleyes:

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Maybe they are waiting until after the meeting tonight. No point digging it up if all you hooligans aren't going to conform to ground safety rules :p

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ya will have to bring a driver as well smudgie, theres a digger on the pitch sunbathing.:D

me also, was told they are waiting fer the water pump to be installed in corner livi rd/whinney hill end first,before starting to dig.:) wonder we didn't bump into each other Redraine.:)

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Maybe we did. There was a suave, stylish bloke coming out of the shop when I walked past.:D

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what time a day you go up and what was this bloke wearing ?

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Well i did have me best "Teeth" in.:D

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In what?

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That would be telling.:D

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Work has started, pics on official site, also says around £80K being spent - must be getting undersoil heating and the works for that!!!!

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any new phots of the work on going around the ground ?????? . overfooty clubs have them will we.....

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Yeah was told by a few customers who'd been up to ground telling us that there's no grass, all dug up to be levelled with sprinkler and drainage to be fitted. Blimey stanley with a straight level pitch will be novel :)
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Will be even better if we got "Players" to play on it.:rolleyes:

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Is it going to be flat?

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Will they have to install some steps to get on/off the pitch on the far left corner :-) (looking from clayton end)
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any updates on the state of play?:)

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Grandad was down today, said they are all new irrigation ditches being dug with pipework the full length of the pitch.

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any photos ???????

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Club should be putting pitch pics up on fishy, showing improvements made.

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Its hardly recognisible now lol, hopefully we will have a great pitch and hopefully hold up more better in winter:D good stuff.

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:)Drains are in sprinkler system in top soil is on and was exspected to be re-seeded over the wkend.so we should have a green pitch in 2wks time:) ps i have more pics but wont let me upload them:(

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Love yer sense of humour mel.:D:rolleyes:

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Cheers for the pic Mab:)

It's already changed a lot since I was over there about 1 & half ago, looking forward to seeing the finished pitch:)

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How long will it be before it can be played on, the season will be staring in about 8 weeks time!!

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it will need at tops 7 weeks to grow . as it been seed yet????????????

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Well six weeks on Tuesday is pencilled in the Burnley pre-season game

So sow & grow

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Well pitch is definately different and had a nice farm pong wiff over the crown ground lol ready to be seeded within next few days.
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Are you sure it wasn't the Whinney Hill tip???

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The pitch was covered in the stuff, it was definatley a manure smell.

There's always a way to get back at neighbours who complain ;):D

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Burnley have today moved their home friendly on July 31st to Huddersfield because they don't think the new pitch will be ready. Will be interesting to see how quick Stanley's pitch will grow, I reckon they are on about the same time process.

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I am sure we will contniue to get regular updates from he club,and pictures of progresss:confused::confused:

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Down yesterdy!pitch has been lazer leveled and has had ton's of smelly stuff ploughed in and is ready for seeding.sprinkler system is installed and fully working as tests have been made thursday and friday,their is work going on over where the old toilets were at the coppice end:)

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Cheers for that Mab, next time you are there, please could you get some piccys!!!!

Cheers matey :) :) :)

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have some more phots but wont me upload them:(

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Surely if it's not been seeded yet it would be pretty stupid to be playing a game on it on July 27th. Even August 7th is pushing it :eek:

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:)Thought that my self LD but they say that smelly stuff helps the grass grow and nitt quickly and should be ready..:)

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Well they are the experts, however if they need any weed growing expert
ise they can give me a shout :)

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Thanks for that Mab,implying more from the club!!.Think it could be rootzone,to help the grass growth.

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do we have and green showing yet. today is 21 6 10 mmmmmmmmmmmmm
accy v burnley on mud

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Dont think so but havent been up to see, worryingly it wont be mud they will be playing on it will be rock hard as well, altho been assured that the sprinkler system is in place & working, so could be a muddy game, thats depending if burnley wanna play on it - their pitch is a week in front of ours & even they have moved their pre season matches elsewhere. Tho i think with stanley is they wouldnt want to turn down the income, income before the pitch it seems, tho surely playing on a pitch that isnt ready would only wreck the work done:confused::confused::rolleyes:

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why not move the game for 1 week later

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Being seeded as I post this, meeting buzzer up there later to water it with our whizz banging irrigation system.sorry to say it but we could now do with a bit of rain.

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That would be 4 days before start of season, no way would they do that.

Out of curiosity, I know the sprinkler system isn't a hosepipe but what happens if they bring in a hosepipe ban in the next week or so ? would they be allowed to fill up the tanks ?

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i think burnley my pull out .... burnley are playing bacup soon its nice and green up there. been seed for weeks ... plus nice new blue seats in main stand new dug out out build bye me ...

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Here is a photo from this evening.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...0&d=1277325138

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I think the mower blades need lifting, it's taken all the grass off :)

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Seems the water fountain works or someone is having a giant pee on the mud. Is there supposed to be a puddle at coppice end?
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Cheers, mate, fills me with a deep sense of longing seeing that.

I'm missing it and can't wait to get back! :)

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Looking at that mick, have me doubts if it will be ready fer the "Shots" never mind the friendly.:eek:

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Cheers for the piccy Redash :) Though I must agree, it looks a long way from being ready on time, we will have to trust in the people in charge...

:) :):)

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Shouldn't be a problem, Having been up there for most Burnley reserves games the puddles are normal aren't they ;)

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It'll be reight. D'On'll sort it.

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What a great sense of humour Joe.:rofl38::rofl38:

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Specially for you Wyn, maybe just maybe:D

YouTube - TOM JONES - Green Green Grass Of Home

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lets hope it grows before the hosepipe ban;):p

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Maybe an idea to get some Butts down there:D

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Buzzer told me the contactor said there will be grass to cut in about two weeks the big problem is getting enough water on it, typical really just when we need some rain what happens "NOWT" ah well we will have to wait and see!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but other issues are the control room and a million other jobs that need to be done as around the ground itself is like a tip so please feel free to donate an hour or two of time if you can spare it, Im sure all help would be gratefully received, barriers on away need painting,all the old advertising hoardings need removing, all the walkways need sweeping and the list goes on

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Thought all the painting had been sorted ?

Accrington Stanley

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weres it say that dave? if ya click on yer link its a blank.:confused:

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You have to look down the list at the 19th May


Stanley Stadium gets a lick of paint with Intraining

http://www.accringtonstanley.co.uk/g...%20picture.jpgAccrington Stanley Football Club have begun work on the stadium, painting all the terraces and iron works over the summer period and to help them in this mammoth task they have enlisted the help of national training provider Intraining (formally TWL).

With head offices based in Sheffield and over 80 sites across the UK, including centres in Burnley, Hyndburn and Pendle, Intraining provides a number of programmes which offer employability skills and help to get people back into work.

Neala Barker Operations Manager at Accrington Stanley said "We would not be able to complete such a labour intensive task without the support of Intraining, we will have a team of 12 volunteers here for approximately 6 weeks. The team have proven to be really hard working and are all proud to be involved with the project.

"The club is supported tremendously by the local community and individual volunteers throughout the football season, and this time of the year is our chance to return the favour back to the community. We are thrilled that the club can be used as a platform for individuals to gain valuable experience that will help them back into employment."

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Well those guys must not have done it then?:confused:

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Presumably they ran out of time. The best thing to help the pitch is to arrange for 50 volunteers to turn up all next week to paint the away end. You can guarantee doing that it will pee down all week :)

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The first blades of the green stuff are starting to show.As for the painting the guys are getting there slowly but it,s a thankless task as there is so much to do.

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the lads doing the painting have done a massive amount and it looks superb as for the pitch, that looks fantastic , nice and level. lets just hope for a spot or two of rain.

loweiy

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I never thought id hear a Stanley fan EVER asking for rain :D:D

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I hate to burst the bubble, but the photo is clearly the Clayton End:)

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Levels of water restrictions if put in place

BBC NEWS | UK | Levels of drought restrictions

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What a joke, the ordinary man can't water his garden but the snobs can still fill their hot tubs and swimming pools. :mad:

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The grass is starting to come through. Pictures taken at 6pm on Sunday.

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Thanks for the update Jeff!!!

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Who's let this Fleetwood fan loose on here?:D

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Nice one ;) :D :D

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At last a bit of good news, its pishing down.:D

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been up to day . looks very nices . loads work needs doing around the ground . help if anyone can

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Yes, like upgrading the capacity to 5,000 + so that the club can remain a league club. Oh and keep the promises of last season, new security post, cover over the coppice end etc etc etc

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Don't worry, it will all be done "in the next couple of weeks"

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lol.................................... money pay good people to do jobs than get free work after so long people/ fans get p off .

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Apparently there's a piece in today's Accy Observer about the pitch being vandalised on Tuesday night, haven't got the paper yet & the story isn't on line - does anyone know anything about it?

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Yeh kids had been on it down near the changing rooms looked like they had been playing football on it luckily not a lot of damage and it seems to be recovering well,the green patches are getting bigger every day and the middle of the pitch is now showing signs of growth,its a little further behind because off a lack of water due to the sprinklers not working properly but the three middle ones have now been replaced.
The lads doing the painting have now started painting the walls round the pitch ready for the new advertising boards going up,im up there next week sorting out the toilet facilities all round the ground, repairs are ongoing to the floor in the gents on the clayton end,the saftey barriers on the coppice end have had a coat of paint and hopefully all the rubbish from the concourse and carpark areas of the ground will be dispatched into skips.

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:) Shouldnt be a problem with water tonight its chucking it down at the moment:)

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Perhaps we could do with some sort of security cabin or cctv !!!:rolleyes:

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They have got some young knobheads on cctv, n handed it oer to police, i hope plod track down these scumbags.:mad: twas in observer.

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Just asking a question? is it possible to take a still photo from cctv? if so suggest sending a picture of these clowns to local media someone should recognise em wi any luck.

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Wpuldn't hold your breath about the plod acting on cctv eveidence. When I worked at Rishton Con some clown put the stewards back windscreen through with a fire extinguisher (all recorded on cctv), said tapes were passed to plod and nowt was done (even though he was clearly seen leaving the club with the fire extinguisher in his hands):mad: Will wait the outcome of this incident with baited breath:rolleyes:

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Am aware of plods shortcomings bernie, thats why i asked a question, (post 90);)

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load of poo dave ..... give up ....... time to go ......

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:) Been up and had a quick look at the pitch!! it don't half look well and in need of been mowed by the look of it,a good 2" of grass on if not more:)

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Are we sure it will be OK for the start of the season Mab?? :)

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After returning to England, Burnley take on Accrington Stanley for their traditional fixture on July 27, before their pre-season programme is wrapped up against Stoke City at Huddersfield’s Galpharm Stadium on July 31.

L.E.T. Clarets pre-season!!

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Pic. taken this morning

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...1&d=1278766558

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Link don't work fer me mate- Invalid Attachment.:confused:

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same ere