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I spoke to a contact in Iceland that has been giving me loads of great info about the city etc... He tells me that although the tickets for the home end appeared to be on general sale they weren't really, there were plenty held back to allow home supporters to take up their seats. Once they had their window to buy then what was left went on general sale. That is why it looked like the whole stadium was sold out last Saturday then suddenly a rake of seats appeared again on Monday. The whole stadium is now sold out. -
End of the day if Valur have a problem with away fans buying tickets for the home end it will be very easy for them to cancel those sales. The fact they have zero restrictions on the purchasing in the first place suggests they aren’t all that arsed but we will find out for sure in due course. Very much looking forward to partying with the Icelanders anyway, it’s going to be a brilliant trip and no amount of whining from a St.Johnstone fan is going to change that
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We fly out Thursday morning through Dublin to Munich. Feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. So fucking excited!
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The SPFL Board recently approved plans for a Premiership-wide project to work with a leading pitch consultancy firm, which is regularly used by UEFA, to improve the standards of grass pitches in the cinch Premiership. The SPFL will be engaging with Premiership clubs on this project ahead of the new season. That certainly reads like a follow on project to me.
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The two Beat the Drop threads have now been merged into this one.
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A Hybrid pitch, as classified by UEFA, is deemed to be a natural grass playing surface. There are 5% plastic fibres interwoven with 95% natural grass, and there's some synthetic stuff going underneath in the root system too, but to all intents and purposes they are considered to be natural grass playing surfaces. Pretty sure all pitches at the Qatar World Cup were Hybrid SIS Pitches.
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Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts and Motherwell all definitely have Hybrid and as far as I'm aware they are the only clubs in Scotland. Falkirk definitely wouldn't have gone from Hybrid back to fully artificial.
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Not sure it can be. Who is paying for the new pitch consultants? How can they uphold a new standard for grass pitches without telling anyone what the standard is? Surely they also must address what happens if a newly promoted club has an artificial pitch and either does not have the time or money required to change it? The rules must be updated at the very least to incorporate the ban.
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Oops, that pic was actually Dens last Summer which, given what then unfolded the folllowing season, is hardly a ringing endorsement Here’s St.Mirren’s pitch 23rd May. Although Saints aren’t in League Cup group stages this season they are due to host a Europa Conference game as early as July 25th.
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Yes of course. I'd think teams competing for the Championship title would need to have contractors lined up ready to go but accept these guys aren't going to be sitting around waiting on a call. This season at least it won't be a problem, as the ban doesn't come into place until the season after.
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I'm no pitch expert so I'm not sure how much of the infrastructure (drainage etc) under an artificial pitch can be re-used for a grass pitch but it is certainly possible to go from zero to a perfect grass pitch in that timescale. This is Dundee's pitch as at May 17th and they are playing in the League Cup group stage. And in their case in particular you'd hope that this work includes a new drainage system!
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The former leading to the latter.
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Have to say I’d be one of those. Murray would be a heavy No for me.
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A newly promoted club will have two months to transition from plastic to grass, but wouldn’t have access to any of their prize money until nearer Christmas when the first tranche is paid out. Even if was in the form of a loan I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect the league to support a club which is now faced with complying with a rule that didn’t exist when they invested in their current pitch.
