Hearts pitch

**jax67** · 21-06-2018 10:58 AM

I was speaking to a Celtic fan at work recently.
This guy told me that Celtic are having a new hybrid pitch laid at a cost of £2million. I mentioned that hertz were having their hybrid pitch laid at £1million less, and asked if he knew why. I was told that the reason was because the ball is in the air most of the time at Tiny.😂
Sorry, had me in stitches.

***scoopyboy*** · 21-06-2018 11:12 AM

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I was speaking to a Celtic fan at work recently.
This guy told me that Celtic are having a new hybrid pitch laid at a cost of £2million. I mentioned that hertz were having their hybrid pitch laid at £1million less, and asked if he knew why. I was told that the reason was because the ball is in the air most of the time at Tiny.😂
Sorry, had me in stitches.

I have some info on this.

Hearts dug up their pitch the night / day after we played them to try and make good time on this project. I understood that to be fair.

However the next bit beggars belief.

They had announced this would take two years to complete, this amazed me as other clubs or even sports have done it much quicker.

This year they are seeding the pitch and growing the grass, then in the summer of 2019 they are adding the plastic lengths which I understand are around 20cm in length of which 2cm remains above the surface.

So basically Hearts are laying a hybrid pitch for the coming season minus the plastic bits, ie for those viewing in black and white they are simply laying a grass pitch for the coming season.

***Sprouleflyer*** · 21-06-2018 11:13 AM

£2m for a grass/hybrid pitch, where 95% of the pitch is grass?

***greenginger*** · 21-06-2018 11:13 AM

Any idea how long it takes the grass to grow into a suitable playing surface on these types of pitches ?

No sign of any green shoots when I had a peek in a few days ago.

***CapitalGreen*** · 21-06-2018 11:16 AM

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I have some info on this.

Hearts dug up their pitch the night / day after we played them to try and make good time on this project. I understood that to be fair.

However the next bit beggars belief.

They had announced this would take two years to complete, this amazed me as other clubs or even sports have done it much quicker.

This year they are seeding the pitch and growing the grass, then in the summer of 2019 they are adding the plastic lengths which I understand are around 20cm in length of which 2cm remains above the surface.

So basically Hearts are laying a hybrid pitch for the coming season minus the plastic bits, ie for those viewing in black and white they are simply laying a grass pitch for the coming season.

Hearts are doing their full pitch this summer, it was Celtic who have done theirs in 2 stages.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...desso-surface/

***Keith_M*** · 21-06-2018 11:33 AM

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Hearts are doing their full pitch this summer, it was Celtic who have done theirs in 2 stages.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/spo...desso-surface/

Another 'scoop' ruined

***McSwanky*** · 21-06-2018 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by jax67

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I was speaking to a Celtic fan at work recently.
This guy told me that Celtic are having a new hybrid pitch laid at a cost of £2million. I mentioned that hertz were having their hybrid pitch laid at £1million less, and asked if he knew why. I was told that the reason was because the ball is in the air most of the time at Tiny.😂
Sorry, had me in stitches.

To be fair, their pitch is about half the size of Celtic's.

**jax67** · 21-06-2018 02:34 PM

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To be fair, their pitch is about half the size of Celtic's.

The hertz pitch is smaller, some would argue that it’s the reason they managed to get so close to us (in points) last season. A definite advantage for them.