New Pitch

It should be followed by a Chubsters out campaign :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

The game shouldn’t have been played Friday. The amount of standing water on the pitch (evident from pictures) should have seen it called off and it probably would have been had it not been for Sky.

There is one reason and one reason only why the pitch is always knackered and that’s the location. Hull and Huddersfield don’t have the same issues which rules out both sets of fans beliefs that’s it’s the others fault.

Interesting point that JJ is acting as spokesman about relaying the pitch.

Shared? No – it’s Latics who are putting up the money.

It is very interesting that the Latics are stumping up for the pitch, I thought we were tenants just like the Rolly Pollies. So if indeed we are tenants should the landlord not pay for the renovations or as we all probably know the Landlord and the so called tenants of Wigan Athletic are the same thing. Same owners so what you are saying Horc could be possible.
Not sure if they would move to Horwich but how about they stood on their own two feet and built themselves a new home. Not sure they would do that either as the cost of such a project would divert the money away from their perennial operation of buying success.
Nice thought though Horc but one of wishful thinking rather than one that would be a dream come true. Maybe just maybe if in a couple of seasons we are back in the top flight it may.

Is that something that you know for definite or something you’re just guessing at as a result of it being Jonathan Jackson being the one who is talking about it?

Does it make much difference to the Slutch Rats playing on grass or not. I wouldn’t have thought that it did apart from it meaning they have to have a shower before they go to the pub.

Do you have an official link to that fact, or are you assuming because JJ was interviewed, then Latics have put up the money?

Does the cost of pitch relaying or ground maintenance feature in the Latics Annual Accounts?

I agree that the pitch is a mess, but as Egg has said, its the location – Huddersfield & Hull play as many league games on their pitch without it turning into a mud bath every February. In fact, when you were premier league, there would have been 7-8 less games played on it at this time of year and it still always looked shite.

I read somewhere that there is a giant septic tank under the pitch that would have been costly to remove at the time of construction, so DW went for the cheaper option and left it in situ to send its poisonous gases up through the land, which prevents the grass from growing during the cold months.