Stewart_Aberdeen Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Haven't seen the game today so I'm not sure how it's looking but STV are reporting that the pitch is going to be relaid again before the Scottish Cup semis. http://stv.tv/sport/football/1349768-hampden-pitch-to-be-relaid-again-ahead-of-scottish-cup-semi-finals/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The whole stadium is a joke. It should be knocked down and built from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larky Masher Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) It did look pretty ropey (and sandy) today . Edited April 10, 2016 by Larky Masher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Ball almost impossible to pass along the deck on that surface. Shambles. Is is something to do with stadium design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 16 minutes ago, EddardStark said: Ball almost impossible to pass along the deck on that surface. Shambles. Is is something to do with stadium design? Given the general design of the stadium hasn't changed in a hundred years, I doubt it. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottincarlisle Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 With all the work done on top of it for the Commonwealth Games I'm not surprised its knackered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, scottincarlisle said: With all the work done on top of it for the Commonwealth Games I'm not surprised its knackered. It's probably been relaid at least a couple of times since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 1 hour ago, Mox said: The whole stadium is a joke. It should be knocked down and built from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainmac1 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Is the pitch actually any worse than Celtic Park or Ibrox or any other pitch used regularly? They interviewed a rangers player after and asked him about it and he said it want too bad. Not as bad as had been made out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theweestevie Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 1 hour ago, iainmac1 said: Is the pitch actually any worse than Celtic Park or Ibrox or any other pitch used regularly? They interviewed a rangers player after and asked him about it and he said it want too bad. Not as bad as had been made out. The ptich looked a lot worse than the Ibrox pitch. Players were falling over every few minutes, the turf was ripping up as players were running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Hampden Park is just like Scottish football, it's time for a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenAngus Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 As the National Stadium used for semis, finals and internationals why is it not maintained to the same standard as the top EPL grounds? I take it they don't use the big artificial light rigs or have a semi synthetic surface as used by EPL clubs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 The Hampden pitch used to be one of the best in the country. Â Its been fuct ever since they started having concerts on it every summer. With the shape and design of Hampden - crap as it might be for fans in the east and west stands - its ideal for growing grass. Low shallow stands, plenty of air and light. Â When they decided to stage a Robbie Williams concert instead of hosting a scotland home game thats when the writing was on the wall. And this process of relaying it every 2 months is just making it worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkymalky Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 We haven't qualified for a tournament since it was redeveloped. Â This jinx is clearly enough evidence to get it demolished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock strap Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Knock it down and redevelop it with the safe standing seats in a section Hampden terraces were brilliant.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Does it not take time for a new pitch to bed in? Surely relaying it all the time is counter productive, and leads to exactly the type of surface folk are complaining about where the top layer cuts up badly... i suppose most grounds would be re-seeded in June and July, but hampden tends to host concerts then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasMc1973 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 great spot for a housing estate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Or a car park, considering how bad parking is around the ground! They were debating whether we needed Hampden or not on Off the Ball the other week. If you remove sentiment or tradition, it's quite hard to make a case for keeping it. We have 2 better stadiums in Glasgow. A bigger better one in Edinburgh although it's not a football stadium. Easter road, rugby park, Pittodrie or tynecastle when the new main stand is done could all host smaller games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkymalky Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Take Hampden out of the equation you could play our upcoming matches like this: Â England - Murrayfield Slovenia/Slovakia - One at Ibrox and one at Parkhead Lithuania - Pittodrie Malta/Friendlies - Tynecastle, Easter Road and Rugby Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, sbcmfc said: Or a car park, considering how bad parking is around the ground! They were debating whether we needed Hampden or not on Off the Ball the other week. If you remove sentiment or tradition, it's quite hard to make a case for keeping it. We have 2 better stadiums in Glasgow. A bigger better one in Edinburgh although it's not a football stadium. Easter road, rugby park, Pittodrie or tynecastle when the new main stand is done could all host smaller games. Good post. I personally think it is time to end this sentimental guff about "the home of Scottish football" and get rid of Hampden Park. Surely any half decent builder could turn Lesser Hampden into a wee stadium for Queens Park to play at ? Edited April 11, 2016 by ErsatzThistle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peever1745 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Time for a plastic pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewolf_1980 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 2 hours ago, sbcmfc said: Or a car park, considering how bad parking is around the ground! They were debating whether we needed Hampden or not on Off the Ball the other week. If you remove sentiment or tradition, it's quite hard to make a case for keeping it. We have 2 better stadiums in Glasgow. A bigger better one in Edinburgh although it's not a football stadium. Easter road, rugby park, Pittodrie or tynecastle when the new main stand is done could all host smaller games. Yeah but if you build a car park over the stadium footprint, you would end up with a permanently empty car park... Turn it into a centre of excellence, an extension of the Toryglen facility and keep the Hampden name. Tell QPFC to feck off with the rent for Scotland games, take them around the country instead and when Rangers and Celtic are drawn together in cups, rotate the games between the grounds, starting off with a coin toss. Hampden is pish now and not fit for purpose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 How much would it cost to hire Murrayfield? It holds 15,000 more than hampden, so even at a modest £20 average ticket price, you could pay the SRU £300k per game and be no worse off (although it is money that could be kept in football by using parkhead or ibrox). One of the few negatives would be the need in Scottish football to appease both sides of the old firm, so games would no doubt have to be divvied up evenly between the 2 if parkhead and ibrox were to be used.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailender Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 I just can't see how this new pitch will be fit for playing two games on it , less than a week after it's laid. The roots will not have time to bind to the soil underneath. I'm no expert, but laid a few lawns and other areas before, and it needed a while with good growing conditions for it to become well established. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Aye, jailender, that's what I was saying a few posts back. Laying a new pitch will give exactly the same problems, it will cut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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