Chris Long

Head Stadium Grounds Manager - St Andrews @Knighthead Park

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@MrBrum43 @BCFC @CharlieLucas44 @JReading1996 Still have the ladies playing mate

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Match day ready @BCFC

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International break gave us a great opportunity to do a mid season mini renovation on the pitch, heavy rake, top dress, over seed, verti drain, Procore, and lighting rigs, excellent coverage as we start getting ready for next weeks fixtures, great teamwork last 2 weeks @BCFC

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@PanjabiBlues @JoshBCFC_ 👏👏👏

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@jdavila975 Todo lo mejor en estas fiestas, Jesús

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@jedburbs @LUFC @Reed93E @Groundsmancraig @SJKnowles1 @TShent84 Good work Jedo

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@badgers_back No mate, same as last season

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I have been very fortunate over the years to prepare pitches for big games, but doing it for the visit of Barcelona tops the list, aesthetically there’s still room for improvement before the league starts, but, it’s not looking too shabby @BCFC

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@totfinsol @CharlieLucas44 @JReading1996 17740039184566 litres

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36 days from seed and looking good 💪 just some fine tuning needed and 26/27 season is go!

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@simbadazman @BCFCWomen Of course, happily chat with anyone that wants to know what we do for the pitch

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@BCFC 🥵🥵🥵

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2 weeks from seed going in the ground and coverage is good 🌱🌱 a few foliar sprays and some aeration today. Ticking along nicely, target date now locked in 🇪🇸

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@Official_Kimber @CharlieLucas44 @PremierPitches It will have a good clean now the renovation are complete mate

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3rd and final day, good hour on the drag brush before applying some goodies to the surface before seeding , a few little bits for me and Charlie to complete but we are finished for the pitch, 26/27 season loading …

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@badgers_back @CharlieLucas44 @PremierPitches I wasn’t at the club for that part of the reconstruction a few years back but the general number is around 5%-8%

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@Gu35ty @CharlieLucas44 @PremierPitches It’s been there for a few years I think, just buried , I’m hoping it will give us a cleaner edge along the pitch

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Day 2….. more work to expose the kerb line around the pitch 🫩 some hand stitching on small areas that were damaged last year which we didn’t know about until yesterday! New centre sprinkler heads and 90t of dressing to replace what was removed yesterday 👍🏻 seed in tomorrow 🤞

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@Zigiclegend19 @CharlieLucas44 @PremierPitches Unfortunately not

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@simbadazman @CharlieLucas44 @PremierPitches Nothing spectacular! New goal nets and irrigation, a few things “in house” by myself and the team, the Renos were all done last year when I started so glad to be able to have a good understanding of the pitch from removing the old and growing a new one!

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First day of renovations at B9,💪
Double pass over with the koro removing the old surface, new perimeter sprinklers in place and the start of revealing an existing kerb edge around the perimeter

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@gree24008 @CharlieLucas44 @PremierPitches No patterns, and it wasn’t me that did the crest at Leicester