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From Dell Boy to Saint
20 Jan 2007 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
- Issue 9 - Oct / Nov 2006 - 1 comment
We have a problem with drainage on the pitch at St Mary’s, Southampton. The pitch is built over a gravel raft/carpet with drains laid every 3m below this. Above the gravel is a grit layer 50mm deep with a 200mm of rootzone laid over this.
Common sense prevails
4 Jan 2007 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
- 13 comments
After prolonged rain, the match day referee listens to Dave Roberts, the groundsman at St Mary's and delays the kick off to enable the match to go ahead-details inside
Cologne Sports Show shows artificial bias
3 Nov 2005 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
- 4 comments
Saints Head Groundsman takes time out to visit trade show in Germany, reporting back with his observations-full story inside
Trials and testing at Southampton
15 Nov 2004 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
- 3 comments
It has been a season of upheaval in terms of the managers at the club. First Gordon Strachan left and was replaced by Paul Sturrock, now we have Steve Wigley in charge. As I write we've had 26 uses on the St Mary's pitch including training sessions-full article inside
New manager, new ideas and a new training pitch
19 Apr 2004 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
- 2 comments
Paul Sturrock is the new manager at Southampton, and Head Groundsman, Dave Roberts, is impressed with his awareness of the work required to maintain high quality training surfaces. More inside.
High usage start to another season
12 Nov 2003 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
- 1 comment
The St Mary's pitch has been used 31 times already this season. Head Groundsman, Dave Roberts, talks about his maintenance and feeding regime.
High early season use at St Mary's
29 Nov 2002 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
Just at the moment we're trying to compensate for the amount of usage that we have already had on the main stadium pitch this season. Our last game was against Arsenal
Groundsmans awards
17 May 2002 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
For the last few days I have been travelling around the south of the country and even over to Jersey, judging the newly created regional football awards. These awards created by the Football Association recognise Groundsmans merits at all levels of play
Summer works at Southampton
19 Apr 2002 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
The current mood is very good within the club at the moment. There are no worries about relegation as we've had in the past. It's a great weight off everybody's mind. This is nearly the end of our first season here at St Mary's
New worship at St Mary's
30 Oct 2001 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
With four league games, two reserve matches, a friendly international and a pre-season friendly under our belt, I feel that the new pitch has made a good start this season. It is of course early days, but the signs are encouraging. Mind you it helps to have 32,000 experts in the stadium at every game!
Southampton Groundsman Dave Roberts on the Clubs move from The Dell to St Mary’s.
24 Sep 2001 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
We took over the pitch officially from the 2nd week in August, although we had been maintaining the ground since June. The contractors who have built the stadium and the pitch had continued with the fertiliser applications while we were doing the mowing.
Dave Roberts overview
1 Sep 2001 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
From the time I left school to the time I joined ‘The Saints’ in 1994 I had been to college twice, worked for two borough councils looking after sports grounds, set up and run a landscape company and then spent seven years
DELL DIARY
1 Mar 2001 -
Football -
Dave Roberts
What can be said about the season 2001/02? Well it was the last season at the Dell where Saints have been playing football for the last 100 years. It was also the wettest winter ever. And as we moved in the summer to our new home we witnessed an old gas work site being transformed into a 32,000 all seater wrap around stadium
