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Build it and they will come... a report on the Isle of Man's first seminar for the industry
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Let the work commence!
23 Mar 2003 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Assistant Groundsman at Manchester City, Lee Jackson gives members an update on the pitch construction at the City of Manchester Stadium-soon to be the new home for the club
Green Grass of School Maintenance
11 Feb 2003 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Manchester City's Assistant Head Groundsman, Lee Jackson, finds the grass isn't greener at the nearby school.
I'ts like waiting for a bus!
6 Feb 2003 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Assistant Head Groundsman Lee Jackson talks about the fixtures at Maine Road, sometimes it's quiet for weeks and then the games all come at once-full article inside
Let there be light at Sunderland
30 Dec 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Last week a number of Groundsmen were invited to the Stadium Of Light for a demonstration of a lighting system designed to help with new and existing grass growth.
Woe-then double celebration
12 Nov 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
The build up to the final derby to be staged at Maine Road before we move to the new City Of Manchester Stadium next summer couldn’t have been much worse if it tried!
Fusarium alert!
30 Oct 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Following the recent unsettled weather we have been having, firstly the exceptionally dry September and then secondly a wet October with some frosty mornings thrown in the day time temperatures have been relatively mild
Education and the Job
23 Oct 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
I started work as an apprentice Groundsman at Manchester City over 11 years ago. It seems that never has it been more important to have qualifications for this profession
Fighting black layer
21 Oct 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Following on from the 'drill-n-fill' work that we had done in June, we are continuing our struggle to control the black layer problem we have under the surface of the pitch here at Maine Road.
Testing ground hardness
25 Sep 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Our pitch is now constructed with a concentrated fibre sand mix incorporated with our existing soils to see us through our last season at Maine Road The fibre sand was supplied by Mansfield Sands and today Russell Latham has come over to the main ground to do his latest random testing
Now for the quiet time of the year!
2 Sep 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
After a hectic summer which has seen us renovating most of our existing sites and maintaining them all. Our work has also included overseeing the new construction of an existing soil pitch into a fibresand area, having the drill and fill work at Maine Road
Maine road problem solving
16 Jul 2002 -
Football -
Lee Jackson
Following reseeding on the 29th April, we realised that weeks later that it was becoming virtually impossible to grow grass in front of the Platt lane stand, we have not been helped with the poor temperatures and heavy downpours during May and June
