Battling dual use ...
Five months of unpredictable weather and dual use at the DW Stadium has meant that Dave Saltman and the Wigan team have had to pull out all the stops to...
in Football - on 17/3/17
Five months of unpredictable weather and dual use at the DW Stadium has meant that Dave Saltman and the Wigan team have had to pull out all the stops to...
in Football - on 17/3/17
This time last year I was lamenting the continual barrage of Atlantic storms that came our way, bringing with them large quantities of rainfall
in Editorial - on 27/2/17
With Shrewsbury Town players and coaches currently using three different venues for training, the need for the EFL League One side to have its own dedicated...
in Football - on 3/2/17
On a rare night out recently, my partner and I enjoyed an evening in the presence of physicist Dr Brian Cox and his Radio 4 sidekick, comedian Robin...
in Editorial - on 29/12/16
This was the time allowed from seeding the pitch to the starting whistle of the quarter final of the Rugby League Challenge Cup game against Wakefield...
in Football - on 25/11/16
Autumn is a favourite time of year for me as the trees become transformed with their display of colour and the heavy spring/summer workload of mowing,...
in Editorial - on 31/10/16
As I pen this foreword, I’m sat in a 9-tonne excavator at Shrewsbury Town’s training ground, moving lorry loads of sand; forty-one articulated lorry...
in Football - on 29/8/16
In his third and final article on the Shrews, Pitchcare MD Dave Saltman reports on the final few months of the season. Further storms, unseasonably cold...
in Industry News - on 8/7/16
It’s a shame when politics get in the way of honest hard work, but the Football League appears to have allowed this to happen to the ‘2015/16 Groundsman...
in Industry News - on 29/6/16
This year has seen an extremely slow start to spring. What a contrast to last year, where temperatures from the 1st March were hitting 20+ degrees
in Editorial - on 27/4/16
In his second article since taking over the contract to maintain the pitch at Shrewsbury Town FC, Pitchcare MD, Dave Saltman, reports on a period that...
in Football - on 7/3/16
The weather through January and into February continued to be challenging for everyone involved in getting turf ready for play. The continual bombardment...
in Editorial - on 26/2/16
For most football clubs outside of the top two divisions, financial constraints keep budgets at a minimum. The primary focus is on the playing side and...
in Football - on 13/11/15
Being immersed in football groundsmanship once again has meant head down and back to match day deadlines
in Football - on 28/10/15
As the managing director of a small to medium sized business - as defined by Brussels - I am constantly reminded of my responsibilities to the eighty odd...
in Editorial - on 27/8/15
It’s impossible not to comment on the growing allegations and investigation into FIFA but, suffice to say, it has been a long time coming
in Industry News - on 1/7/15
If you value green open spaces or play sport on local natural grass facilities, then please read on and find out how you can help Challenge the FA’s...
in Synthetics - on 28/4/15
The money being asked by Greg Dyke (FA CEO) to install up to 500 artificial pitches at a cost of more than £300m has been tabled due to the poor condition...
in Industry News - on 6/4/15
There’s something about the FA Cup that is absolutely magical; it conjures up great giant killing feats as minnows swim, albeit briefly, in the same...
in Football - on 28/2/15