Oxford United (h) - 09/12/25

[TheKitGuy]

Looking at the radar, it's going to be extremely heavy in the early hours through to lunch - ease off then back heavy before stopping at around KO time.. the only saving grace seems to be no rain forecast during the match. However i think the significant downpour during the day will be enough to call it. River hasn't gone lower than the levels before Kick off on Saturday... 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Still waiting for anyone in charge at Ewood to make a comment.

Totally unacceptable.

[allanncd]

8 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Still waiting for anyone in charge at Ewood to make a comment.

Totally unacceptable.

Is anyone "in charge" at Ewood Park??

[allanncd]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

The lack of apology alone shows a significant lack of class from the club. 

I'd expect nothing else from those in charge though, I highly suspect they aren’t taking any blame, nor putting any on the owners either. 

What you've written is the bare minimum I'd expect from a football club in this situation. Absolutely no chance with these clowns in charge though.

 

With Waggott gone (and enjoying his lucrative gardening leave), Pasha is likely to be out of the country, so there's nobody left apart from a few minions.

[lraC]

1 hour ago, ... said:

Any idea what years this was done and what the cost was?

It would be good to embarrass Pasha and the owners with a copy of this being sent and a breakdown of the price.

Maybe even offer to crowdfund it, as a way of really bringing it to the attention of the press.

 

 

 

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

6 minutes ago, allanncd said:

With Waggott gone (and enjoying his lucrative gardening leave), Pasha is likely to be out of the country, so there's nobody left apart from a few minions.

Paying him 300-400k and we cant even afford to fix the f'kin Pitch.

The state of our Club!

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Suppose it depends how much damage is done between midnight tonight and lunchtime tomorrow while the weather warning is in place, but it's then clear from 1pm for the rest of the day.

 

 

Blackburn Rovers have been warned, to sort the pitch out. Does this mean, no money next Summer to strengthen the squad, heads should  roll over this fiasco. Why wasn't it sorted, when Jack Walkers hard earned money was still invested in the club.

[RoversTilliDie]

2 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Paying him 300-400k and we cant even afford to fix the f'kin Pitch.

The state of our Club!

That's why the wankers out the country, on holiday, with 300-400k.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Its a disgrace,utter shambles.

[TheKitGuy]

1 minute ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Its a disgrace,utter shambles.

If they carry on like nothing has happened - we might forget!

[Dreams of 1995]

Has anyone been near Ewood or seen any work ongoing?

The drainage has been poor at Ewood for a number of years. I assume there is a non-return installed at the discharge points, although unsure how many discharge points there actually are. Does all pitch / stadium drainage go to a single outfall?

Installing the outfall extension in the way we did suggests they thought there was an issue with the non-return valve on that particular headwall. That is clearly what they blamed Ipswich on. In isolation, it is not a bad fix but evidently there's better options for the long-term

Unsure whether there's an attenuation system at Ewood. If not, that has to be the only viable solution here. They can be installed relatively quickly but the design / drainage amendments could be severe. Assuming at present all drainage runs down into the River Darwen, there would be quite a piece of remedial work required to change the flow of the drainage into a crate system, unless one can be installed between the back of R/Side and River Darwen.

Probably best if they used a series of smaller attenuation crate systems to create that attenuation capacity. Evidently, the current capacity is not good enough to deal with a relatively minor deluge. Typically these systems now are crated with a 1:100 year event in mind. I very much doubt Ewood were held to those standards back when it was built

It's a dereliction of duty by our 'stewards'. They should really be seen as that now. £6m in infrastructure investment in 15 years. Pittance. They are not owners, they are stewards, offsetting losses and plugging gaps but never investing to improve. Things will keep falling apart whilst they own us. The drainage, the stadium, just another of Jack's legacy's not being respected.

Edited 1 hour ago by Dreams of 1995

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[MarkBRFC]

6 minutes ago, TheKitGuy said:

If they carry on like nothing has happened - we might forget!

That is exactly the plan.

[Bronzed A Donis]

8 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Blackburn Rovers have been warned, to sort the pitch out. Does this mean, no money next Summer to strengthen the squad, heads should  roll over this fiasco. Why wasn't it sorted, when Jack Walkers hard earned money was still invested in the club.

It was to an extent we didnt have a game off for a waterlogged pitch until Brighton in 2012 and won awards for thr state of the pitvh several times. Like anything it needs maintenance, Venkys took responsibility for that when they bought the club. Shouldnt impact transfer budget as we have billionaire owners who love us and will never sell their baby, who they significantly invest in, oh and its PSR exempt.

[Tomphil2]

If there is only one outflow into the river as there appears to be and the pitch and stadium all drains into that then it could be as simple as installing another.

Not something that can be done overnight and obviously still costly but not the work of Einstein either. 

Possibly something that could be done also without digging up the pitch, just divert off the main drain outside the stadium.

[HowieFive0]

13 hours ago, TheKitGuy said:

£17,000 for covers used for cricket (they should be fine?) This would cover an area 100x90metres. 

Simples ..one large Circus tent ..yes Circus !!!!!!....water runs off to the edge of the pitch ....bring yer wellies ..!

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[TheKitGuy]

9 minutes ago, Bronzed A Donis said:

It was to an extent we didnt have a game off for a waterlogged pitch until Brighton in 2012 and won awards for thr state of the pitvh several times. Like anything it needs maintenance, Venkys took responsibility for that when they bought the club. Shouldnt impact transfer budget as we have billionaire owners who love us and will never sell their baby, who they significantly invest in, oh and its PSR exempt.

Anything to do with the stadium is PSR/FFP exempt I believe - spent enough money putting safe standing in for all 100 fans that turn up but daren't install new drainage systems.. 

[davulsukur]

42 minutes ago, lraC said:

 

No idea on the cost but the video is 7 years old.

All they've done is placed pipes at 3m centres along the pitch, and the water is distributed to the edges of the pitch and into a drainage system, backfilled and reseeded the pitch over the top.

Wouldn't be earth shattering in terms of cost but that's assuming the drainage system it distributes into is existing. 

The system at Ewood probably isn't up to scratch and would need replacing along with the pitch pipework, which would be expensive.

Edited 1 hour ago by davulsukur

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3 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

No idea on the cost but the video is 7 years old.

All they've done is placed pipes at 3m centres along the pitch, and the water is distributed to the edges of the pitch and into a drainage system, backfilled and reseeded the pitch over the top.

Wouldn't be earth shattering in terms of cost but that's assume the drainage system it distributes into is existing. 

The system at Ewood probably isn't up to scratch and would need replacing along with the pitch pipework.

Also could be done without removing all the turf

[DeeCee]

The pitch/drainage needs urgent attention.

The Romans would have done it in a few days, the Victorians in a couple of days and the Japanese nowadays would sort it in half a day.

I'm looking at summer 2027 for this shower (no pun intended) to start planning it.

[alcd]

45 minutes ago, HowieFive0 said:

Simples ..one large Circus tent ..yes Circus !!!!!!....water runs off to the edge of the pitch ....bring yer wellies ..!

Quite fitting as the entire club is a circus now with the clown in charge. 

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1 hour ago, TheKitGuy said:

Looking at the radar, it's going to be extremely heavy in the early hours through to lunch - ease off then back heavy before stopping at around KO time.. the only saving grace seems to be no rain forecast during the match. However i think the significant downpour during the day will be enough to call it. River hasn't gone lower than the levels before Kick off on Saturday... 

Is there anything actually coming out of the outlet?

[roverblue]

48 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

If there is only one outflow into the river as there appears to be and the pitch and stadium all drains into that then it could be as simple as installing another.

Not something that can be done overnight and obviously still costly but not the work of Einstein either. 

Possibly something that could be done also without digging up the pitch, just divert off the main drain outside the stadium.

I think the drains beneath the pitch are blocked or broken/compacted as the river level wasn't high enough for it to be an issue and I think the Groundsmen said the same at the Ipswich game.

Basically needs digging up and a new drainage/pitch going down.

[davulsukur]

46 minutes ago, ... said:

Also could be done without removing all the turf

In theory yes, but I suspect it couldn't as you'd have machinery chewing up the remaining turf and although I've no knowledge of being a groundsman, I would imagine the turf wouldn't bond (can't think of a better word) well with the newly laid sections. You'd have to redo the lot but again, it's only backfilling/top soil and reseeding. 

Shouldn't be crazy expensive, not for Billionaire owners anyway.

Edited 24 minutes ago by davulsukur