Luton's plastic - not fantastic

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  1. K@mpso

    K@mpso Northern Ireland

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    Who remembers Luton's and QPR's plastic pitches? Hectic footy from the days when BBC and ITV showed live games.
     
    #1 K@mpso, Dec 1, 2000
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    Yeah I do,the good old days of plastic pitches lol.
     
    #2 Cjm24, Dec 1, 2000
  3. Murno

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    When were they?
     
    #3 Murno, Dec 1, 2000
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    Cjm24 FF Old School

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    I think they were around 1987ish...am I right?
     
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  5. K@mpso

    K@mpso Northern Ireland

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    Yeah, we are talking mid to late 80's here. I remember Big Ron's Man U side trouncing Luton 6-0 I think. Robbo, Stapleton, Muhren & co. Chris Turner too.
     
    #5 K@mpso, Dec 3, 2000
  6. Woozer

    Woozer Old School Member

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    LOL

    HAHAHAHAH

    Yeah plastic pitches - nasty burns for any nut cases wishing to slide in for a 50 50 ball - Roy Keane wouldnt of survived back then !!!!

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  7. K@mpso

    K@mpso Northern Ireland

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    Sure astroturf these days is just the same, We play at lunchtimes once a week and blood is invariably spilled. I remember one fella landed face first - what a mess.
     
    #7 K@mpso, Dec 10, 2000
  8. Officer_Dibble

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    Didn't Preston have one too?
    and it was indoors?
     
    #8 Officer_Dibble, Dec 12, 2000
  9. Woozer

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    Errrm Nope. QPR had one and Luton.

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    #9 Woozer, Dec 12, 2000
  10. K@mpso

    K@mpso Northern Ireland

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    I thought Preston had one for a while, but an outdoor 1.
     
    #10 K@mpso, Dec 13, 2000
  11. Gavin Christie

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    Plastic pitches?

    hmmmmm

    weird
     
    #11 Gavin Christie, Dec 17, 2000
  12. Busted

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    Yep, QPR, Luton, and Oldham had a plastic pitch. Can't remember if preston had one as well.
     
    #12 Busted, Dec 18, 2000
  13. Gavin Christie

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    no grass?
     
    #13 Gavin Christie, Dec 21, 2000
  14. K@mpso

    K@mpso Northern Ireland

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    Yeah. It was Oldham. Correct Busted.
     
    #14 K@mpso, Dec 22, 2000
  15. Officer_Dibble

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    I've got this image of Beckscum scoring from a corner on an indoor pitch for Preston when he was on loan from the scum.....

    I need my head checking probabaly [​IMG]
     
    #15 Officer_Dibble, Dec 29, 2000
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    QPR, Luton, Oldham & Preston all had plastic pitches. I definately remember Luton having a plastic pitch as I got to play on it!
     
    #16 Gerry Francis, Jan 4, 2001
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    How did ya manage that Gezza?
     
    #17 Murno, Jan 4, 2001
  18. Gerry Francis

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    When I was younger I did one of these footy training things at Kenilworth Road, so I got to play on the plastic pitch!
     
    #18 Gerry Francis, Jan 5, 2001
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    K@mpso Northern Ireland

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    Any cuts or grazes? Or was it just a training session without a game?
     
    #19 K@mpso, Jan 7, 2001
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    It was mainly training sessions but we got to play a small match at the end of each session. I got a few grazes though as I seemed to keep ending up in goal!!
     
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