That's why QPR put in the artificial pitch

Which was probably the best version at the time, a bit too much bounce but ran true. Passing teams coped with it well, hoofball was more of a problem.

It was said locally that the bounce was because the spec was to cope with a baby elephant as they wanted to rent it out in the off season eg for circuses.

At the start of the season when freshly prepared (anded, I think) , it was a perfect surface, the bounce got higer as the season went on.

Posted By: watfordcanary on January 3rd 2022 at 13:02:40

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We need to get back to playing beautiful footy like we did back in the day... (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 3, 12:37:29
- Ha! I remember being there for that...and the 'Blunts' game below too... (NCFC) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 3, 17:08:59
- Reminds me of this example of Norwich playing the beautiful game (NCFC) - seminated_woolly, Jan 3, 15:33:11
- Lol at the camera trying desperately to follow the pin ball (n/m) (NCFC) - Under soil heating, Jan 3, 13:46:04
- Was At That Game... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Jan 3, 13:20:39
- Alan Taylor! (n/m) (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 3, 12:49:10
  - When I worked for HSBC on Dereham Rd he owned the nearby newsagents (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Jan 3, 12:51:07
    - Was that before you robbed them? (NCFC) - usacanary, Jan 3, 17:04:12
- Wow - that pitch! (NCFC) - Cardiff Canary, Jan 3, 12:40:37
  - That's why QPR put in the artificial pitch (NCFC) - watfordcanary, Jan 3, 13:02:40
  - Old fashioned ghoul mouth scramble, in a sand pit. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jan 3, 12:42:44

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