The pitches that the Clarets played on at home last season were the best in the division. You might think considering that the staff won awards for best ground staff in the division that they might have had a bonus for their efforts considering the generous pay-outs to the players and the amount of cash promotion will generate . This is however not the case. Come on Mr Pace if you want pitches that are of top quality then you need to treasure your ground staff or you will lose them and we will end up playing on pitches like Luton Towns.

Just not highly valued.

Whilst groundsman at high standard pitches need to be quite skilful, but particularly, dedicated and meticulous, they have contracted advisors who tell them what fertiliser, when etc., and external contractors who do the major works like renovation. So credit for any high standard of pitches goes to all this group of which the groundsman are just a part.

CJA wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:56 pm

The pitches that the Clarets played on at home last season were the best in the division. You might think considering that the staff won awards for best ground staff in the division that they might have had a bonus for their efforts considering the generous pay-outs to the players and the amount of cash promotion will generate . This is however not the case. Come on Mr Pace if you want pitches that are of top quality then you need to treasure your ground staff or you will lose them and we will end up playing on pitches like Luton Towns.

The harsh world of Football

Players have bonuses written into their contracts, partly as a product of employing agents - Ground staff play a huge part in proving the primary workplace for players but as elsewhere in the economy they are the enablers not the star product.

As an aside - this guy has chucked hundreds of millions at his club who for the first time in its history qualified for Europe

Brighton 'will reward players and staff with 20% BONUS' after they qualified for Europe for the first time in their history - with 'around 1,000 workers to get the one-off pay-rise' for the historic achievement
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footb ... urope.html

Hipper wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:12 pm

Just not highly valued.

Whilst groundsman at high standard pitches need to be quite skilful, but particularly, dedicated and meticulous, they have contracted advisors who tell them what fertiliser, when etc., and external contractors who do the major works like renovation. So credit for any high standard of pitches goes to all this group of which the groundsman are just a part.

This that right?….

^^^ is that right? ^^^

A bonus for doing their job?
Was it in their contract that nicer stripes led to a bonus?
I doubt it...but players and certain staff will have bonuses written into their contract , not ground staff....or pie sellers...or people who work in the ticket office etc etc

CJA wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:56 pm

The pitches that the Clarets played on at home last season were the best in the division. You might think considering that the staff won awards for best ground staff in the division that they might have had a bonus for their efforts considering the generous pay-outs to the players and the amount of cash promotion will generate . This is however not the case. Come on Mr Pace if you want pitches that are of top quality then you need to treasure your ground staff or you will lose them and we will end up playing on pitches like Luton Towns.

I take it you're part of the ground staff team?

equinox wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:53 pm

I take it you're part of the ground staff team?

My moneys on family member, the staff themselves would be silly putting stuff on here.

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:22 pm

My moneys on family member, the staff themselves would be silly putting stuff on here.

As would a family member

tom210 wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 2:35 pm

^^^ is that right? ^^^

Here's a flag waving article which suggests something of the sort but it's mostly about how brilliant British groundsman are.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ball-pitch

Steve Braddock was the fellow I knew. He's an Arsenal fan. He got my job as assistant groundsman at the Vet College after I'd left. There was a Head Groundsman and an assistant. Steve eventually became the Head Groundsman and on one occasion George Graham, the Arsenal manager at the time, was due at the Vet College to present some 5-a-side awards for a tournament there. He pulled out all the stops to make the pitches very presentable and then basically said to Graham 'gis a job'! And he got it, at Highbury.

Hasn't Tom worked down there for a number of years...

CJA wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 11, 2023 1:56 pm

The pitches that the Clarets played on at home last season were the best in the division. You might think considering that the staff won awards for best ground staff in the division that they might have had a bonus for their efforts considering the generous pay-outs to the players and the amount of cash promotion will generate . This is however not the case. Come on Mr Pace if you want pitches that are of top quality then you need to treasure your ground staff or you will lose them and we will end up playing on pitches like Luton Towns.

Surely they should be though? We've just had years of consequtive Premier League football. I'd imagine our budget for machinery, staff, materials etc blows most teams in this division out of the water.

CJA, would you like to add to the thread you started?