Memories of the plastic pitch

[West Acton]

Why did we play their and not Chelsea or Fulham

[West Acton]

Even arsenal didn't turn up for a row

Have they ever

[Gtleighsr3]

Oh yes

[vespa]

about 7 /8000 cant blame anyone ,cos we never went

[West Acton]

Our current pitch stands up well all year round they have done good job with it

[Gtleighsr3]

I did both

[vespa]

best thing about astroturf was when i stacked ,getting over the wall from the Loft ,to the pitch ,during the protest, pitch invasion against Man City ,in 87,i didnt f uck up my cords too much (,not Lois ,was a a couple of years later) plieted jumbos, probably Chevignon ,but either way advantage on the pitch or not ,no holes in my expensive cords ,and for a 16 year old casual with a rat arsed chance of a decent job it was good!

[72bus]

Other players I remember seeing on Television during the Astro Turf days were Mike Flanagan and Mike Fillery. I`m not sure any of those two were that good, but anyway. Mike Fillery came to QPR from Chelsea, I think. A quite tecnical gifted midfielder. Probably in the same team as Gary Waddock..

fillery proper wrong 'un him and his mates were convicted of giving my 75 year old grandad a blackeye , think he was about 16 at the time

[Gtleighsr3]

That pitch had more sand on it than camber sands

[Itsonlyagame]

Hated it.
Other fans said it was a massive advantage but in our first season back in the top flight in 83 we won a fair few games away as well so don’t necessarily agree with that.
Definitely not as many slide tackles and keepers used to wear tracksuit bottoms to avoid burns.

[vespa]

That pitch had more sand on it than camber sands

Love camber ,ive spilled blood ,jizz and 2 stroke on those sands !!!!!

[vespa]

Have they ever

always giving it round the west end in the 80s

[Gtleighsr3]

always giving it round the west end in the 80s

Tidy tidy mob.better than spurs then fact. Still we got done by Charlton few times lol

[wortonranger]

was at the 1st game we played on it , reckon it could have been v luton and we lost

Actually no ( in a way). The reserves played a league game on it a few days before and I went along. The first goal scored was Ian Stewart for us. ( he later famously scored for Northern Ireland v W . Germany). Can’t remember who we played but I think we won1-0. Went on the pitch afterwards to feel what it was like - a bit odd. Later got the chance to run the line on it once when my mates company booked it - you could do it then because of the plastic pitch. Got in the Rangers dressing room and moved the players names on the magnetic tactics board to where I thought they should play!

[FurtiveFox]

Loved it. Nobody had a clue what would happen when the ball hit the pitch, could bounce anywhere. Players scared of sliding tackles. We had a great team too. Technically gifted and played a lot on the floor, I suspect at least partly due to unpredictability of pitch. Good times.