Winter Sports
Frost covers in use before the international against Ukraine in October 2012
over the summer so they won’t get out of control. It is most important to act quickly and manage them straight away.” “In an ideal world, I would love to have a perfectly constructed pitch with sprinklers, undersoil heating and a full set of new machines, but I know that’s not going to happen here soon. Perhaps in the future but, in the meantime, we will just do our best and work with what we’ve got.”
“Having said that, over the last few years the opinion of our industry here in Iceland has improved a lot. Until recently, football managers, clubs and players just thought that grass was grass and no one had to take care of it; perhaps cut it few times and just play as much as you want on it. And that attitude was reflected in the condition of the pitches across the country; they were terrible!” “With a lot of help from the golf
greenkeepers, we have started to change that attitude. We’ve been able to get the football people to think about what is right and what is wrong. It’s got to a point, today, where players and managers have become more responsible and considerate when it comes to
Frost covers partially removed for a Ukraine team training session
training and playing on the pitches.” “There is still much more to achieve.
We have to get more people to understand what greenkeepers and groundsmen actually do. Once the methodology and the science has been explained to them, they get more involved and, therefore, respect what you do. So, then you can change other things, like getting more machinery, more staff and bigger budgets to take care of our pitches.” “Here in Iceland, we need to begin a
programme of building new stadiums because many of our pitches are old, really old!” “I hope this article has given you an insight into working as a groundsman in my country.” “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank a few people. Firstly, to Paul Burgess, who had a big influence on me. He helped me a lot during my two stints at Arsenal, as did Paul Ashcroft; they gave me a great opportunity and some very good advice. Here in Iceland, Jóhann G. Kristinsson, my father (and stadium manager) who encouraged me to become a full time groundsman. To all of them, I owe a lot.”
“We have to get more people to understand what greenkeepers and groundsmen actually do. Once the methodology and the science has been
explained to them, they get more involved and, therefore, respect what you do”
A concert taking place at the stadium
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