Winter Sports - Football
Nathan surveys the new pitch
ways at 27mm and that will be string cut for precision and then, on the Friday, I will cut length ways and that will be string-cut also. I use the six-bladed cutting cassette because it delivers a fantastic finish - the G860s stripe the pitch perfectly for presentation.” “On match day, I have seven or eight staff
just to do the basic match prep, four of those are volunteers who are within the industry - the team is fantastic and I can’t fault them.” Nathan’s attentions will soon be turned to end of season renovations, which will be made even harder by a month’s worth of corporate games. “Those games will absolutely batter the pitch. So it will be a case of revitalising
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everything and bringing in about 60 tonnes of sand to topdress. The pitch has sunk in a few areas, so we will also need to bring the levels back up.” So, with an already eventful career to
date, what is next for Nathan Chapman? “Hopefully, my future will be to stay here and see Charlton Athletic in the top flight and become a Premier League groundsman. That’s my aim; I’ve worked in every single league and now my aim is to go that dream step to the Premier League. You’ve obviously got to have the right team and the right pitch in place, and I’m confident that I’ll always be able to hold up my end of the bargain.”
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You’ve obviously got to have the right team and the right pitch in place, and I’m confident that I’ll always be able to hold up my end of the bargain
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