10. A proper winter mud bath
Back in the 90s, I remember talking about how well the Sincil Bank pitch was holding up as if it were a player getting through a run of games with a dodgy knee. Come December or January, after a bad spell of rain and a couple of games on it, you could have great stretches where there was hardly a blade of grass left. The players went in filthy, the ball was filthy, and there were patches where trying to play any football at all seemed a bit ambitious.
Look back at the old photos, and you don’t even have to go all that far back to see the pitch cutting up. We’ve had some excellent ground staff for years, and the surface was already a world away from those winter bogs when we were in League One. The players still get dirty, but I can’t remember the last time I looked at a Sincil Bank pitch and thought the ball might need rescuing from it.
Extra points for spotting the really clever pun on this page.
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