PL Grounds Team of the Season

[Toronto Villa]

Congratulations to the outstanding staff of Aston Villa. The team headed by Karl Prescott have been awarded Grounds Team of the Season by the Premier League.

[Dave]

"You'll never sing that. You'll never sing thaaaaat. Premier League Grounds Team of the Season, you'll never..."

[villadelph]

That's fantastic - well deserved!

[PeterWithesShin]

Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.

[eamonn]

Doug's green-sand in the early 90's seems a far cry from the manicured turf our players take for granted today.

[Toronto Villa]

Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.

And didn’t we also win something like this in the past and we lost our Head groundsman to PSG (I think)

[DrGonzo]

Maybe some deal could be done in exchange for Mbappe?

'Tis a lovely pitch.  Well done team.  Like I've said elsewhere I'll take winning anything.

[Bad English]

Mbappe is a walking ego and his mom is his manager.

[Malandro]

Mbappe is a walking ego and his mom is his manager.

That’s a pretty shit mom joke.

[nigel]

Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.

And didn’t we also win something like this in the past and we lost our Head groundsman to PSG (I think)

That’s right.
I think the Head Groundsman now was the other guys number two, so he’s carrying on where the other guy left

[Sexual Ealing]

Percy Thrower, he's one of our own...

[martin o`who??]

Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.

it was a fucking billiard table compared to some of them.

[LeeB]

This must be a hard thing to judge as all pitches look like bloody bowling greens these days.

[Risso]

Do you remember that Chelsea v Charlton game about 20 years ago, when the Chelsea pitch was basically one big sand pit.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2720609.stm

[Gareth]

Commented last night that as the players were on parade that Torres made a beeline for the grounds staff at the corner of the Holte/Witton to shake all their hands