Swansea City will replace the Liberty Stadium surface following this Saturday’s Championship fixture with Barnsley. Immediately after the final whistle, work will commence on replacing the current playing surface with a high quality, hybrid turf pitch – the same used by Tottenham Hotspur at their 62,000 stadium - which will remain in place for the remainder of the 2020-21 campaign. The club has made the decision to install a new surface following concerns surrounding the current pitch, which has become increasingly difficult to maintain to the normal standard and, as a result, has deteriorated in recent weeks. After evaluating all options available, the club has acted swiftly as the team enters a demanding fixture list, with the new pitch set to be used for the first time when the Swans host Reading on Wednesday, December 30. As a result of the pitch replacement work, the Ospreys rugby team have agreed to relocate their Boxing Day derby fixture against the Scarlets, which was due to take place at the Liberty. The Swans are grateful to the Ospreys for their understanding and assistance at this challenging time, with the latter set to confirm a new location for that fixture.
Well it looks like they have learnt their lesson and going back to a Desso pitch, Spurs use a Desso grass master hybrid grass sports surface composed of natural grass-combined with artificial fibres.
So the problem is a disease in the grass killing it off, so that makes a lot of sense, when you look at the dead grass behind the goals. Looks like they knew this a while ago, hence the rush to get it changed. Pitch is there ready to be laid, bet they are working round the clock to get it down in the day or two.
