Week two of the £1.5m Fratton Park hybrid pitch development - in pictures

Work is really progressing at Fratton Park

Week Two of the pitch renovations for Portsmouth Football Club is well underway, and the hallowed turf is completely UNRECOGNISABLE.

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Fratton Park is in Week 2 of a £1.5m hybrid pitch development | SG Explores

SG Explores got the drone back up to capture the sheer scale of the groundwork.

The excavators are digging deep, carving out massive trenches and perfect grid lines for the new state-of-the-art drainage system. Right now, looking towards the Milton End, it looks more like a major civil engineering site than our historic football stadium!

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Fratton Park is in Week 2 of a £1.5m hybrid pitch development | SG Explores
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Fratton Park is in Week 2 of a £1.5m hybrid pitch development | SG Explores
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Fratton Park is in Week 2 of a £1.5m hybrid pitch development | SG Explores
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Fratton Park is in Week 2 of a £1.5m hybrid pitch development | SG Explores
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Fratton Park is in Week 2 of a £1.5m hybrid pitch development | SG Explores

The boys will be playing on an absolute £1.5m hybrid carpet next season, but seeing the ground completely stripped to its bones is still an incredibly surreal sight.

Which of these aerial shots really shows the crazy scale of the work best?

Let us know your thoughts below!

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