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Ayr United groundsman Jason Waddell on the bid to keep Somerset Park pitch perfect
Ayr United's Somerset Park who will always plough a lone furrow.Groundsman Jason Waddell may still look like the young lad who’s fresh from being Davie Harkness’ apprentice.In actual fact, he’s been part of the furniture around the old ground for 17 years.And in that time, Waddell has seen many managers, players and officials come and go.What has remained constant, though, is his desire to produce a pitch fitting of his predecessor and mentor – a man renowned for having Somerset among Scotland’s best surfaces.The legendary ‘Harko’ was as much a part of Somerset Park as the terracing bars that stand bolted around the ground.So filling his shoes was never going to be easy for Jason, who has come to know that preparing a football pitch is not
