00:00They used actual jet engines to unfreeze a football pitch.
00:04Back in the 1960s and 70s, English football was ruthless.
00:08Frozen pitch? Too bad.
00:10Play anyway.
00:11Clubs faced massive fines for canceled matches.
00:14No excuses. No mercy.
00:17So, groundskeepers got creative.
00:19Military surplus jet engines, mounted on vehicles,
00:23blasting scorching exhaust air across solid turf.
00:26The same tech used to de-ice aircraft runways.
00:30Just aimed at a football pitch instead.
00:33Because missing a fixture cost more than renting a jet engine.
00:37That's how desperate things got.
00:40Fast forward to today.
00:42Premier League pitches have electric heating grids buried underground.
00:46Essentially giant electric blankets under the grass.
00:50Drawing enough power for hundreds of homes.
00:53From jet engines to electric blankets.
00:55Football never does anything small.
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