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The Pitch - over the summer 07:01 - Apr 12 with 1525 views

Just a thought as the season draws to a close. The usual practice recently at COA has been to clear the pitch and start from scratch with new seed. My thought is that given the short window we have to do that due to Hornets and other events. Is that the right approach? Aside from one occasion this season we appear to have solved the drainage problems, raising the pitch seems to have done the trick - but we continue to suffer from threadbare surfaces since January and now we have the usual late season bobbly pitch. Given the short Rochdale growing season with relatively low temperatures, rain and shade from stands - wouldn’t it be better to just let the grass grow this summer? We might have grass on the pitch come Jan 23….

The Pitch - over the summer on 07:31 - Apr 12 with 1474 views

Dalenet

There are so many threadbare areas it doesn't look like the grass is growing at all in patches. So at least a re-seed is needed. Hornets have a gap in home fixtures of around 8 weeks to allow work to be done.

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