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A precautionary pitch inspection will take place at Meadow Lane tomorrow ahead of Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two fixture against Fleetwood Town, following remedial works to combat a rare fungal disease.

While a substantial amount of dead grass has had to be removed from the playing surface, we're confident it will be playable this weekend - however we are supportive of the EFL's wishes for a qualified official to carry out their own precautionary inspection (11am), along with a representative from the Sports Turf Research Institute, in good time ahead of the game. An update will follow thereafter.

The disease in question is a soil-based pathogen, which spreads rapidly and causes significant damage to perennial ryegrass. This was identified earlier this week by our ground staff and subsequently verified by independent plant pathologists.

Although robust preventative measures are embedded in our turf management programme, the disease - which originates in continental Europe and has recently been observed at several other clubs - has taken hold due to this summer’s exceptionally warm and humid conditions.

Since the diagnosis, our grounds team have worked tirelessly to contain the issue and implement a recovery strategy - and we would like to stress that this highly unfortunate development is no fault of any individual or the club.

We expect the pitch to make a steady recovery over the coming weeks.

Not mushroom for error

17 minutes ago, Piethagoram said:

Not mushroom for error

We are the champignons!

It's a state of the heart hybrid fungal pitch.

On the serious side if the match were to be called off it would be a big embarrassment.

Reports are that the construction of the pitch cost up to seven figures, which is a massive amount of money for a tier four club.

Now there will be more expense to fork out on repairs, & the possible loss of match revenue if the match were to be postponed.

This development could also have had an effect on the possible recruitment of players during the last few weeks of the transfer window too, considering the financial budget is so tight at the moment.

I haven’t got my ticket yet, I’ll wait to see the outcome of the pitch inspection.

Hopefully it’ll go ahead.

The match goes ahead after a pitch inspection, right time to get my tickets.

Official confirmation that the match is on.