Aim is to improve pitch

Graham Turner has told the Hereford Times that the condition of the Edgar Street pitch has not been as good as he would have liked recently.

"It is a particular handicap to us because we like to get the ball down and pass it. Recently running with the ball has been a lottery with it bobbling up. And certainly playing first-time passes along the floor has been very difficult.

"After talking to the groundspeople, they are going to take whatever action they can to improve the surface before our home-leg in the play-off semi-final which could be two weeks away.

"The first thing they are going to do is to get 20 tonnes of top dressing on to the pitch, they feel that is as much as they can put on in that space of time to get it intergrated into the surface.

"It will be constantly scarified, raked and brushed to get that top dressing into the surface of the pitch.

"If the weather is kind to us over the next ten days or so, then there is every chance that the playing surface can be improved considerably before we play our big match."

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