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Pitch drainage issues?


Guardian article here

suggests the drainage at DP is bad enough that it's not viable to host both Moors and Blues Women on a regular basis. Particularly worrying given the pitch has barely witnessed any action in 2021. Oddly enough I remember thinking how good the surface looked on Tuesday v Torquay.
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Re: Pitch drainage issues?


Now we have hit a dry spell, surely the problem goes away until the next bad weather
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All the development at the ground seems to have ruined the previously decent drainage capacity. Paved car park, 3G rear pitch, expanded stadium footprint -- all will reduce the natural ability of the pitch to drain. Maybe there is something that can be done in the summer to help the pitch out.

What I found most startling about the article was that BCWFC should be able to use St Andrew's as a backup but the club hierarchy won't let them! Sums up the complete idiots currently in charge of the Blues.
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The pitch at St Andrew’s is in a terrible state for the standard that the club are at, due to both Blues and Coventry playing their home games there. Not help that the close season was reduced in 2020.

I wonder if we will be making a statement??

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I'd guess the writer probably approached the club for comment while writing up?

I appreciate the pitch at the Blues is in a state at the moment, but I read it as the hierarchy having a general reluctance to host the women at St Andrew's. I don't recall there being too many occasions in the past where the women's side have played there.
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We will need to add drainage to reduce the Water Level at a material time as the water does not get away following sustained heavy rain. It is a very big job and very costly, to say the least.

Something like this is probably needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJn_aGX4PJ0
but the long term future of the site will also be a consideration as it would be short sighted to spend a large sum on drainage and then sell the site.

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quote:

M00R5 wrote:

I'd guess the writer probably approached the club for comment while writing up?
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The article says that Birmingham declined to comment but no mention if we were approached or declined to comment.

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