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Saturday 28th Nov 2009

Stanley v Barnet - pitch update
As dawn breaks at the Crown Ground this morning ahead of our FA Cup second round tie against Barnet, attention turns to the pitch following the work that was carried out to improve the drainage yesterday.

Cosmetically the work has had an effect on the surface but the system appears to be working well as we have no areas of standing water on the pitch at all, despite the overnight rainfall which has now eased off. That said some areas are still very heavy and work has now started on these ahead of the visit of the match referee at 10.30am.

The weather forecast is showing a fine run up to kick off, and with plenty of work now to do in the next few hours head groundsman Martyn Cook would be grateful for any volunteers that can spare a little time from 9am to help to prepare the ground to ensure that we do all we can to get this afternoon's match on.