U’s to arrange pitch inspection

United’s award-winning groundsman Simon Rudkins wrote on social network site Twitter this lunchtime: “Pitch inspection to be arranged tomorrow. Thawing slowly today.”

The Pilot Field pitch has been covered in snow for the past few days, but the bigger issue has been the fact that it’s been frozen beneath that. Temperatures are forecast to reach 4degC tomorrow, though, which should help the thawing process.