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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Eastleigh Pitch Passes Inspection


Saturday's game at Eastleigh's Silverlake Stadium is set to go ahead as planned after the pitch passed this afternoon's inspection.

Since the Spitfires' game against Chester was postponed, extensive work has been carried out on the pitch.



The club thanked supporters for their patience, and that no further inspections are planned.

A club statement said: "Over the past fortnight, extensive repair work has taken place on the south west corner of the pitch following the postponement of the league fixture with Chester FC.

"Ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup tie with Hereford FC, an FA sanctioned pitch inspection has taken place, and the club are delighted to announce that a qualified match official has deemed the pitch playable, and has consulted the match referee. The fixture will take place at The Silverlake Stadium as planned – 3 pm kick-off.

The club would like to thank all supporters for their patience on this issue – as it stands, no further pitch inspections are scheduled."

As reported on BN earlier this week, Eastleigh had a 'plan B' in place, should the pitch be deemed unplayable.

They had been in talks with Havant and Waterlooville to play the game at their ground 25 miles away.