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The cancellation of Hereford's friendly against Leicester City Under 21's is a 'big blow' said Hereford chairman Chris Ammonds in an interview with BBC Hereford and Worcester.
The game was called off yesterday as some areas of the pitch which were resown recently haven't grown as expected.
The damage to the pitch occured when heavy machinery was used to install new floodlights.
"The installation was complete over the summer but where the tracking had been laid across the pitch to allow for heavy machinery to operate, the grass hasn't grown back," said Ammonds.
"Ben the groundsman was pulling his hair out, because in many areas, the grass has taken brilliantly, but then in a couple of quite large patches. It's not taken at all.
"We've gone through a phase where the weather has been baking and that's probably stitched us up a little bit in terms of trying to get the grass growing again.
"So for safety reasons we just felt it wasn't right to play on the pitch this weekend,
"This is obviously a big blow to our plans on and off the pitch but sometimes you have to make difficult decisions even if you don't want to.
"Although we'd rather not miss out on this extra income from a home friendly, it is something that we're in a position to be able to deal with it much better than maybe we would have a couple of years ago."