Rams will have a new pitch by August

Rams hope to have a brand new pitch for the start of the 2009-10 season

The decision to re-lay the pitch was not taken lightly as it will be at a cost of £25,000 but Head Groundsman Andy Croft want a surface that will be the envy of all Championship and many Premiership sides.

The re-laying of the pitch has started and it is hope that a fine grassy pitch with 25mm of grass will great the players when they return to action in the final warm up game against Stoke City at Pride Park on the 1^st August.

The re-seed of the pitch is thought to take around eight weeks to complete which coincidentally is the exact time until the Stoke game. Yes it's just eight weeks today (Saturday6^th June) that the Rams will take to the pitch again...