Work starts on preparing Burton Albion pitch for 2017/18 Championship season. It may only be a week since the season finished for Burton Albion, but work has already started on preparing the Pirelli Stadium pitch for next term.

The top surface was removed on Monday as Albion ground staff look to reproduce the quality of pitch that played host to some memorable games during the Brewers’ debut campaign in the Championship and held up well throughout the year.

That begins the process that head groundsman Simon Marshall hopes will be well on the way by the end of the week, by which point they are aiming to have re-seeded the pitch.

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