Wolves' pitch is the Premier standard
Wolves' pitch is already so good that the club are spending just £30,000 to get it ready for the Premier League.
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That's a far cry from the £500,000 promoted rivals Birmingham are having to splash out, to rip up their criticised surface and convert it to one fit to be graced by the elite.
Contractors arrived at Molineux yesterday to conduct a four-day renovation process taking in a total of 11 pitches, including Compton Park.
Tractors remove the top half an inch before rotivating to a depth of four inches. Then sand and fertiliser is spread and levelled before seeding.
Wolves head groundsman Wayne Lumbard said: "You're looking at about £30,000 as ballpark figure and something similar at the training ground as well.
"It's basically renewing the surface so we start in the Premier League with a blank canvas."
Lumbard revealed top Premier League clubs regularly artificially 'grow' pitches in weeks in the winter, with the help of £600,000 lighting rigs.
But he insists the much more cheaply maintained and traditional Molineux pitch will be comparable to any of them.
He said: "At the moment, this is more than good enough for the Premier League.
"In the future, if there's any ground redevelopment, then hopefully we would like to think we'd be getting a new state-of-the-art pitch."
Back in January Blues, who were the only club of the West Midlands 'big four' not to have undersoil heating, were heavily criticised for failing to get their FA Cup tie on against Wolves.
