Blues face League probe into unplayable new pitch

THE Football League will investigate the circumstances which forced Birmingham to postpone their Coca-Cola Championship clash with Leeds today after problems with the new St Andrew’s pitch.

Birmingham’s managing director Karren Brady revealed the club must lay another new pitch after adverse weather conditions rendered the recently-installed surface unplayable.

The club postponed today’s match after a pitch inspection — at which League officials were present — due to “the safety and condition of the newly-laid turf” at St Andrew’s.