• Rochdale own been heavily criticised for state of Spotland surface
• Tottenham drawn away to League One team in fifth-round of CupMauricio Pochettino says that Rochdale’s pitch at Spotland is unfit to stage the FA Cup fifth-round tie against his Tottenham Hotspur team on Sunday week and he has urged the Football Association to intervene in order to find a solution.
The Tottenham manager has seen pictures of the surface, which has been heavily sanded and hosted only one game since 9 January – Rochdale’s fourth-round replay victory against Millwall on Tuesday night. He made no attempt to conceal his dismay.
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Source: guardian.co.uk