A non-league football club is cursing the weather again after suffering a serious flood that has left its entire field submerged.
The gym, car park and back room at AFC Telford were not spared in chaos after the Shropshire town was hit by heavy rain.
The seventh division team is urging fans to help them clean up the mess at their SEAH stadium.
Two years ago, the club suffered the same fate after a flood in their offices forced them to ask for volunteers, a feeling of discouragement after relegation to the Southern League.
“This afternoon’s storm over Wellington flooded the SEAH stadium,” the club wrote in X on Thursday.
AFC Telford has asked fans for urgent help after their stadium flooded
Club pitch, gym and car park affected after storm in Shropshire
Time for wellies! An unfortunate person may have needed a raft if he wanted to access his car with dry feet.
“If you are available tomorrow (Friday) from 9am we would appreciate any help you could give to help us get things sorted and dried.”
Some white lines were barely visible on the grass, but most of the field was underwater.
The flooding even reached the stands, which is perhaps an added incentive for fans to help clean up.
Outside the field, a lone vehicle was perched along a grass verge, just above the floodwaters.
It comes after AFC Wimbledon fans woke up on Monday to see their favorite ground had suffered a sinkhole due to flooding.
A fundraiser has raised £118,000 at the time of writing to help the club repair the damage, and Newcastle United, who they were due to host in the third round of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday this week, pledged £15,000 to the cause.
That match will now take place on Tuesday 1 October and will move to the Premier League team’s St James’ Park stadium, 450 kilometers away.
Wimbledon confirmed on Wednesday that the club’s home match against Accrington Stanley had been cancelled, after attempts to find an alternative venue proved unsuccessful.
Heavy rain on Sunday night caused a huge sinkhole at AFC Wimbledon’s Plow Lane stadium.
In addition to damaging the playing field, the flood affected the club’s store and museum.
Wimbledon’s home match against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup was moved 450 kilometers north, before Saturday’s League Two clash against Accrington Stanley was postponed.
In addition to the damage to the pitch, the club shop and museum were also flooded at Wimbledon.
Water tankers had to remove more than 100,000 liters of water from their Plow Lane stadium on Monday, but the club is recovering thanks to the help of more than 2,000 donors.
