My uneducated guess at what happened..
The bowl of water represents the hydraulic pump under pitch
The pump is working in the first 10 seconds of the video
Then it fails. The pitch (the paper towel) is submerged
AFC Wimbledons pitch is sandbased
The sand is lighter than the water & the grass, so it rises to the top, giving the illusion of sand piles
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