Football
The latest trends and developments regarding grass, hybrid or synthetic turf as well as artificial turf for football including legislation and developments regarding the environment
Irish FA calls on clubs to request funding
The Irish Football Association (Irish FA) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) Multi-Sports Grassroots Facilities Investment Fund aims to allow local grassroots football clubs in Northern Ireland (NI) to improve and upgrade facilities to create a better grassroots football infrastructure foundation.Â
Which is better: brushing or raking?
Opinions about whether brushing or raking third-generation synthetic turf fields is better for the field are divided. A grant from the Norwegian FA, the Dutch industry body BSNC, as well as the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport enabled the Municipality of Amsterdam to contract research institute ERCAT of the University of Ghent to investigate this in more detail.
EPL punishes Coventry City for poor maintenance
Coventry City has received a five-point deduction to be suspended for the remainder of the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 season, after the Club acknowledged that it had breached EFL Regulations relating to pitch maintenance. As a result, scheduled fixtures against Rotherham United, Wigan Athletic and Huddersfield Town all had to be postponed in August.