'Serious' concerns over plans for 3G football pitch

A new 3G artificial football pitch "could create serious ongoing environmental issues", the government's sporting body has ...

Football club accused of ‘deliberately turning on sprinklers to waterlog pitch & get match called off’ as probe launched

A PRO football club is being investigated on suspicion of forcing a match to be called off by deliberately flooding the pitch ...
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Why are artificial football pitches unpopular?

Manchester City are set to face Norwegian side Bodo/Glimt on Tuesday on an artificial pitch - but why is the surface so unpopular at an elite level? Though the surfaces have improved dramatically ...
The New York Times

Billy Vigar: Tributes, memories and questions after 21-year-old footballer’s death

There was an air of emptiness and despair at Chichester City Football Club on Friday afternoon as people arrived to pay tribute to Billy Vigar, the 21-year-old who died following an accident on a ...