“After a full season of playing on the Fibrelastic® pitch, many players, including players from visiting teams have commented on its performance. We have seen a marked drop in the level of divot and scar damage.”
Eddie Rutherford,
Stadium Manager,
Newcastle United.
“Playing-wise it’s a lot softer, the players tell me it’s a lot easier to play on, it’s less aggressive on their joints etc. From a management point of view, it saves me time because we don’t need to aerate it every week. When we have had rugby here I was a little bit concerned with the softness of the pitch whether it was going to ruck up or not - but it didn’t, it played brilliantly.”
Craig Richardson,
Head Groundsman.
Bristol City
"An unbelievable pitch. I spoke with Craig, the groundsman at Ashton Gate before the game and the quality of the pitch was great. I was told it was in good nick but didn’t realize how good it was.”
Source www.bcfc.co.uk
Stuart Pearce,
England Under 21 Coach
Why football's slipped up in search of a perfect pitch
HOW OFTEN have you watched a professional footballer and wondered if he actually went to the trouble of trying out his boots before the game? While commentators delight in telling us that the same player has just fallen over for the fifth time, even ex-players of a certain vintage are quick to question the new-fangled bladed football boots or even the fact that players may be wearing certain unsuitable footwear because they are being paid to and not because they are the right ones for the job.
