Plastic Pitches

[Eddy Melito]

its not a fair voting system in that sense for the conference. like you say, conf prem get 1 vote per club, whereas the north/south clubs get 4 per division. this makes it almost impossible to do anything unless it directly benefits the conf prem.

 

[dodgeblue]

I've even heard some pitches referred to as 5G! But, yes, technically no such thing as 4G yet, just further advancements in 3G.

Of course, it's not even an option for SUFC at the moment as they're not permitted in the Football League or Conference.

I find the Conference vote prompted by Maidstone baffling. Firstly, 32 votes were cast, of which 24 were from Conference Premier clubs - a division Maidstone aren't even (currently) battling for promotion to.

Furthermore, I know Braintree Town and Concord Rangers voted against 3G surfaces.

As I type Concord are playing their second fixture this midweek due to a fixture backlog and Braintree didn't play a home fixture recently for TWO MONTHS. Braintree had to release some players they couldn't afford due to no gate income to pay their wages and now find themselves in the middle of a ridiculous fixture backlog - of course with so many home games in a short period, crowds will be down as people won't pay for so many games in a short time.

Afraid the English game has too many dinosaurs for this type of revolution!

Yesterday the FA announced that all FA Cup games next season can be played on 3G pitches. This is the first step to allowing them in the football league.