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[TerryTheTerror]

At very least needs scrapped in the top flight, absolute farce, always has been

Yeah, definitely should not be used for top flight football.

[shedka]

That's the railway stand on sale to Utd fans now with a just a few hundred left behind the goal

The stand behind the goal holds 3370 but a few hundred at the end are damaged so not available hence the decision to release that one to us to bump the away allocation back upto 3300

Sales still look good, must be 2500-2600 ish now

[bannon_ftd_83]

17 of the 42 SPFL clubs play on synthetic pitches. That's 40%.
To outlaw them requires a 75% vote from the 30 clubs in the 3 lower leagues and with 15 of these 30 having synthetic pitches it's not going to happen as things stand.

Wasnt aware it was that many. Like Shedka said above it really should be scrapped for the top league at a minimum. It is such an unfair advantage and obviously an injury risk to certain players. Wonder how the players feel that have to play on it every other week.

[Stoke_Arab]

Definitely should be banned for the top two leagues. Don't really have so much of a problem with the lower leagues but would be very happy to see them gone.

[Jim_Jam]

Definitely should be banned for the top two leagues. Don't really have so much of a problem with the lower leagues but would be very happy to see them gone.

We know how Killmarnock Livingston and Hamilton all gain unfair advantage on their plastic home pitches. No decent league allows them.

[PT_Arab]

We know how Killmarnock Livingston and Hamilton all gain unfair advantage on their plastic home pitches. No decent league allows them.

The only argument for these pitches is that they are all-weather so there should be far fewer postponements due to wet or freezing conditions. Was it twice our fixture at Livi was postponed last season due to the weather?

[tHeArAb]

The only argument for these pitches is that they are all-weather so there should be far fewer postponements due to wet or freezing conditions. Was it twice our fixture at Livi was postponed last season due to the weather?

They aren't really all weather though. Whilst AstroTurf itself doesn't freeze, any water or snow on the surface can, as we saw ourselves at Livi. The sand underneath can also freeze as most astro surfaces don't have undersoil heating.

[Arabdownsouth]

They aren't really all weather though. Whilst AstroTurf itself doesn't freeze, any water or snow on the surface can, as we saw ourselves at Livi. The sand underneath can also freeze as most astro surfaces don't have undersoil heating.

Exactly! So they should be allowed for amateur football teams only and outlawed from professional football. Of course though, this is Scottish football so no f*cking chance of common sense prevailing.

[tHeArAb]

Exactly! So they should be allowed for amateur football teams only and outlawed from professional football. Of course though, this is Scottish football so no f*cking chance of common sense prevailing.

At the very least, it shouldn't be allowed in the Premiership. Championship clubs don't have a requirement for undersoil heating, so the argument about it being all-weather kinda ends there. If clubs were to then get promoted, tough titties. Stay doon. Them's the gambles.

[arab777]

I can see an argument for smaller community clubs having an artificial pitch. There should be a ban on them in Premiership and if lower league clubs gain promotion to Premiership who has one give them compensation towards relaying their pitch. If they don't want to do that they can stay in the lower leagues. What was ridiculous was Livingston laid their artificial pitch the summer they were promoted to Premiership.