SO, the sale of Wembley to Shahid Khan is no longer going through, but, for me, 3G pitches would have been a poor-value legacy for our national stadium when you consider developments in the last year.
Last month, Powerleague, Britain’s second biggest operator of 5-aside pitches, announced they are closing around 100 artificial 3G pitches. The FA spending their TV money bonanza on artificial pitches has already created excess supply in some locations.
If you put a 3G pitch in the right place, it will be used heavily and the carpet only lasts for five or six years as manufacturers will ...