Killie announce move to higher spec synthetic

BrownBrogues

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http://www.kilmarnockfc.co.uk/Article?id=8771

Kilmarnock FC is delighted to announce a FieldTurf Core playing surface will be installed at Rugby Park in time for the 2019/20 season.

This high-quality synthetic turf is the most advanced on the market and is already used by Champions League semi-finalists FC Barcelona and Ajax at their training centres as well as at Everton’s Finch Farm complex.

We are the first club in Scotland to use this technology on their first team pitch with advantages including optimum ball roll, reduced pellet spray, increased surface stability and improved general aesthetics.

As well as the new turf system, Rugby Park stadium staff will benefit from FieldTurf’s Genius pitch monitoring system, which will maximise the longevity and safety of the surface.

Director Billy Bowie said: "The season may just have finished but work has already started on the new surface and we can't wait for it to be christened when the team returns to action in the Europa League in July."

Paul Fraser, Regional Business Director from Tarkett Sports, added: “We are delighted to be working with Kilmarnock FC to deliver one of the most high-tech synthetic turf stadia in the world. We are providing the latest synthetic turf and infill technology to ensure the players have the most advanced playing surface available.

“The FieldTurf Core system meets and exceeds the most stringent FIFA certifications and sets a new standard for elite synthetic turf in Scotland and beyond. In addition, the FieldTurf Genius pitch monitoring system will allow for expert care and maintenance of the playing surface over the lifetime of the field.”
In mid-June, supporters will be able to buy parts of the current pitch for £5 per square metre with all proceeds going to the Kilmarnock Community Sports Trust (KCST). The Killie Trust will be assisting the club with this process and further information including the start of sales will be released in due course.

The club would also like to thank Willie Hamilton and the team at Hamilton Tarmac for all their help with this project.
 
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Plastic pitches should be banned in top leagues unless it’s in countries with severe freezing/weather conditions.Kilmarnock used to have one of the best playing surfaces in Scotland.

They did.

The SFA should be stamping these pitches out.

9 of the 12 current Premiership clubs go to the effort and expense of growing and maintaining a grass pitch. Why should 3 cheapskate shits - who obviously don't give a feck about player safety or quality of the product - get away with not having to bother?
 
If a professional team in the top flight of Scottish football can’t afford the upkeep of a grass pitch and have to rely on having a synthetic one and rent it out to boost their revenues, then they shouldn’t really be a professional football club.

It’s a shambles that Scottish Football allows this to happen. Cut your cloth accordingly and have a grass pitch. It’s a total fucking disgrace
 
They are all awful and they will never spend enough cash to get a near decent one. Regardless of whether it's main or practise.
 
If you work in an office, health and safety / ergonomics wouldn't allow you to sit on a wooden chair all day.
Players should on mass refuse to play on these surfaces in our league.
 
So all the talk about UEFA not allowing synthetic pitches in their competitions was just hogwash then?
 
'advantages including optimum ball roll, reduced pellet spray, increased surface stability and improved general aesthetics'


Well, that salesman definitely earned his comission there

Optimum ball roll. Can't remember how many times I've watched a game and thought 'man that ball rolls really well on this grass'
 
It’s that good teams train on it.....:oops:

Feck you Kilmarnock. Rapidly becoming another team I really despise.
 
They did.

The SFA should be stamping these pitches out.

9 of the 12 current Premiership clubs go to the effort and expense of growing and maintaining a grass pitch. Why should 3 cheapskate shits - who obviously don't give a feck about player safety or quality of the product - get away with not having to bother?
The sfa would rather sit on their arseholes and do hee haw another season wasted.
 
I was resigned to another year of that awful surface so I’m actually quite pleased
 
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