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Originally Posted by mistercorporate
If the pitch is fine there would be no problem but there hasn't been a soccer pitch in existence that wasn't torn up by gridiron football.
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Some expert information from someone whom some RPB posters say they know more about turf issues.
Tony Stones, Head Groundsman, Wembley Stadium
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"We find most damage is caused by football (soccer) players digging in, turning quick, whereas an NFL game it's all solid, it's crunching together, Desso likes that, holds together well, it's when they're doing quick turns, your Rugby Union you get a bit of quick turning in that as well and a bit of scrummaging so you get a bit of mess from that but I'd say most damage comes from football (soccer)
It's warmups, football (soccer) warmups that are the worst thing, that's where we get the most damage from, especially the goalkeepers that will not use his portable goal, they insist on using his main goal that creates us some serious trouble"
So if I interpret this correctly, the order of most to least damaging sport to a reinforced turf is:
1 Soccer
2 Rugby
3 Football
TFC have opted to not go with reinforced turf and I hear they are looking at a mid season turf reinstallation, we shall have to wait and see.
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