Professional Football Clubs with “Plastic” Pitches in England

A football pitch is a playing surface used to play the beautiful game of football. The area, patterns, and lines are defined by football Law 1 – “The Field of Play”. The pitch could either be a natural turf or artificial turf.

A football pitch is a necessary part of football. In modern-day football, the quality of play can be influenced by the kind of pitch the ball rolls on.

Severally, we have seen football coaches coming out to complain about the quality of the pitch and how it affected their teams’ results.

1.Billericay Town Football Club

Full name Billericay Town Football Club
Nickname(s) Ricay, The Blues
Founded 1880
Ground New Lodge, Billericay
Capacity 5,000 (2,000 seated)
Chairman Dave McCartney
Manager Danny Brown
League Isthmian League Premier Division

2.Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club

Full name Bradford (Park Avenue) Association Football Club
Nickname(s) Bradford, Park Avenue, BPA, The Green Army
Founded 1907; 115 years ago
Ground Horsfall Stadium
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Capacity 3,500 (1,800 seated)
Chairman Dr John Dean
Manager Mark Bower
League National League North

3. Bromley Football Club

Full name Bromley Football Club
Nickname(s) The Ravens, The Lillywhites
Founded 1892
Ground Hayes Lane, Bromley
Capacity 5,150 (1,606 seated)
Chairman Robin Stanton-Gleaves

4.Dorking Wanderers Football Club

Full name Dorking Wanderers Football Club
Nickname(s) Wanderers
Founded 1999
Ground Meadowbank, Dorking
Capacity 3,000 (522 seated)[1]
Chairman Marc White
Manager Marc White
League National League

5.Eastbourne Borough Football Club

Full name Eastbourne Borough Football Club
Nickname(s) The Sports
Founded 1964; 58 years ago (as Langney F.C.)
Ground Priory Lane
Langney, Eastbourne
Capacity 4,151 (600 seated)
Chairman David Blackmore

6.Gloucester City

Full name Gloucester City Association Football Club
Nickname(s) The Tigers, City
Founded 5 March 1883; 139 years ago
Ground Meadow Park
Capacity 4,000 (762 seats) 
Chairman Eamonn McGurk & Alex Petheram

7.Havant & Waterlooville Football Club

Full name Havant & Waterlooville Football Club
Nickname(s) The Hawks
Founded 1998; 24 years ago
Ground Draper Tools Community Stadium, Havant
Capacity 5,300 (710 seated)
Chairman Derek Pope
Manager Paul Doswell

8.Maidstone United Football Club

Full name Maidstone United Football Club
Nickname(s) The Stones
Founded 1992; 30 years ago as Maidstone Invicta
Ground Gallagher Stadium
Capacity 4,200 (792 seated)
Owners Oliver Ash & Terry Casey
Chief Executive Bill Williams
Manager Hakan Hayrettin

9.Oxford City Football Club

Full name Oxford City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Hoops
Founded 1882; 140 years ago
Ground Marsh Lane, Marston, Oxford
Capacity 3,500
Chairman Brian Cox
Head Coach Ross Jenkins
League National League South
2021–22 National League South, 5th of 21
  • Slough Town

Full name Oxford City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Hoops
Founded 1882; 140 years ago
Ground Marsh Lane, Marston, Oxford
Capacity 3,500
Chairman Brian Cox
Head Coach Ross Jenkins
League National League South
2021–22 National League South, 5th of 21

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