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| Author(s): | Bassett, Chris |
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| Title: | Academically successful: To those south of the border, Hamilton Academical are a minor curio of the footballing world by dint of having a strange name. In reality they have just hit the big time in Scottish football and the artificial pitch had to go |
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| Section: | Football renovation
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| Source: | The Groundsman. Vol. 62, No. 11, November 2008, p. 22-23. |
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| Publishing Information: | London, England: Institute of Groundsmanship. |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf renovation; Soccer fields; Natural versus artificial turf; Washed sod; Sod establishment
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| Abstract/Contents: | Profiles the "Lanarkshire based Hamilton Academical FC [Football Club]," stating that in 2008 "the 'Accies' had to replace the artificial pitch with a traditional grass one - and install under-soil heating - after gaining promotion to the Scottish Premier League (SPL)." Highlights their work with Souters Sports, "a specialist sports turf contractor offering top-notch sports turf construction, reconstruction, drainage, aeration and maintenance of all natural grass playing services." Explains that "Souters was charged with constructing a premier-league quality root zone pitch with a washed-turf finish in a work window of just six weeks." Concludes that "the pitch is proving to be up to premier league standard...[the team] had a light training session on it the day before the first match and it stood up to that very well." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Artificial vs. Natural Turf Surfaces |
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| Note: | Pictures, color |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bassett, C. 2008. Academically successful: To those south of the border, Hamilton Academical are a minor curio of the footballing world by dint of having a strange name. In reality they have just hit the big time in Scottish football and the artificial pitch had to go. Groundsman. 62(11):p. 22-23. |
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