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Union leader demands teams listen to their players about playing surfaces
A groundskeeper prepares the pitch before the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match at New Douglas Park, Hamilton

PFA Scotland leader Fraser Wishart called on clubs today to start listening to top-flight players when they say they hate playing on plastic pitches.

Hamilton and Kilmarnock’s astroturf surfaces have been branded two of the three worst pitches in Scotland following a survey of the nation’s professionals.

Players from the 42 SPFL clubs were asked to rate the pitches at away grounds as part of a study organised jointly by PFA Scotland, Sports Labs and the Scottish Football Association.

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