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A groundskeeper brushes the grass before a Scottish Premiership league 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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