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PRESSURE FOR 3G SET TO MOUNT

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The LeaguePaper Team
3 September 2017

By Matt Badcock
NATIONAL League clubs are stepping up their bid for 3G pitches to be allowed in the EFL – and one director is optimistic a breakthrough will come in the next couple of years.
Maidstone United’s Oliver Ash believes a joint-statement released by his club, Sutton United and Bromley calling for rules on 3G pitches in the EFL to be reformed has pushed the issue closer to being back on the agenda.
The National League’s plastic trio are urging the EFL, National League and the Football Association to show leadership on the issue.
As it stands, clubs are banned from...

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