CHANGE AT THE COTTAGE:THE RE-SURFACING OF FULHAM'S PITCH

摘要

Early in 2010, Fulham Football Club took the decision to install an undersoil heating system on its Craven Cottage pitch. This followed a succession of match postponements caused by a frozen pitch or heavy snow cover during the previous few seasons.Whilst the club had made use of an inflatable cover for the pitch, this was not entirely successful and was relatively labour intensive to operate. The loss of fixtures and potential income conflicted with Fulham's Premier League status, where clubs arerequired to provide an undersoil heating system or another system of pitch protection approved by the Premier League board.