How big is a 3g pitch

Small Artificial Pitch Facilities

All weather 3G 5-a-side football pitches are used across the country to host small sided football matches every day of the week. These small artificial pitch facilities tend to be installed in reduced sizes ranging from 25.91-42.65m in length and 16.76-25.91m in width.

A 5G Football Pitch is an artificial turf surface used for football. The 5G football surface is rubber filled all weather pitch specification.

The use of flat soled training shoes and ‘Astro’ trainers should be discouraged or ideally prohibited as they flatten the pile of the carpet and increase the rate of compaction of the infill.

Construction and cost

The average cost of a 5-a-side 3G pitch is around £50 per square metre, meaning a total cost of £25,000 for the 500 square metres we recommended earlier. If you’ve decided to splash out for a 4G pitch, that cost would rise to £35,000. Standard 5-a-side goals are 12 x 4ft.

Boots with moulded circular multi-studs are the recommended footwear for competitive training and matches on all 3G surfaces Astro or 4G Artificial Grass training shoes with a dimpled sole are also recommended. Training shoes with a completely flat sole are not preferred but can be used in emergencies.

You Can Wear: Artificial grass (AG) football boots are the best option if you’re solely playing on 3G, but you can also get away with wearing firm-ground and astro-turf boots. Basically, you’ll usually be safe wearing anything with a plastic soleplate or moulded studs.

Firm ground football boots are also suitable for use on 3G pitches. This type of football boot has a sole that contains plastic moulds, which are often used on real grass pitches when the ground is firm.

Third generation or 3G artificial grass pitches are recognised as durable, safe, year-round playing surfaces, able to withstand intensive use and all kinds of weather.

3G pitches are a synthetic turf made from artificial grass, supported by a base layer of sand and rubber crumb infill. The rubber crumb is spread throughout the blades of grass to provide a natural feel similar to real turf.

3G pitches are the ones that have those little black bits on them – you know, the things your mum probably complains about you leaving all over the carpet after your game. AG boots are meant to look & feel like a firm ground boot, however they offer increased grip and cushioning that’s needed on 3G.

The Best Football Boots for Artificial Grass (3G) Pitches

The golden rule is: don’t wear blades or full studs on artificial grass. Many venues have rules against this (although they do seem to be flouted all too often). They can damage the surface, but more importantly they are actually dangerous.

Synthetic 2G or 3G all weather sports pitches can become flooded and waterlogged for all kids of reasons, however the most common reasons are compaction and contamination of the sand and rubber infill layer due to a lack of proper maintenance.

3G pitches usually cost around £500,000 to install. What do the pitches look like? A normal feature of a 3G pitch is the ‘rubber crumb‘, thousands of black rubber pellets scattered on the green surface.

According to the BBC, the average 3G pitch costs around £500,000. However, Crusaders F.C. reportedly fitted theirs for a total cost of just €280,000.

3G/4G surfaces and contaminants

In the damp, cool UK climate, rainwater doesn’t dry very quickly and the sand at the bottom of the pitch can become water logged. This wet sand creates the perfect environment for moss and algae to grow, contaminating your pitch and damaging your playing surface.

An adequate supply of water helps the grass to stay in optimum condition. This is especially important on a sports field (as opposed to a garden lawn) because studs from players’ boots churn up the turf and create muddy patches. Regular watering and feeding is required for the grass to recover.

When it comes to ATPs, 3G is usually what most players are looking for. These pitches are made up of longer synthetic grass which offers better grip, a smoother playing surface, and a more weather proofed surface than regular grass pitches.

Don’t use on: Indoor/2G – They don’t have nearly enough grip for indoor pitches, and playing on such a hard surface will take its toll on your knees. A 2G pitch will scuff up your boots and your boots will probably scuff up the pitch, it’s lose-lose.

The best style of boots for a 4G pitch are those with plastic moulded studs. Wearing football boots with metal studs on a 4G pitch can damage the surface and even cause injury to the player.

Type 3 – High Grip Polymeric Surface

The next type of MUGA surface, Type 3, is a high grip polymeric surface. Consisting of a rubber surface, similar to wet pour, high grip polymeric surfacing is best suited for rebound sports, including netball, tennis and basketball.

Whilst the banning of metal blade boots isn’t written in the laws of the game by the FA, it’s certainly frowned upon. You’d be hard pressed to find a manufacturer that produces these dangerous studs after 2013, when Sir Alex Ferguson famously condemned the technology and banned his own players from wearing them.

AG (Artificial Ground) Artifical Glass.

Definition of soft ground

1 : a mixture of ordinary etching ground usually with tallow or grease that is used chiefly to obtain textural lines and effects on the plate by pressing cloth or similar material into the ground or by drawing with a pencil on a piece of paper laid over it.