Breaking News: Brendan Rodgers Celtic and SPFL clubs vote on major challenge in SPFL

A date has been set for teams to vote on a rule amendment that would ban artificial pitches in the Scottish Premiership,

which Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has publicly supported.

In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion concerning plastic pitches in Scottish football.

with concerns about how they disrupt the style of play and even the impact they have on players’ fitness and injuries.

Kilmarnock and Livingston are currently the only top-flight teams with one installed,

but the Ayrshire club has already revealed plans to remove it within the next few seasons.

Clubs will vote on the subject at their general meetings on April 24th.

A group of lower league sides, including Livingston, are claimed to be attempting to soften down an outright ban,

albeit the report states that there is a growing belief that the vote will succeed.

The SPFL has undertaken negotiations with League One and Two clubs to convince them that the ban will only apply to the Premiership.

Celtic would prefer a ban on plastic pitches.

When concerns of a potential ban appeared last year, Rodgers stated: “It’s evident that every coach would like to play on a grass pitch.

I believe the sooner it becomes a possibility up here, the better it will be for everyone.

“I understand the economics of the situation and what it will imply for certain clubs.

But there should be a particular level and standard at which every team in the top division should have a grass pitch.

He has previously commented about the difficulties that players face at venues such as Almondvale and Rugby Park,

claiming that the surfaces slow down games and the speed of possession phases.

Livingston could be going out of the league this year in any case,

but it’s important that in future there is a transition towards grass-only pitches. It’s only right that the SPFL seek to formalise that.

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