Football

Sportex installed a FIFA Quality Pro-compliant 50mm 3G synthetic turf. The project began with the removal of the old 3G carpet, followed by necessary repairs to the shockpad to maintain safety and performance standards. The new turf features inlaid football lines, providing a high-quality playing surface. Additionally, the refurbishment extended to the surrounding areas, refreshing the overall appearance of the venue. These updates ensure that the Excelsior Stadium continues to serve as a welcoming home for The Diamonds, offering an improved environment for both players and fans.

Sportex attended site meetings, ensured contractors’ warranties, complied with employee certification and liaised with the Local Planning Authority. Provisions were made for maintaining public rights of way, managing staff and resources, and ensuring compliance with CDM 2015 Regulations.

The project included site accommodation, protection of
work, temporary fencing, road and footpath cleaning, and a pre-commencement dilapidations survey. We handled plant transport, removed the existing 3G carpet, and swept the shockpad to remove debris. Localised repairs covered 10% of the e-layer surface. The new pitch featured a 50mm 3G synthetic turf system with Greenfifields MX Elite 50 carpet, stabilising infill with silica sand, performance infill with SBR rubber granulate, and inlaid line markings for a full-size football pitch.

We installed a Greenfield ‘MX Elite 50’, a high-quality 50mm woven 3G product, to ensure peak performance.

Our strong partnership with GreenFields and their skilled inhouse team assured Falkirk FC of a smooth installation
process, sans subcontractors. Adhering to FIFA standards and rigorous safety measures, we guaranteed a reliable
and top-quality outcome

Broadwood Stadium is widely regarded as the jewel in the crown for sports facilities in North Lanarkshire. It is home to Clyde Football Club, who play in the Scottish Football League as well as Cumbernauld Colts Football Club who compete in the Scottish Lowland League.

Sportex were honoured to be chosen as the preferred contractor for the upgrade of the existing 10,000m2 3G stadium pitch, replacing the tired existing surface with the favoured surface of the Scottish Football community; Greenfields ‘MX Elite’.

The new surface achieved FIFA Quality PRO performance standard and Sportex additionally supplied a range of ancillary items, including new team shelters, synthetic turf pitch surround logos, signage and maintenance machinery.

In spring 2019, Sportex won a competitive tender process which saw them chosen as the preferred contractor for the extension and refurbishment of an existing 2G synthetic turf facility at Lowton CE High School.

As the primary sporting use for the new facility was football, as the existing facility was originally built as a hockey facility there was a need to extend the length of existing pitch footprint by 7m. The extended area was developed to match the existing construction profile of the current field and regularly inspected and approved by the client’s nominated independent consultant.

For the finished surface, a new 40mm 3G carpet by Greenfields was installed and independently tested to ensure it met approval for the FA’s 3G pitch register, allowing the local football club to use the facility for training and competitive league requirements.

The summer of 2019 saw the University of Dundee commission Sportex as their preferred contractor to replace a 10-year-old existing 3G surface with a new 50mm FIFA Quality approved artificial turf system.

The main elements of the project included the cutting, rolling and removal of the existing synthetic turf surface, taking care not to damage the underlying insitu shockpad that was being retained. Once the shockpad had been exposed, a key stage inspection was carried out by an independent testing company to assess its conformity to achieve, along with the new 3G carpet, the desired performance standard.

The new 3G carpet was installed with inlaid 11-a-side football lines as well as cross pitch 7-a-side football lines, delivering optimal playing conditions for both recreational and top-level competitive football.