How much water is used to make a Premier League pitch perfect?

Watch footage from the 1980s and an English winter could turn a football ground into something between a field and a swamp. Now the league sails through December with surfaces so uniformly green that the occasional patch of worn grass can feel like grounds for an inquiry.

It keeps grass healthy, strengthens root systems, helps pitches recover after matches and affects how the ball moves across the surface. Too much and the surface softens, roots become shallower and unwanted grasses can thrive.

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