Football pitches are usually sown with perennial ryegrass as the dominant grass species due to its hard-wearing nature and favourable playing characteristics. However it is not long before light green patches of annual meadow-grass can be seen in thesward, indeed in as little as three years after construction it can be the dominant grass species on a pitch. As such, the spread of annual meadow-grass on newly constructed football pitches continues to be a common and persistent problem.
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