With Non league clubs frustrated after Chris Sutton compared the state of Wembley’s pitch to those at lower league level, they posted up plenty of photos of their immaculate pitches…
ALFRETON TOWN
It’s an absolute state at our Impact Arena ?♂️? pic.twitter.com/62hpxY4dZG
— Alfreton Town FC (@AlfretonTownFC) October 29, 2018
NEEDHAM MARKET
Not Bad For “Non League Surface” Thanks To Our Incredible Groundsman #NMFC pic.twitter.com/4rSfpVrz5N
— Needham Market F.C. (@needhammktfc) October 29, 2018
WINGATE & FINCHLEY
Here’s @WinFinchleyFC, Chris. Think smarter next time you try banter ? pic.twitter.com/Ac1SzBGBce
— Nikhil Saglani (@Nikhil_Saglani) October 29, 2018
BILLERICAY TOWN
Saturday afternoon in Billericay ??♂️ pic.twitter.com/PnHFKsyKUf
— Billericay Town FC (@BTFC) October 29, 2018
ASHINGTON
@ashington_fc pitch looks better pic.twitter.com/HL66wXPavB
— Ian Lavery Jnr (@ianlavery11) October 29, 2018
STAMFORD
@StamfordAFC1896 pitch looking ‘really average’ too. If only @chris_sutton73 knew how much effort people volunteer at every ground. pic.twitter.com/hODBoOCRft
— Geoff Green (@geoffpgreen) October 29, 2018
AFC TELFORD UNITED
Not bad for “Non-League” @chris_sutton73 ? pic.twitter.com/LgBja4QsRJ
— AFC Telford United (@telfordutd) October 29, 2018
SALISBURY
This is Salisbury fcs pitch ably maintained by @charliesearle. pic.twitter.com/5IwWnFHhFF
— Sandra Ellis (@sandrad2966) October 29, 2018
Can see what he means ??♂️ Dartford FC pic.twitter.com/YnqoHb2xtY
— Charlie Kerr (@Charlie_Kerr) October 30, 2018
Fans also voiced their anger…
No it wasn't made in jest, you were being dismissive of hundreds of volunteers who work tirelessly on some absolutely lovely pitches, so I suggest you take that view of yours and go to a non league club and see how wrong you are.
— Non League Pap (@TheNonLeaguePap) October 30, 2018
‘Said In jest’ no chance, you’ve been called out and are now back tracking, awful pundit even worse manager.
— Josh Flowers (@jflowers_fussba) October 29, 2018
Very disrespectful to thousands of volunteers who spend unpaid hours preparing pitches and other things to enable games to go ahead. Now if only some of the Premier League money filtered down…
— Jon Ruben Ⓥ (@jonruben) October 30, 2018
Sorry Chris, buy we get annoyed when so-called experts denigrate non-league football without actually having a clue what they are talking about. The groundsmen at non-league clubs work incredibly hard for little or no financial reward. Wise up and show them some respect.
— Steve Forde (@SteveForde99) October 30, 2018
Chris Sutton recommending someone lightens up a bit ?
— Iron Andy (@5Pianoman) October 29, 2018
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