Where the guidance comes from

The Football Association

Scope: FA guidance on 3G football turf pitches (FTPs) for grassroots and National League System football: quality standards and testing, layouts, line marking, fencing, floodlighting, goalposts, maintenance and infill management. Sports-pitch context only; residential lawns are out of scope. TurfBrain stores only editor summaries of section coverage; guide text is not copied. An earlier FA URL for 3G pitch information returned 404 on 2026-09-28 and was not used.

Sport England

Scope: Sport England facility guidance index for outdoor sports surfaces, linking its Artificial Surfaces for Outdoor Sport guide and Selecting the Right Artificial Surface guidance (hockey, football, rugby union, rugby league). Aimed at sports facility planners and governing bodies. Does NOT address residential landscaping, pets, pricing or product brands. TurfBrain stores only editor summaries; the guide text is not copied.

ASTM International

Scope: catalog metadata only (designation, title, committee, revision date, abstract-level scope) for a paid ASTM standard concerning in-field impact attenuation testing of turf playing systems for North American football fields. The protected standard text is NOT held or reproduced by TurfBrain; readers must obtain it from ASTM.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (with CDC/ATSDR and CPSC)

Scope: the multi-agency Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on recycled tire crumb rubber infill used on synthetic turf fields and playgrounds. Covers characterization of what is in tire crumb (Part 1, 2019) and exposure characterization plus biomonitoring (Part 2, April 2024). The agencies state the reports are not a risk assessment. Does NOT cover non-rubber infills, residential lawns, surface heat, or installation practice.