Hythe Town Football Club have not ruled out laying an artificial pitch at their Reachfields Stadium.

Following a weekend when bad weather wiped out most of the football in Kent, there has been more debate about the benefits and downfalls of playing on 3G.

Hythe’s game against Whitstable failed a Saturday morning pitch inspection and the Cannons players haven’t even been able to train at the ground lately.

They took part in a session at Cascades Leisure Centre in Gravesend instead and manager Tim Dixon admits the arguments for 3G are beginning to outweigh those against.

"You can’t beat grass," he said. "That’s what makes a game of football interesting, different conditions and different scenarios.

"But we’d love to have a 3G pitch at Hythe. It would take the club forward.

"What we haven’t got is an under-21 side and we’d like to have a disability team and a ladies team. We want our under-18s and under-16s playing on our pitch on a Sunday. You can’t do that without having the facilities.

"If someone came along with a big wad of money, we would make it work.

"It’s about the bigger picture. You’ve got to look at the whole club.

"A lot of people are very blinkered but although the first-team is the most important thing, it’s about the community and more people around the area using your ground.

"You’ve got to have the infrastructure to be able to use the pitch and with the Hythe Stars & Stripes set-up, I’m sure it would be packed out."

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