LONDON (Reuters) - A move to allow artificial pitches in the third and fourth tiers of English soccer next season was turfed out on Thursday after a vote split Football League clubs down the middle.
Representatives from the 72 clubs of the Championship (second-tier), League One and League Two met to vote on allowing the return of man-made pitches with a majority vote needed to pass the rule change.
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