In May 2024, Bromley Football Club won the National League Play-Off Final on penalties, securing promotion to the Football League for the first time in their 132-year history.
With only 100 days between winning the final and their first-ever home game in the Football League, Bromley FC’s EFL requirement to convert their artificial pitch to natural turf was a project that needed efficient and experienced management to meet tight deadlines.
Most importantly, it was making sure we got an industry leader onboard as part of this process, and that's where OBI came.
Jeff Hutton, Chief Operating Officer, Bromley FC
OBI Sports was appointed by the club to fully tender and procure the project within two weeks, with a one-and-a-half-week construction timeline for Chappelow Sports Turf and Jordans Sports Ground Solutions.
Deliverables
Because the club had been using an artificial pitch for the past seven years, they needed a surface that could withstand the use of their men's and women's teams as well as London City Lionesses. The solution to this was to use a HERO Hybrid carpet, which was installed by County Turf.