That’s right, two weeks in a row that we’ve managed to take a look at the finest footy-related things on the internet – if we keep up this form we might be looking at a call up to the England squad. Last weekend’s football was badly affected by the weather, particularly in the lower leagues, which is probably one of the reasons why plastic pitches have been a big talking point this week. It’s looking like we could see artificial pitches making a return to the Football League in the near future, and they’ll be a long way from the ones that were last seen at QPR, Luton and Preston in the 1980s and early 1990s (a friend of mine has a spot of Preston’s plastic pitch in his wardrobe, what a piece of memorabilia!)

Whether they’ll be as bad for slide tackling defenders, bouncing balls or the knees of veteran players is unclear, but it is a great opportunity for Who Ate All The Pies to dig up a classic picture of El Tel on the plastic pitch, and dig out this video of some action on one of the pitches as well. Where do you stand on the plastic pitch debate?

Some of the grounds that might benefit from such advances on the pitch are captured in all their glory in a fantastic picture blog over on Pitch Invasion. Entitled ‘A Year In Non-League Photos‘, it’s a world away from the grounds we see on a regular basis on TV. It’s nice to see that Umbro makes an appearance though!

Both the photoshoot above and the next site were spotted by an eagle-eyed Norwich friend of ours, who pointed them in our direction. Another photoshoot, but altogether more arty, this captures England’s female footballers in some of the places that mean the most to them. It’s great to see some of the finest female players getting the same attention as their male counterparts, so hats off to Olivia And Alison who did the shoot.

We’re obviously on a very visual feel this week, as we’re looking at a site that brings graphics to life really well. Zonal Marking have been doing this for a while, but every so often it’s handy to remind ourselves just what they do on a regular basis, to such a high standard. This analysis of some of the games this week underlines what a resource it is – in depth stuff, interesting talking points, and great visuals to bring it to life. If you don’t mention how your club could do with some more ‘llegada’, someone else will.

Finally this week, we’ve found a Tumblr that brings together two of our favourite things – Football And Music. Want to see a ridiculously large foosball table? A video of Frank Sidebottom singing a Billy Bragg medley? Football And Music is what you’ve been looking for.