John Kettley - Birmingham City

Birmingham City

In January 2007, Birmingham City F.C. needed to re-lay their football pitch. Having purchased the spare pitch from the new Wembley Stadium for £120,000, the club consulted various experts on horticulture, as well as Kettley on the projected weather for that week. Having predicted it would just be the average amount of rainfall, the torrential storms washed the pitch away, halting the following game with Leeds United A.F.C.

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