Doomsday predictions about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) workforce often predict huge job losses in the future as automation takes over many roles currently performed by humans. But shockingly they never mention the impact on the humble soccer groundsman. Understandably, the focus is on areas like manufacturing and retail rather than areas where relatively few people are employed, and it's unlikely the role will ever be replaced by AI and robotics. After all, the huge amount of money available at the elite level of sport mean that few organisations will ever see a desire to cut costs in pitch preparation. And at an amateur level, the impact of automation will have to wait until the costs of such technology become affordable.