Extravagant pitch patterns will be banned from next season after the Premier League announced they would no longer be permitted.

The rule change will come as bitter blow to Leicester City and their groundsmen whose imaginative pitch patterns have wowed fans since the start of the 2015/16 season.

Leicester City head groundsman John Ledwidge hit the headlines in May 2015 after he cut a club crest into the centre of the King Power pitch to mark their miracle Premier League title triumph.