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“During the worst time, we were all in the boardroom waiting to hear our name called out for redundancy”
be out of football altogether, to return to private sector education most probably, where he enjoyed many years of experience and where he believes considerable work is still needed. “There’s been significant under-investment in these sports facilities in recent years and, apart from a few notable exceptions, many are generally of a poor standard, so a position where I could help change things could be an option,” he adds. While Mark recognises that
a Premiership role would be the next natural progression for him, he also views posts in the top flight remain “a closed shop.” “Few are ever advertised. The most realistic hope I’ve got of becoming a Premiership groundsman is if Palace gains promotion,” he admits. “Whilst a return to the premiership for Palace would be welcome, along with the resulting additional budget, I don’t believe the game is heading in the right direction,” he continues in typically candid fashion. Big money is now part and
parcel of football yet, for clubs like Palace, in the Championship or lower leagues, it is in danger of fast becoming an unsustainable and potentially damaging aspect of ‘the beautiful game’, he adds. “What I’ve seen happen
here has given me real doubts about how long it will all last,“ he reflects. “We’ve reached a position where the Premiership is seen as the be all and end all, with clubs
striving to get into the top league and, where finishing fourth from bottom of it, is seen as a success, by avoiding relegation and the fall-off in funding that goes with playing in that league. For me, that isn’t what football should be about - it’s more than just the top league.” The plight of home grown players in the Premiership has been another development that Mark believes will only serve to damage the English league. Only 38% of current
Premiership players were born in England, he notes, which he believes is creating a growing disincentive to nurture home grown youth players, as the big money foreign players take precedence.
”The one good result of clubs like Palace having so little money is that they simply cannot afford to buy in loads of players, so have to rely on fostering their youth sides and scouring the leagues for good deals and free transfers. It’s not all about the money, it’s about good management, and being able to pick out good players from the lower leagues.” Palace is in a prime position to make the best of that opportunity and help develop the next crop of promising English players. And, whilst it goes about doing that, Mark will continue to produce a Premiership standard pitch on a lower league budget.
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