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a Desso surface, but also the club’s 6.3 hectares of pitches at the Hogwood Training Ground, where the daily maintenance responsibilities lie with Head Groundsman Scott O’nyons and his team, resulting in first rate training pitches that allow the Championship club’s academy to compete with the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea in the Professional Development League 1. The quality of the training pitches is fundamental in order to achieve such a feat, as all academy facilities are independently audited to reach the FA’s rigorous Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) protocols;