Winter Sports - Football


… and then there’s the seagulls which, during the breeding season, can attack if they think their young are in danger


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“It’s a constant battle getting the right conditions to apply products as it’s always windy, and then there’s the seagulls, which, during the breeding season, can attack if they think their young are in danger.” “In many stadia, it’s like growing grass in


shoebox - there’s little, if any, airflow.” That said, Dale has developed his own grow lights for use in the goalmouths, so there is still need of some assistance with promoting grass growth there.


Dale believes in the power of koroing to


keep his main playing surface pitch perfect, calling in Bancroft Amenities to conduct the process and further improve the stadium’s drainage by introducing a secondary network of 2m centre gravel slits. “An excellent family-run business,” he says. “I worked with them during my time with the STRI.” The rapid journey to League One status


has meant plenty of hard graft for the turfcare team to ensure the provision comes


up to the standards required of their position within football. Now that Fleetwood has achieved


academy status, it can bring on its own generation of stars, rather than buying in quality, Dale states. “We are now category 3, allowing us to develop age groups from U9s to U18s, so I expect to see a period of consolidation now as home grown players come through the system.” That process must gladden Dale’s heart as


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