Winter Sports - Football


Although the match pitch is played on competitively every other week for home fixtures, the training ground has to be ready for training five or six times a week


Fleetwood Town. Although some head groundsmen run the gauntlet of headstrong, fixated head coaches, Dale maintained a healthy working relationship with former boss Steven Pressley. “We enjoyed a very positive climate under Steven,” says Dale, “and the club has a good reputation for the surface at Highbury. He wanted to keep it in the best condition possible.” Doubtless, incoming head coach Uwe Rosler will insist on nothing less. Misfortune can strike any club though and, last season, it took record-breaking wet weather to force Fleetwood to postpone a game for the first time in eight years - testimony to the calibre of the turfcare at the stadium surely. “Called off at 1.30pm, the teams went to the training ground instead,” Dale recalls.


” Maintaining the quality of the


stadium pitch comes despite the reality of a crowded timetable, Dale explains. “Although the match pitch is played on competitively every other week for home fixtures, the training ground has to be ready for training five or six times a week.” Thankfully, freezing conditions rarely


prevail. “Our frost sheets haven’t seen action in three years, because Fleetwood enjoys a warmer climate as it is near the coast,” says Dale. Pre-season fervour gripped


Fleetwood in July, when Highbury Stadium hosted Liverpool then Wigan at the end of the month, before the club played Leeds United in the EFL Cup on 10th August. The nation must soon wonder how long it will be before The Reds come to Highbury for a Premier League fixture.


facilities in the Football League


Poolfoot Farm is amongst some off the best training


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