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It is tough to get funds for new machinery, tools, treatments etc. due to lack of funds, but they do try to support me as best they can


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get September renovations right and that involves money. We do most of it ourselves; buy loam in tonne bags to keep the costs down. The only professional we use regularly is for spraying, which we do once a year for winter feed, iron and worm control. Other feeds we do ourselves.” “I service most of the equipment, but get


mowers professionally ground far more often than we ever used to. We don’t run the junior section to make money, but it does help with funds, despite junior subs being less than half that of local football clubs.” Colin, meanwhile, says that his committee do understand how important his job role is,


but that it is tough to get funds for new machinery, tools, treatments etc. due to lack of funds; “but they do try to support me as best they can and that is all I can ask for really.”


How many hours do you put in each week; is your time limited by your ‘day job’?


“Hertford Town is my ‘day job’” said Colin, “so I usually put in 40-plus hours a week depending on the time of year, fixtures and such like.”


“It depends on the time of year, but eight


to ten hours a week on average. I am self- employed so fit the hours in round my day


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job,” commented Martin. Whilst Christopher’s role is somewhat


different, he said that his role as Grounds Director is absolutely limited by his day job. “I simply have to delegate and rely on others, but generally it works very well. I pop into both grounds frequently, so have a good idea of what condition they are in, how dry the pitches are etc. When I am at nets with my children, I usually end up getting the hose out on some repaired ends or, when I am at colts training, might get the roller out for ten minutes.” “We have a grounds team of around seven, all volunteers; some of them are


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