FOOTBALL


I am doing everything I can to improve this by topdressing with 70/30


rootzone mix and working it into the profile to increase the nutritional content and improve growing conditions


figure. Most importantly though, he gave me my eye for detail. There is an annual competition; the Royal Horticultural Society’s Windlesham Trophy, which awards the best-kept prison garden in the country. The first year I was there, we won first prize - which also meant I received an individual commendation for the work I put in. We considered every detail even down to painting manhole covers green, so they blended in to the surrounding turf. I have


joked with the lads here that we will be doing that before next year’s Euros, but I don’t think they don’t believe me!” “I try and get across to the team that; it’s one thing to go out and cut grass, but it’s the finer points and the attention to detail that will make the difference and set us apart from everyone else. More than ever, we have greater competition for the training grounds. When we opened in 2012, the bigger teams didn’t have the training


facilities they have now so to attract the biggest clubs in the world, we need to offer a complete package.”


“I know what we do doesn’t have an impact on how the teams perform, but the environment and landscape around them make a difference. There needs to be a seamless flow from what is happening on the pitches to the surrounding areas; you wouldn’t have a nice picture and put it in a cheap frame. We’re open for training 365


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