Clayton Wood Training Ground
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| Former names | Michelin Training Ground |
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| Location | Trent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent |
| Owner | Stoke City |
| Type | Sports facility |
| Construction | |
| Built | 2010 |
| Opened | 2010 |
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| Stoke City | |
Clayton Wood is the training ground and academy of EFL Championship club Stoke City.[1]
Development
In January 2009, Stoke City unveiled plans to redevelop their training ground at an initial cost of £5 million.[2] Stoke City were given planning permission by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council to construct the facility in May 2009; Stoke had previously been renting the site from the Michelin Tyre company.[3] The facility was designed by AFL architects who had previously designed Chelsea's Cobham Training Centre and Everton's Finch Farm.[4] The centre was built in time for the start of the 2010–11 season.[1]
In April 2012, Stoke announced £6 million expansions plans in order to meet the category one criteria in the Elite Player Performance Plan.[5] In November 2015, further plans were announced to expand the facility.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Clayton Wood". Stoke City. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Stoke unveil training ground plan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Potters win fight for training site". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Stoke City FC Training Facility". AFL-UK. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Stoke City plan £6m development of Clayton Wood training ground". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
- ^ "Clayton Wood Improvements Planned". Stoke City. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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