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Ralston Training Complex

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Ralston is St Mirren F.C.'s training centre, located at Ralston, Paisley in Scotland. The complex houses the club's training and youth facilities. The complex is signposted off Glasgow Road, Paisley and sits beside Ralston Community Centre off Bathgo Avenue. Postcode for the complex is PA1 3EA

Information

The training ground is based at Allanton playing fields in Ralston. Situated on Paisley Road West The 3.7-hectare site boasts a state-of-the-art astroturf pitch, a grass playing area to SPL standard for the first team to train on and the first team headquarters, including a dressing room, physio room and boot room. The development also features meeting rooms, a media suite and an analysis room, as well as offices for the manager and other staff, a gym, the players’ lounge and restaurant and the youth academy headquarters. The complex cost around one million pounds to create and is completely owned by St Mirren F.C.

Controversy

When plans to create the complex were announced, several people in Ralston opposed the move and launched an action group against it.[1] They believed they would be affected with Car Parking, Floodlights, Foul language, loss of privacy and excess traffic. The group failed in their actions and the ground was completed in 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ [1] Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ [2] Archived October 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine