ludo21 9:30 Thu Nov 12
Chadwell Heath
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Anyone know if the club has any plans to improve / replace our training facility?
I have just been browsing through the 'Training Grounds' thread on skyscrapercity:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=872664&page=25
There are some amazing facilites out there (City, Chelsea, Spurs, Southampton) but other clubs have ambitious plans (QPR, Charlton (!!), Wolves, Reading etc...) which all leave Chadwell Heath in the dark ages.
Bearing in mind it must take at least 5-6 years to turn plans into reality we are in serious danger of getting left behind.
A nice new shinny stadium is one thing but I fear that a quality player choosing between Chadwell Heath and Spurs new facility is only going to make one decision!
Do we have ANY plans?
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Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Kenny Powers
9:31 Thu Nov 12
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I guess we have other priorities at the moment.
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Gavros
9:32 Thu Nov 12
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well i heard that Crossrail are going to take a chunk of Chadwell Heath at some point. Theyre doing up Rush Green, but in term of overall area it remains tiny compared with modern training centres.
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Crassus
9:33 Thu Nov 12
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ludo
Is it really that bad?
I dont know so its a genuine question but surely it cant be as awful as common opinion suggests?
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ludo21
9:45 Thu Nov 12
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I don't know either Craccus.... it obviously does a job but the pictures that I've seen leave it SO far behind the other new facilites that it has got to start making a difference if we are hoping to attract the best and move to the next level (okay, I know Payet came - but I bet he hadn't seen CH first).
I noticed that Allardyce gave CH a dig when he went to Sunderland.... as I say, it will be at least a 5-6 year process (probably longer) to replace.
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ludo21
9:45 Thu Nov 12
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Sorry *Crassus*
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normannomates
11:00 Thu Nov 12
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This issue is my bug bear with the owners..we badly need modern training facilities. Been left far to long.
And makes us look two bob
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Eddie B
11:04 Thu Nov 12
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Maybe they're waiting for the club to be sold... ..
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W6Hammer
11:06 Thu Nov 12
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Norman no mates 11.00
I agree.
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paolo
11:16 Thu Nov 12
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Can't build on Chadwell Hearh locals always blocking planning permission. We have the old ford ground in rush green now next to the golf club and that will be the new facility. Messi got on well with it!
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bruuuno
11:29 Thu Nov 12
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What constitutes modern training facilities then?
Pitches inside and out
Pool
Sauna
Treatment rooms
Gymnasium
Surely that's it? What else is required? Genuine question
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normannomates
11:52 Thu Nov 12
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Bruuno
Well not portacabins and cramped facilities at the end of a residential street mate.
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Private Dancer
3:47 Fri Nov 13
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Probably not that big a deal in the overall grand scheme of things, particuarly compared to your stadium, but it's not a trainig complex that befits an ambitious club in todays top flight, in fact it's mickey mouse, but it doesn't look like it's going to change anytime soon.
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Ronald_antly
4:00 Fri Nov 13
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Another thread ruined.
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Oliver Cromwell
5:18 Fri Nov 13
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That Spurs training ground is different league
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Monk~koknee
5:22 Fri Nov 13
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When I have read articles about state of the art training faculties it has tended to focus on the number of full-size pitches available for each squad to train on and the use of video technology (not an old smartphone) to record and analyse individual player performance.
That and hobnobs with the tea rather than jammy dodgers.
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Private Dancer
6:19 Fri Nov 13
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Antly - Yep, that really makes a lot of sense, you tool.
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Jakarta Jones
6:42 Fri Nov 13
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Doesn't the club lease Chadwell Heath? I'm sure I read somewhere that lease is up for renewal soon.
And wasn't there talk of the Olympic hockey field or some such sports field being redeveloped as a training pitch in Stratford?
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diehardhammer
10:43 Fri Nov 13
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I thought by now this topic had been covered and was common knowledge?
West ham plan to move the first team training base to Rush Green once the works are complete.
At the same time they plan to keep chadwell heath as a training base for the youngsters.
http://www.whufc.com/Club/Training-Grounds/Rush-Green
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Eggbert Nobacon
10:50 Fri Nov 13
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diehard
correct has been done here a few times
they've been spending at Rush Green and we are moving there either this or next summer I think
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Eggbert Nobacon
10:52 Fri Nov 13
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12 Comments
Rush Green to receive further investment
Posted by Sean Whetstone on October 15, 2015 in News, Whispers
chadwellThe Rush Green training facility will continue to receive investment to gradually make it a state of the art facility fit for the Hammers first team. Yesterday Jack Sullivan revealed Chadwell Heath would be kept and not sold off but our sources say the club will continue to invest in Rush Green.
Claret and Hugh’s most senior source told us this afternoon:
“We’ve spent £2.5m so far, it needs another £10m. Rightly or wrongly we’ve spent our money on players, but GRADUALLY we will upgrade Rush Green”
West Ham purchased the freehold interest in the 29 acre Rush Green Ford Sports Ground from the Ford Motor Company in 2009 for £1.4m with plans to transform it into the a state of the art training complex.
We remain some way behind our London Premier League rivals even after we invest £12.5m.
Spurs built a new training centre at their 77 Acre Bulls Cross site at a net cost of £30m. They have 15 grass pitches across the site including four dedicated solely for First Team Training and one and a half artificial outdoor pitches with floodlighting. It also has a pool and hydrotherapy complex, altitude room, large-scale gymnasium and specialist sports rehabilitation suites
The Arsenal Training Centre covers an area of 143 acres with ten full-size pitches which was build in 1999.
rg2Chelsea’s training centre in Cobham, Surrey is based on a 140 acre site and houses all of the club’s football activities, from the first team to the academy, reserve and women’s teams. It features the latest in training, rehabilitation, medical, pitch and media technology and includes 30 football pitches (three with undersoil heating and six to Premier League standard), an indoor artificial pitch, a media centre, a medical centre, gyms, cold immersion pools, a sauna, a steam room, a HydroWorx pool and a 56 ft hydrotherapy pool.
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