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| | Wednesday, 14 February, 2001, 18:22 GMT FA finds site for training centre  The centre will include research laboratories The English Football Association has revealed plans for a new �40m national training centre in the East Midlands. All England teams, including the under-21s, junior and women's sides, will use the new complex, which is to be situated near to the Staffordshire town of Burton-on-Trent. It will also include a treatment centre for injured footballers and laboratories for research. England teams currently use Bisham Abbey to prepare for matches, but the FA wants a purpose-built, state-of-the-art complex reserved solely for football.
As for Lilleshall, which has provided coaching for England's best young players in the past, that has been superceded by a crop of youth academies opened by the top clubs. "The centre will not be about developing skills but preparing for games," said an FA spokesman. The FA decided that a centre of excellence was important after looking at other successful football countries, such as France, who have a purpose-built site south of Paris at Clarefontaine. Confidentiality agreement The new centre will be built on a 360-acre swathe of green-belt land that used to be part of the Bass family's Byrkley Park Estate. A spokesman for the Forte Hotel Group, part of Granada Leisure, said: "Contracts have been exchanged with a party. "It is up to the purchaser what use they put the site to. We are both tied to confidentiality agreements." The FA is planning to reveal details of the scheme on Thursday. | | See also:  Internet links: The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites Other top Football stories: Links to top Football stories are at the foot of the page. | |
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