# Training ground

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Area where football teams prepare for matches

For a military facility, see [Military training area](/source/Military_training_area).

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A **training ground** is an area where professional [association football](/source/Association_football) teams prepare for matches, with activities primarily concentrating on [skills](/source/Soccer_skills) and fitness. They also sometimes form part of a club's [youth system](/source/Youth_system), as clubs consider it important to have good facilities to aid the development of young players.[1]

Training grounds are usually separate from a team's [stadium](/source/Soccer_stadium), as clubs use the facilities to avoid overusing the stadium's [pitch](/source/Soccer_field). However, teams usually train inside the opposing team's stadium on the day before a [European](/source/UEFA) away game, both for the benefit of the [media](/source/Media_(press)) and to become familiar with the surface.

## Training ground incidents

There have been several high-profile incidents, at training grounds, where players have been injured in disputes between teammates.[2] [Joey Barton](/source/Joey_Barton) was given a suspended prison sentence, on 1 July 2008, for an assault on teammate [Ousmane Dabo](/source/Ousmane_Dabo) on [Manchester City](/source/Manchester_City_F.C.)'s training ground[3] and [Andy Carroll](/source/Andy_Carroll) broke teammate [Steven Taylor](/source/Steven_Taylor_(footballer))'s jaw in a fight.[4]

## Gallery

		- [Germany](/source/Germany_national_football_team) players [Arne Friedrich](/source/Arne_Friedrich) and [Bastian Schweinsteiger](/source/Bastian_Schweinsteiger) training, [2005](/source/2005_in_football_(soccer))

		- [USA](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team) players training during the [2006 World Cup](/source/2006_FIFA_World_Cup).

		- [Manchester United](/source/Manchester_United_F.C.) players training at [The Cliff](/source/The_Cliff_(training_ground)), [1992](/source/1992_in_football_(soccer))

		- [Lennoxtown](/source/Lennoxtown_training_centre), the training ground of [Celtic F.C.](/source/Celtic_F.C.)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Pompey training ground approved](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/7509518.stm), [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport), 16 July 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Curtis, Ben. ["Training-ground bust-ups: the best of the best"](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article4906911.ece)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*], *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*, 8 October 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [FA charges Barton over Dabo clash](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7535664.stm), [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport), 31 July 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [The Times](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article7071885.ece)[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## See also

For a list of all training grounds, see [Category:Association football training grounds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Association_football_training_grounds).

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