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Lennoxtown training centre

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370: 310: 274: 250: 286: 346: 238: 262: 334: 358: 19: 298: 322: 192:£8 million was spent on the construction. Indoor facilities include an indoor training hall, a fitness centre with gym and fitness suite, physio and medical facilities, sauna and steam room and hydrotherapy pool, Sports science/sports development facility, changing facilities, classroom/education facilities, football administration offices, media facilities, kit room, laundry and Groundsman's compound. 155:"I'm sure that the residents of East Dunbartonshire are delighted at the prospect of this ambitious development in their area. The Celtic training facility will potentially contribute significantly to the development of Lennoxtown and will also bring wider employment and social benefits to the area." 153:'s Planning Board approved the outline planning application to develop the training facilities on the site. The following April, the council granted a detailed permission with the leader of East Dunbartonshire Council, John Morrison, stating 126:"after years of shuttling back and forth between Barrowfield, Celtic Park and several other temporary training venues, Lennoxtown will also allow the Youth Academy coaching staff to better utilise their time during the course of a season." 589: 716: 397: 112:
in 2004. A number of club officials and players expressed sadness at leaving Barrowfield but saw it as a necessity for the modern game and that it would aid in helping Celtic attract players to the club.
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For many years the training facilities which Celtic provided at Barrowfield were seen as substandard and would be hidden from potential new signings. This fact was emphasised after their rivals
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which will provide conference facilities and live-in dormitory areas for young players. The centre houses Celtic's entire professional footballing operation and will host the home games for
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Outdoor facilities include three full-sized UEFA standard natural grass training and match pitches, with undersoil heating to the main pitch, an artificial grass pitch and an additional
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In 2005, Celtic launched a successful share issue which raised £15m, much of this money would be put towards providing new training facilities. Celtic coach
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to visit other football clubs' training grounds. Celtic chose sections from Burns's report and this was added to by former Celtic bosses
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In 2019, Celtic announced plans to redevelop their older Barrowfield facilities in Glasgow for use by the academy and
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of the project to provide the existing training facilities with the remaining land being left for development in
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Celtic submit new training centre plans including indoor pitch at Barrowfield
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was tasked with undertaking a fact finding mission and travelled across
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The centre was officially opened on 9 October 2007 by Celtic chairman
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Lennoxtown was designed to replace Celtic's former training ground at
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Rear of training centre during finishing stages of construction
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The Lennoxtown complex is just over 4 miles (6.4 km) from
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Celtic pitch plans for Barrowfield training ground expansion
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and is located on a 46-acre (190,000 m) site near the
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Celtic FC lodges plans for training centre redevelopment
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Training centre during finishing stages of construction
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Celtic announce major east end re-development plans
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Celtic F.C.
Lennoxtown
East Dunbartonshire
training
Barrowfield
Celtic Park
Glasgow
NHS
Lennox Castle Hospital
Campsie Fells
Celtic's ladies team
Rangers
Auchenhowie
Hearts
Riccarton
Heriot-Watt University
youth team
Willie McStay
Tommy Burns
Europe
Martin O'Neill
Gordon Strachan
East Dunbartonshire Council
Brian Quinn
Chief executive
Peter Lawwell
Gordon Strachan
Stephen McManus
goalkeeping

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