Clayton Wood
Former namesMichelin Training Ground
LocationTrent Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
OwnerStoke City
TypeSports facility
Construction
Built2010
Opened2010
Tenants
Stoke City

Clayton Wood is the training ground and academy of EFL Championship club Stoke City.[1]

Development

In January 2009, Stoke City unveiled plans to redevelop their training ground at an initial cost of £5 million.[2] Stoke City were given planning permission by the Stoke-on-Trent City Council to construct the facility in May 2009; Stoke had previously been renting the site from the Michelin Tyre company.[3] The facility was designed by AFL architects who had previously designed Chelsea's Cobham Training Centre and Everton's Finch Farm.[4] The centre was built in time for the start of the 2010–11 season.[1]

In April 2012, Stoke announced £6 million expansions plans in order to meet the category one criteria in the Elite Player Performance Plan.[5] In November 2015, further plans were announced to expand the facility.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Clayton Wood". Stoke City. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Stoke unveil training ground plan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Potters win fight for training site". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "Stoke City FC Training Facility". AFL-UK. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Stoke City plan £6m development of Clayton Wood training ground". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Clayton Wood Improvements Planned". Stoke City. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
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