Fulham’s groundsman appointed to look after OS
Earlier today Greg posted “Beautiful sunny day down at the cottage, about to start prepping for my last matchday”
He previously posted “I’ve very much enjoyed my stay at the club and I’m thoroughly looking forward to the next chapter in my career.”
Greg spent twelve years at Reading FC after joining the grounds staff from school, he worked his way up to head groundsman before joining Fulham in 2014.
He is expected to take up his post this month at Stratford, looking after the pitch which will be used by West Ham this August.
Claret and Hugh understands that West Ham’s head groundsman, Dougie Robertson will continue to be employed by the club, he will have responsibility for the training grounds of Rush Green, Little Heath and Chadwell Heath and will oversee preparations and work at the Olympic Stadium on the run up to match days.
As we reported earlier, a one million pound Desso Grassmaster pitch is currently being installed at the former Olympic Stadium which we used for football, athletics, rugby as well as the possibility of American football, cricket or even baseball.
The state of the pitch in a multi-use stadium will become an important factor with West Ham hoping over-use does not take its toll on the playing surface. Let’s hope ‘Groundsman Greg’ as he is affectionally known keeps the pitch in tip top condition with a beady eye from Dougie.