Trafford Training Center , better known as Carrington, is the training base for the English football club Manchester United and its Academy . Located in the village of Carrington in Greater Manchester . The main building was officially opened on July 26, 2000, six months after the first training of the main team at the base [1] , and the club’s Academy building opened in 2002 . The Club Academy building is the base for all Manchester United youth teams, starting with a team up to 9 years old and ending with a team up to 16 years old. The main building of the center is the base for the reserve and main team of Manchester United. This training center replaced the club’s old training base, called The Cliff .
Trafford Training Center (Trafford Training Center) | |
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| Trafford Training Center, aerial view | |
| Located | , Trafford , Greater Manchester , England , UK |
| opening date | 2002 |
| Owner | Manchester United |
The training center has 14 football fields of various sizes, as well as training and rehabilitation zones, physiotherapists and massage therapists, therapeutic and hydrotherapy pools, a sauna, a steam room, a gym, squash and basketball courts, a restaurant for players and staff, a conference room , offices and audiences. There is even its own television studio, which interviews players and staff for club television . The training center has already received the nickname “Fortress Carrington” from the press because of its 2.4 km fence and about 30,000 trees surrounding it. It is believed that such a fence can protect the training center from reporters and spies of rival clubs who want to learn the tactics of the team for the upcoming matches.
The total area of the training center is about 43.2 hectares , although the club uses only 28.4 hectares of them. The remaining area is leased to a local farmer and also includes a small piece of conservation area owned by the club and the Cheshire Wildlife Fund.
In April 2013, Manchester United entered into an eight-year contract with Aon to sell the rights to the name of the training center, which will be called the Aon Training Complex [2] . The amount of the contract is estimated at 120 million pounds or 15 million pounds per year [3] .
Notes
- ↑ John DT White. The Official Manchester United Almanac. 1st edition. Orion Books. London P.9. ISBN 978-0-7528-9192-7 .
- ↑ Aon signs 8-year deal . ManUtd.com (April 8, 2013). Archived on April 20, 2013.
- ↑ Bond, David Manchester United agree £ 120m training ground deal . BBC Sport (April 7, 2013). Archived on April 20, 2013.
Links
- Building the Foundations (unknown) // United - The Official Magazine of Manchester United. - Manchester: Future Publishing, 2005. - February ( No. 150 ). - S. pp62-65 .
- Carrington Training Center at ManUtdZone.com