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unusual facts about Training ground



Alexandros Tabakis

He started playing football for Takis Oikonomopoulos's academy, in Artemida, Attica, from there, he moved to Paiania (training ground) to be a member of Panathinaikos's youth academies.

Centro Sportivo di Collecchio

The Centro Sportivo di Collecchio, or Collecchio Sports Centre in English, is Parma F.C.'s training ground and administrative headquarters, which is located in Collecchio, a comune 15 kilometres south-west of the Stadio Ennio Tardini, the club's stadium.


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2 Intelligence Company

Founded by Sir William Stephenson (more popularly known by his codename ‘The Man Called Intrepid’), Camp X operated from 1941 to 1946 as a vital co-operative training ground for agents in Canadian, British and American service, who were subsequently inserted deep in Nazi-occupied Europe.

Aukai Collins

He also claimed that he warned the bureau (FBI) long before 9/11 that Hani Hanjour, one of the September 11th hijackers, was using a Phoenix flight school as his training ground for terrorism.

Brockhall

Brockhall Village, Lancashire, England, home to the training ground of Blackburn Rovers FC

Cheadle Town F.C.

During the 1966 World Cup it was used by the Portuguese national team as a training ground and has also had the honour of hosting a soccer school run by Brazilian legend Jairzinho during the summer of 1993.

Daniel Majstorović

Although he played well at Twente, his time there was shrouded in controversy — in March 2005, he was cleared of a seven game Eredivisie ban for allegedly elbowing FC Groningen forward Martin Drent and in December of the same year he was involved in a training ground confrontation with team-mate Blaise Nkufo.

Döllersheim

Upon implementation of the 1945 German Instrument of Surrender and the Allied occupation of Austria, the training ground was seized by the Soviet Army and, despite raised claims for restitution, has remained a military exclusion zone (renamed Truppenübungsplatz Allentsteig) to this day, now operated by the Austrian Armed Forces.

Eric Cunningham Dax

In his introduction to this book the Federation's Chairman, John Rawlings Rees, praised Dax's Mental Hygiene Authority as 'a major training ground in psychiatry and mental health work for all the English-speaking populations of the South-western Pacific region'.

Fairbridge, Western Australia

During the same period, the site was also used as a training ground for the Women's Land Army, and Guildford Grammar School partially relocated there while their school was used as a hospital base.

Fun Kids

Fun Kids has been a training ground for many presenters including James Barr, Tim Dixon, James Beckingham and Matt Kot.

Greta, New South Wales

The Greta Army Camp, located on the town's outskirts, was opened in 1939 as a training ground for World War II soldier training, and in 1949 was transferred to the Department of Immigration who transformed it into one of Australia's largest migrant reception and training centres between June 1949 and January 1960 as part of the post-war immigration to Australia.

Jérémie Aliadière

In March 2011, Aliadière returned to former club, Arsenal's London Colney training ground in a bid to return to fitness.

Jim Wallhead

Wallhead works his strength and conditioning with Ollie Richardson at the Leicester Tigers Rugby Union training ground.

José Eber

His salons proved to be a training ground for new celebrity hairstylists like Daniel C. DiCriscio.

Lars-Gunnar Carlstrand

His eventful spell at the Foxes was terminated after a five-game, four goal reserve record; a near breakthrough at Ewood Park when the final whistle frustrated Martin O'Neill's attempt to introduce him as a late substitute; and a training ground broken nose.

Lennoxtown training centre

The complex is built on former NHS land adjacent to the vacated Lennox Castle Hospital and was designed to replace Celtic's former training ground at Barrowfield.

Lesní stadion

It now serves as a training ground for the local Athletics team after a long time of being the home ground of the FK Fotbal Třinec football club.

London Colney

The training ground is also occasionally used by the England football squad, which regularly stay at the nearby The Grove Hotel during home matches at Wembley Stadium.

New England Conservatory

The conservatory has served as a training ground for orchestral players to fill the ranks of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, much like the Curtis Institute serves as a training ground for the Philadelphia Orchestra, although composers, pianists, and singers are offered courses of study as well.

Nikos Goumas Stadium

In 1926, land in Nea Filadelfeia that was originally set aside for refugee housing was donated as a training ground for the refugees.

Nueva trova

In both Cuba and Puerto Rico, the politicized lyrics of nueva trova were very often critical of the United States; Puerto Rican singers were especially critical of Vieques' continued use as a United States Navy training ground.

Patricia McIlrath

McIlrath's desire to establish both a training ground for professional theatre artists in Kansas City, and a venue in the city at which audiences could attend professional theatre rivaling the caliber of that produced in New York City, corresponded with the work of numerous other well-known members of the Regional Theatre Movement, such as Margo Jones, Zelda Fichandler, Michael Murray, and Tyrone Guthrie.

The Hive Stadium

A new training ground and centre of excellence for Barnet F.C., named The Hive, was opened at the site by Trevor Brooking and Fabio Capello in 2009.

Twice a Fortnight

As in the case of the radio comedy programme I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again, and the television comedy programmes At Last the 1948 Show, Do Not Adjust Your Set and Broaden Your Mind, Twice a Fortnight was an excellent training ground, in both writing and acting, for the future stars of both Monty Python and The Goodies, as well as for the future co-writer of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

United Biscuits Network

It was the training ground for many of the UK's most famous radio presenters including Roger Scott, Adrian Love, Chris Grant, Nicky Horne, Graham Dene, Peter Young, and Television personality Dale Winton.

West Footscray, Victoria

The Whitten Oval in West Footscray is the home training ground of the AFL team Western Bulldogs, and was their home ground before they moved to Etihad Stadium.