Comments on: England’s National Football Centre Will Now Be Named “St. George’s Park”

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:41:47 +0000

Yes, certainly very patriotic. Not sure if it reminds me of athletics at all though.

By: natural

natural — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:26:30 +0000

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By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:37:22 +0000

They’re not 100% clear on that alessio. As I understand it, it will be a base for the younger England teams (Under 18s etc). But that’s not quite as good as having all talented youngsters attending a big academy, which I assume is what Clairefontaine is all about.

By: alessio

alessio — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:11:08 +0000

Still 60 years behind Italy at Coverciano!

Question- is it going to be like Coverciano and be for the national teams and coaching, or be an even larger scope like Clairefontaine with their youth academies?

By: Kiko

Kiko — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:43:49 +0000

The name St. George’s Park reminds me a bit of Newcastle’s St. James’ Park.

But regardless of the Patriotic and overused name, it does look like a good project.

By: Jean-François

Jean-François — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:18 +0000

“St. George’s Park. I know it’s patriotic, but it’s not very subtle is it? Think I preferred the National Football Centre” I agree as well with that statement. The name is Patriotic, but it really seems similar to something the United States would do.

It seems like it will be very impressive though. It will certainly help England produce more great players, just like Clairfontaine does for France.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:28:16 +0000

I agree about St George’s Park, sounds horrible. It’d be nicer if they named it after a great player or manager we’ve had.