Barrier / ball stop systems installed at Arsenal FC

Edwards Sports have supplied and installed three ball stop / barrier systems at Arsenal FC’s training ground ready for the 2013 / 14 season.

Edwards Sports have supplied and installed three ball stop / barrier systems at Arsenal FC’s training ground ready for the 2013 / 14 season.

These bespoke systems were specially designed to meet the requirements set by Arsenal FC’s groundsman Steve Braddock.

These requirements were:

• To supply and install a post & net system that can be erected and demounted frequently
• To divide big pitches up into smaller pitches for training
• To stop players / staff entering certain parts of the training ground
• To stop stray footballs going from one pitch to another

Two systems were supplied and installed on the youth and reserve team pitches. A third system was then later installed for the first team pitch after Arsene Wenger asked for a similar system.

The three systems comprised of:

• Steel ball stop posts powder coated green to take tensioned wires
• Steel ball stop posts c/w wooden spring loaded doors to gain access to the pitches
• Permanent ground sockets to accept steel posts
• Lightweight aluminium ball stop posts powder coated green to support wire
• Removable ground screw sockets to accept aluminium posts
• Green extra heavy duty ball stop netting c/w wire enclosed in PVC banding
• Ratchets to tension wire to ball stop posts

We would like to thank Arsenal FC for the order and their co-operation in letting Edwards Sports promote the job.