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Lennoxtown Training Centre is Celtic F.C.'s training centre, located at Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire in Scotland. The complex houses the club's training and educational facilities. ==Background== 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. It is located on a site near the Campsie Fells, half of the site has been developed in ''Phase One'' of the project to provide the existing training facilities with the remaining land being left for development in ''Phase Two'' which will provide conference facilities and live-in dormitory areas for young players.〔〔 The centre houses Celtic’s entire professional footballing operation and will host the home games for Celtic's ladies team.〔 For many years the training facilities which Celtic provided were seen as substandard and would be hidden from potential new signings. This fact was emphasised after their rivals Rangers opened their Murray Park complex in 2001 and Hearts opened their Riccarton academy with Heriot-Watt University in 2004. A number of club officials and players expressed sadness at leaving Barrowfield but saw it as a necessity for the modern game and that it would aid in helping Celtic attract players to the club.〔〔〔〔 Prior to its opening Celtic youth team coach Willie McStay stated ''"after years of shuttling back and forth between Barrowfield, Celtic Park and several other temporary training venues, Lennoxtown will also allow the Youth Academy coaching staff to better utilise their time during the course of a season."'' In 2005, Celtic launched a successful share issue which raised £15m, much of this money would be put towards providing new training facilities.〔 Celtic coach Tommy Burns was tasked with undertaking a fact finding mission and travelled across Europe to visit other football clubs' training grounds. Celtic chose sections from Burns's report and this was added to by former Celtic bosses Martin O'Neill and Gordon Strachan.〔 In December 2005, East Dunbartonshire Council's Planning Board approved the outline planning application to develop the training facilities on the site.〔 〕 The following April, the council granted a detailed permission with the leader of East Dunbartonshire Council, John Morrison, stating ''"I'm sure that the residents of East Dunbartonshire are delighted at the prospect of this ambitious development in their area. The Celtic training facility will potentially contribute significantly to the development of Lennoxtown and will also bring wider employment and social benefits to the area."''.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lennoxtown training centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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