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With top footballers changing hands for tens of millions of pounds a time and salaries in the Premier League averaging \u00a350,000 a week, you might think there is a lot of money in football nowadays.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A visit to Calne Town FC\u2019s little ground in Wiltshire is then a salutary reminder that at grass roots level the game is still very dependent on people who get paid nowt. The club relies heavily on volunteers like 73-year-old groundsman Pat Collier, who works there daily during the summer months to ensure that matches can take place at weekends that attract maybe 50 spectators. He does it because he adores the game and loves the little club he has been a part of for over 60 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calne\u2019s first team has been flying high at or near the top of Division 1 of the Toolstation Western League this year, but for all its might on the field it\u2019s a club that relies heavily on people like Pat to make its wheels turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forget the 92 clubs who make up the four leagues at the very top of English football, Calne operates more than 100 places further down the \u2018pyramid\u2019. However, the good news is that some of the money generated at the very top of the game does filter through to help little clubs like this one. In recent months a \u00a324,000 grant from the Premier League (delivered by the Football Stadia Improvement Fund and supported by a more local grant and the club\u2019s own resources) made it possible to invest in new machinery from Lister Wilder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is good to have machinery of this quality to work with. It is all very easy to maintain and operate and gives us what we need to keep the place in good shape.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>Pat Collier – Groundsman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It means that Pat and co-enthusiast Tony Lovesey now have the very latest Kubota B2261 26hp tractor, a Trimax Striker rotary mower to cut the pitch and training area, and a Sisis Quadraplay to maintain and drain the hard-working playing surface. \u201cIt is good to have machinery of this quality to work with,\u201d says Pat. \u201cIt is all very easy to maintain and operate and gives us what we need to keep the place in good shape.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He adds: \u201cThis club is a big part of my life. I used to watch them as a boy and played for them as soon as I was old enough. Since I retired, I have volunteered for and done just about everything in the club that it\u2019s possible to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Kubota provides all the power that is needed and a suitably light footprint, the Trimax Striker requires little maintenance and delivers high standards of cut and presentation from its unique LazerBladez system and striping rollers. The Sisis Quadraplay makes it possible to spike, rake, roll and brush the surface in one pass. Pat says it is particularly effective in helping to ease compaction and drain laying water ahead of a match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lister Wilder\u2019s Area Sales Manager, Toby Bennett, is full of admiration for what men like Pat and Tony achieve at clubs like Calne. \u201cI have great respect for small local sports clubs and for the people whose pure dedication keeps them going,\u201d says Toby. \u201cA lot of our machinery is ideally suited to their specific needs and we are very happy to provide them with the benefit of our experience while giving them the training that ensures they can get the best from their investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Calne Town\u2019s Vice-Chairman Simon Gardner places huge value on the grants process – and on the volunteer input. \u2018Without the external funding we would find it very difficult to maintain the ground and buildings to a level that would allow us to meet the FA\u2019s criteria for our level in the game,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd without volunteers like Pat it would be impossible to keep the club going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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