Local Football Facility Plan Gloucester

Gloucester is in the South West region. The current population of the Authority (ONS 2017 Mid-Year Estimate) is 129,083. This is expected to rise to 149,398 by 2039.

34.5% of the Gloucester population is within NS SEC classification 6-8 (lower socio-economic groups) and this is higher than the national average (30.6%).

Gloucester’s ethnic composition is primarily White (89.1%) and this is higher than the national average (85.4%).

The proportion of Gloucester’s population represented by the BAME community is 10.9%. This is below the national average (14.6%).

Local Authority

The local authority has a Playing Pitch Strategy in place; this was adopted in January 2016. The key findings and stated overarching priorities were to develop full sized 3G FTP provision, of which there were no pitches at the time, as well to reduce grass pitch shortfalls through use of 3G pitches for match play and improvement of grass pitch quality. Since the PPS, a number of these recommendations have been successfully delivered, including new 3G FTPs at the University of Gloucestershire/Oxstalls Sports Park and Council investment into grass pitch improvement at key local authority managed sites.

The Council does not have an up to date Indoor and Built Sports Facilities Strategy; however, it plans to initiate the production of one in 2018.

Of all clubs based in Gloucester, Gloucester City FC plays at the highest level of the football pyramid (i.e. within the National League System). The Club has been exiled for many years from its home ground at Meadow Lane, due to flooding and has been playing in Cheltenham in order to meet Ground Grading requirements. In order to return to the city, the Club is seeking to develop a new ground on the site of its previous stadium. Whilst this requirement and the potential partnership investment does not fall under the scope of the Local Football Facility Plan, it is important to note in restoring local identity to football in Gloucester.

County Football Association

Gloucester is covered by Gloucestershire FA which provides governance and development support to all aspects of local football including coaches, referees, volunteers, clubs and leagues; supporting football for all. The County FA has a designated facilities investment lead officer who works to ensure the right facilities are located in the right locations.

Football Foundation

The Regional Engagement Manager and Regional Technical Project Manager at the Football Foundation work collaboratively with the County FA to provide pre-application support to priority projects for potential investment.

Sport England

Has a network of planning managers who have a statutory role in the planning system to protect playing fields and provide consultation responses to planning applications relating to sporting facilities . They also play a key role in strategic planning for sports facilities, providing advice and support to local authorities to assess need for facilities in their local area.

Professional Club Community Organisations (CCOs)

These continue to expand and enhance their range of community delivery, offering a variety of programmes and services to support local communities (sporting and non-sporting). There is no active CCO in Gloucester, though the most local is the Cheltenham Town Community, Education and Sporting Trust.

Local leisure operator

Aspire Trust is the leisure operator for community sports facilities in Gloucester. It currently operates Oxstalls Tennis Centre which has an artificial sand based pitch, used for football training and small sided football leagues. Aspire Trust also manages community use of the University of Gloucester owned facilities behind Oxstalls Sports Park where there are two full sized 3G FTPs, whilst it helps service the Council managed grass pitches at the adjacent Plock Court.

Local consultation

This has taken place with a broad and diverse set of community groups in Gloucester. Nine individuals (representing nine local organisations) were consulted. These include:

• Active Gloucestershire
• University of Gloucestershire
• MYUK
• Abbeymead Rovers FC
• Quedgeley Wanderers FC

(See Appendix B for full list of consultees)

Clubs

There are over 91,000 community football teams in England, spread over an expansive network of clubs and leagues. Gloucester has a total of 187 teams, which is comparable to local areas of a similar size.

The FA is investing to support clubs both on and off the pitch which includes an aim to have a qualified FA coach with every youth team by 2020/21. In addition, it will support 1,000 clubs to create full player pathways from youth to adult teams and develop 150 community football hubs with male and female pathways, disability and recreational playing opportunities.

Over the last 10-years there has been a significant national increase in the number of large multi-team football clubs. In Gloucester, five clubs have more than 10 registered teams. The largest of these (based upon 2017-18 affiliation data) are:

• Abbeymead Rovers FC - 36 teams
• Quedgeley Wanderers FC - 23 teams
• Longlevens Youth & Adult FC - 20 teams
• Hucclecote Youth FC - 19 teams
• Tuffley Rovers Youth & Adult FC - 20 teams

Fifteen Gloucestershire FA affiliated leagues operate across Gloucester. They offer competitive opportunities for many different players, including women and girls, disability, youth and adults.

Gloucester's largest local leagues (2017-18) include:

• Severn Valley Youth League– 143 Gloucestershire teams (65 Gloucester teams) – home and away
• Gloucester County Girls League – 40 Gloucestershire teams (8 Gloucester teams) – home and away
• Gloucester & District Sunday League – 24 Gloucestershire teams (12 Gloucester teams)– home and away
• Mid Glos Mini-Soccer League – 106 Gloucestershire teams (19 Gloucester teams)- home and away

The County FA reports that there is some cross boundary migration in Gloucester due to teams migrating outwards to the leagues across neighbouring local areas.

Disability football

There are 9.4million people in England with a long-standing limiting disability, illness or condition which equates to 18% of the population – almost one in five. Football playing opportunities should be flexible, inclusive and accessible for everyone, whatever their level of ability. This could entail inclusion in mainstream activity or teams / sessions specifically for people with a disability.

In Gloucester there are 11 football teams / sessions specifically for people with a disability. It is a priority of the County FA to grow this provision. For talented players the FA run Regional Centres and England national squads.

Women and girls

The FA has big ambitions for the female game and aims to double levels of participation by 2020. To achieve this requires a combined effort across four pathways: education, recreation, competition and talent.

Education environments have a huge impact on the first experience of football for young girls. This pathway can offer many opportunities for females of all ages to develop and grow a lifelong interest in football.

FA Wildcats girls football centres provide the first step on the recreational pathway, the programme provides girls aged 5-11 with regular opportunities to play football in a fun and engaging environment. Gloucester has three FA Wildcats girls football centres and the priority is to grow this activity.

At 12, Gloucester’s number of female teams is higher than local areas of a similar size. The County FA’s priority is to support existing clubs to grow and encourage more clubs to develop playing opportunities for females. The local girls league is the Gloucester County Girls League and matches are played on a home and away basis. The league is expected to grow its provision in future years. The local adult female league is the Gloucestershire Women’s County League and matches are played on a home and away and the league is expected to grow its provision in future years.

For talented players, the most local FA Regional Talent Club (RTC) is Bristol City Women which is located in Filton, South Gloucestershire. Higher level talent pathway opportunities are also provided regionally and nationally by the FA, culminating in the England Women’s national squads. The most local Women’s Super League team is Bristol City Women’s FC which provides player pathway opportunities for gifted and talented female players and a spectator interest for fans.

Small-sided football

Many different types of small-sided football are played in England, from teams and leagues to recreational and informal. It is an established and important part of the modern game.

Small-sided teams & leagues are organised and competitive activities; typically with players registered to clubs and affiliated to leagues and their County FAs. Examples include Futsal and local small-sided leagues running at venues such as sports halls, 3G FTPs or small-sided 3G centres.

Key local providers include:

• Aspire Trust - GL1
• University of Gloucestershire - Oxstalls Sports Park

Futsal is an exciting, fast-paced, small sided team game that is widely played across the world. Typically it’s played on an indoor surface with hockey-sized goals and a size 4 football with reduced ball bounce. It is the FA’s aim to ensure Futsal is available across the country.

There are currently two futsal teams in Gloucester that play in the BUCS Futsal League at key site locations including Oxstalls Sports Park. It is a priority for the County FA to grow Futsal for adult players .

Recreational football

Recreational football is played where facilities are typically booked and there might be someone to help organise. Examples include FA Just Play sessions, walking football and casual pitch hire for small-sided match play.

There are currently five FA Just Play Centres in Gloucester. Walking football sessions are delivered by a range of community organisation such as Age UK. Walking football and Just Play are areas that the County FA has prioritised for further growth and development. Other local recreational football programmes include casual bookings which are delivered by a range of organisations including Aspire Trust.

Informal football

Informal football is played in local parks and green spaces – it is free, open access and often played spontaneously (normal clothing is worn). Common examples include a kick-about at a local park or on a multi-use games area (MUGA).

Currently, informal football in Gloucester is played particularly in the central part of the City. Gloucester Park is a key site location that is heavily used.

The key strengths of local football in Gloucester include Female, Disability and Youth provision and it is recommend that this is sustained and also encouraged to grow further.

It is therefore recommended that the future football development priorities for Gloucester are:

1. Increase Women & Girl’s Participation
2. Sustain & Increase Adult Male 11v11 Football
3. Sustain Disability participation
4. Increase Small-Sided, Futsal & Recreational playing opportunities
5. Retain youth and Mini-Soccer participation

The facilities required to assist this are now set out in the Assets and Opportunities section.

Additionally, each priority project that progresses to a funding application via the Football Foundation will produce a detailed ‘site development plan’ specifying all football development activity, usage and key partner engagement.

This section reviews existing football facility assets in Gloucester. It identifies current issues and presents opportunities for improvements, including a list of priority projects for potential investment.

Local assets and opportunities have been reviewed inline with four investment priorities:

1. 3G FTPs
2. Improved grass pitches
3. Changing room pavilions / clubhouses
4. Small-sided facilities

To ensure a consistent and high quality approach, each local area has been reviewed applying a standard approach, supplemented by input from consultation with local partners and stakeholder organisations.

While each investment priority is reviewed individually, it is understood that they can be inter-reliant; account is, thus, taken of these potential connections.

3G FTPs are a high quality and indispensable part of modern football facilities; their impact cannot be underestimated. In recent years the industry has seen major innovations and improvements to artificial surfaces (and sports lighting). This has created playing surfaces that replicate a good standard natural turf pitch whilst significantly increasing levels of use (x20). All FTPs must have sports lighting to achieve this.

The high quality, consistent playing surface is the ideal environment to play the game and for young people to learn. With regular maintenance programmes, FTPs can be heavily used all year round with no decline in quality. They almost completely negate annoying fixture cancellations during winter months, helping football to be a key part of a regular physical activity habit.

High capacity levels offer a great opportunity to embrace all formats and engage all participants. A full-sized 3G caters for an average of 1,200 participants per week and is suitable for various location types. That means being fully inclusive to all sections of the community, with a particular focus on under-represented groups such as women and girls, people with a disability, BAME communities and people from lower socio-economic groups.

The way 3G FTPs are used is rapidly changing; current line-marking systems allow for match play across all formats of football (5v5, 7v7, 9v9 and 11v11). This enables significant levels of match-play to be transferred from grass to 3G.

The national ‘Mini Pitch’ programme delivers small 3G FTPs at primary school sites to provide a high quality introduction to football and get children more physically active. While mini pitches are reviewed in this section, they are not included in the demand and supply analysis for 3G FTPs.

The FA model for affiliated team training indicates there is a requirement for 4.5 full sized 3G FTPs in Gloucester on the basis of one full sized pitch being able to service training demand of 42 teams. Changes to the FA model since the 2016 PPS relative to current demand figures has caused this city-wide requirement to increase from three to at least four full sized 3G FTPs.

FA data states that there are currently three 3G FTPs in Gloucester. This is a shortfall of 1.5 full sized pitches relative to assessed demand.

Existing 3G FTPs in Gloucester include:

• University of Gloucestershire (Oxstalls Sports Park) x2 - one World rugby compliant
• St Peter's High School (small sided, suitable for training and U13/14 match play) - World Rugby compliant
• Abbeydale Community Centre (small sided)

There are no small sided 3G FTP centres in Gloucester.

All of the four pitches are available for community use. Three are on the FA Register for 3G FTPs (meaning they are quality checked and can be used for football match play), whilst only Abbeydale Community Centre is not because it does not meet the required dimensions. There is demand for additional full sized 3G FTP provision to the South of the City and it is recommened that this be addressed.

The geographical spread of existing facilities is uneven; all full sized pitches are located in the North with only the small sided pitch at St Peter's High School serving the South.

Local consultation reveals no common issues other than a shortage of full sized 3G FTP supply in relation to demand.

Gloucester Academy has submitted a pre-planning application for the creation of a new floodlit 3G FTP in place of a grass rugby pitch, mainly to support rugby union delivery. The pitch is not proposed to be full sized but may present some capacity for use for football.

Construction is underway on a new full sized sand based artificial pitch with floodlighting at King's School (Archdeacon Meadow), which implicates the loss of grass playing field and pitches. The PPS identifies a requirement for three hockey suitable pitches to be retained. Consultation with England Hockey (EH) identifies that it "would mark Severn Vale School as ‘Green’ meaning ‘no current community hockey use at the site’, therefore EH would be agreeable for it to be converted to a 3G pitch, provided the new AGP at Kings School is completed and the current ongoing discussions between the school and Gloucester City Hockey Club for access and use are agreed."

Two priority projects for potential investment have been identified. Undersupply was calculated using the FA 3G FTP demand and supply model. Each site was selected by local partners based on a rationale of good access, geographical spread, and success:

1 - Blackbridge Community Sports Hub - new full sized 3G FTP

• Existing football facilities – none
• Potential users – The Crypt School, Tuffley Rovers, Tuffley Rovers Youth, Gloucester City Ladies, Quedgeley Wanderers FC, Abbeymead Rovers FC.
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football, women and girls football.

2 - Waterwells Sports Centre - new full sized 3G FTP

• Existing football facilities – poor quality grass pitches x3, small sided sand filled artificial grass pitch with floodlighting.
• Potential users – 22 teams from Quedgeley Wanderers and Quedgeley Wanderers Youth
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football, women and girls football.

Further exploration is required with Quedgeley Parish Council and Quedgeley Wanderers to determine the viability of developing a full sized 3G FTP at Waterwells SC. Alternatively, if the King's School develop a full sized sand based artificial grass pitch with secured community use for hockey, conversion to 3G at Severn Vale School could serve the South of the City.

The small sided 3G FTP at Abbeymead Community Centre was built in 2007 supported by Football Foundation funding and as such is due for surface replacement (subject to quality) in the short-term, having exceeded the recommened ten-year surface lifespan.

Playing fields are one of the most important resources for sport in England. All football players should have the opportunity to play on good quality grass pitches. However, FA data shows that 63% of pitches in England are poor / low standard and 1 in 6 games are cancelled. As such, poor pitch quality is consistently cited as the number one issue for players.

The priority is, therefore, to sustainably improve grass pitch quality across all main pitch owners (local authorities, education establishments and clubs). However, the level of maintenance required to obtain good quality standards is regularly affected by restricted budgets and limited knowledge/ training. Compaction and grass coverage are two key causes of poor quality pitches. Both are commonly treated via a maintenance driven solution (and do not necessarily require costly drainage schemes).

Playing fields are also valuable resources for informal play and open-access sites are encouraged but, for many, problems such as dog fouling and vandalism mean that they need to be protected with mitigation measures such as fencing.

In many local areas the key challenge is to create a sustainable approach to provide good quality football pitches for the long-term. Many local authorities (78%) intend to increase pitch hire fees in the future. However, many players (63%) believe facilities are already expensive and some (16%) believe prices are prohibitive. A sustainable solution should, therefore, carefully balance pitch quality and affordability.

While the education sector (37%) and local authorities (32%) are still the principal asset owners of grass pitches, clubs / leagues own or maintain an increasing share (currently 25%). Assets and opportunities have been considered across each sector.

Although large (3+ pitch) strategic sites are important and make up much of the project list within the LFFPs, this does not mean that other club, league and community/voluntary sites are not important or eligible for funding. These sites are key to the Football Foundation's Grass Pitch Programme to deliver 20,000 good quality pitches.

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The Gloucester PPS (2015) identified that of 80 football pitches of varying formats available for community use across the City, just over half (56%) of pitches were poor quality, with a further 29% standard quality and 15% good. Pitch quality may have improved at some sites following a multi-site schedule of investment into maintenance at several football sites.

PitchFinder data indicates that there are currently ten grass pitch sites in Gloucester with three or more full-size pitch equivalents containing 34 grass pitches.

The PPS originally identified that no sites are considered to have good quality pitches, two are of standard quality and eight poor quality. However, in the last two years the Council has used the PPS to prioritise investment in its grass pitch stock. As such there has been a range of improvements in grass pitches across the area.

A further three key sites with less than three full-size pitch equivalents were also identified; Longlevens Recreation Ground, Innsworth Lane Sports Ground and The Lannett Open Space.

As part of the planning conditions for the recent development of 3G FTPs adjacent to Oxstalls Sports Park, the University of Gloucester is to invest in the improvement of poor quality pitches at Plock Court. This will be undertaken without the support of Football Foundation funding, however may not happen until several years time as the University reports there is little community club demand for use of these pitches and until demand is evident it will not trigger the works due. Consequently, greater promotion of the site may be required.

Given the recent investment in grass pitch sites, three priority projects for potential investment have been identified.

The steering group prioritised only three sites, containing six full-size pitch equivalents. The prioritisation was informed by local partners with the rationale of selecting sites that were most well utilised and had not received prior improvement works or engagement, given the Council has invested significantly into a programme of qualitative improvement at most large and key football sites over the past two years.

4 - Longlevens Recreation Ground - natural grass pitch improvements

• Existing football facilities – poor quality grass pitches x2, one poor quality junior grass pitch/training area (shared use with rugby union club)
• Current users – seven affiliated teams including Longlevens FC and Longlevens Youth
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football.

6 - Beaufort Co-Operative Academy - natural grass pitch improvements

• Existing football facilities – standard quality grass football pitches x3
• Current users – three affiliated teams, school use.
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football, women and girls football.

11 - Innsworth Lane Sports Ground - natural grass pitch improvements

• Existing football facilities – grass pitch x1
• Current users – Longlevens Youth x4 teams
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football.

There is presently one football pitch marked on the cricket outfield at The Spa Ground (Gloucester City Winget Cricket Club) used by three affiliated teams. Gloucestershire FA reports that user clubs have aspirations to work with the cricket club to mark more pitches on the outfield.

These can provide a number of different benefits. While the primary function is normally the provision of changing rooms to accommodate match-play and training (for players and officials), there can be equal value in facilities such as community and education rooms, catering facilities and spectator toilets.

Each project will take a progressive approach to pavilions and clubhouses (beyond the provision of changing rooms) and be open to new opportunities to engage the whole community. That means, creating environments that are welcoming to players, spectators, volunteers, officials and all sections of the community.

Such assets should support other investment priorities (e.g. 3G FTPs and grass pitches) and be located at sites that will have the greatest impact on local communities. To ensure this, focus is given to sites with three or more full-size pitch equivalents. However, as pitch quality is the number one priority for players this is prioritised before investment in changing room pavilions /clubhouses.

Clearly, facilities need to be well managed and maintained to keep them in a good state of repair. Consideration will be given to reviewing the best operator solution for key sites and the installation of revenue generating features such as catering facilities and community rooms. To achieve this, business plan support will be given to each priority project as it progresses to an application to the Football Foundation.

Of the 10 key sites with three or more full-size pitch equivalents in Gloucester, six have suitable changing room pavilions/clubhouses and one has facilities that need improvement/replacement. Glevum Way Park has no changing pavilion but is serviced by facilities at Abbeydale Community Centre. Both Lobley's Drive Open Space and Randwick Road Park have no changing pavilion and are not considered to require one, however there is a need to explore the development of accessible toilets as a minimum ancillary provision for mini soccer and/or youth 9v9 football played at these sites.

A further three key sites with less than three full-size pitch equivalents were also identified; Longlevens Recreation Ground, Innsworth Lane Sports Ground and The Lannett Open Space.

The University of Gloucestershire is to develop a new cricket pavilion at Plock Court, however the university reports that there may be potential for this to be used by football teams outside of use for cricket. This would help to alleviate congestion issues at Oxstalls Sports Park (which services the Plock Court pitches).

Four priority projects for potential investment have therefore been identified. One has three or more full-size pitch equivalents and has no facilities, whilst two have unsuitable pavilions at sites with less than three full-size pitch equivalents. Blackbridge Community Sports Hub requires new changing facilities to support 3G FTP development and possible future grass pitches:

1 - Blackbridge Community Sports Hub - new changing pavilion (within community building)

• Existing football facilities – none (to serve 3G pitch and possible future grass pitches)
• Potential users – The Crypt School, Tuffley Rovers, Tuffley Rovers Youth, Gloucester City Ladies, Quedgeley Wanderers FC, Abbeymead Rovers FC.
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football, women and girls football

4 - Longlevens Recreation Ground - refurbish changing pavilion

• Existing football facilities – poor quality grass pitches x2, one poor quality junior grass pitch/training area (shared use with rugby union club)
• Current users – seven affiliated teams including Longlevens FC and Longlevens Youth
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football.

5 - Wingates (Tuffley Park) - refurbish changing pavilion

• Existing football facilities – poor quality grass pitches x4 (cricket onsite also)
• Current users – eleven affiliated teams including Gloucester City Ladies Youth
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, senior football, women and girls football.

12 - The Lannett Open Space - refurbish changing pavilion

• Existing football facilities – grass pitches x2
• Current users – Tuffley Rovers Youth x3 teams
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, IMD/lower social economic groups.

Good facilities are important to all small-sided football players, but it is important to understand the different formats of the small-sided game and the various facility types they relate to.

Research suggests that small-sided players in teams & leagues, and in recreational sessions, prefer a 3G surface type because it replicates a good standard natural turf pitch. These facilities have already been covered in the 3G FTP section of this LFFP.

Indoor environments currently accommodate 20% of football participation and are also popular with players in teams & leagues and recreational sessions . Indoor sports halls are most popular, along with some community halls and indoor 3G centres. Environments need to be engaging, have clear line-marking and the correct size goalposts.

Informal players require facilities that are open and free to access as this enables play opportunities that are often spontaneous. In these circumstances multi-use games areas (MUGAs) can be effective in areas of high urban population and limited green space. Such facilities can be modern, bright, creative and engaging. While this plan will identify suitable locations for such facilities, the design and specifics of the facility type can be agreed at a later stage with Football Foundation staff when projects are ready to progress to pre-application stage.

Parks and open green spaces are also important to informal play and require goalposts and zones that are free from litter and dog fouling.

Local consultation reveals there are no indoor facilities identified as requiring improvement to develop small-sided football.

There are proposals to develop new sports hall provision at Barnwood Park Arts College which may provide capacity for recreational and small sided football.

University of Gloucestershire has recently developed an indoor sports hall adjacent to Oxstalls Sports Park and Plock Court. The sports hall is equivalent to 12 badminton courts, sufficient to accommodate three indoor football or futsal pitches. Other significantly sized sports halls best suited to support indoor football include GL1 (two indoor football pitches) and St Peter's High School (two indoor football pitches).

There are 20 MUGAs in parks and open spaces across Gloucester.

Two potential opportunities for MUGA’s have been identified. The rationale is based on the site being in an area of limited green space, high levels of deprivation and high levels of lower social economic groups:

3 - The Glebe - new small sided 3G FTP (short pile may be required to enable multi-sports including netball and possibly primary school hockey)

• Existing football facilities – one junior grass pitch
• Potential users – MYUK, St James CE Primary School
• Rationale – participation growth in: junior football, women and girls football, informal football, recreational football.

7 - Matson Park - refurbished MUGA

• Existing football facilities – existing MUGA.
• Current users – public access
• Rationale – participation growth in: informal football.

There are proposals to develop new MUGA provision at Whinnycroft Farm with planning permission granted, linked to nearby housing development. The site will also comprise new grass football pitches and changing provision.

Following local consultation, three locations have been identified to support small-sided informal football. Here, the rationale is based on highly popular local parks and/or open green spaces with suitable space/areas to increase informal football:

8 - Gloucester Park - improved open green space

• Existing football facilities – none, grass open space
• Current users – public access
• Rationale – participation growth in: informal football.

9 - Milton Avenue Open Space - improved open green space

• Existing football facilities – pair of kickabout goals
• Current users – public access
• Rationale – participation growth in: informal football.

10 - Saintbridge Balancing Pond - improved open green space

• Existing football facilities – none, large area of grass open space. Set of informal rugby posts in place
• Current users – public access
• Rationale – participation growth in: informal football.

• Football Development Manager - Gloucestershire FA
• Engagement Manager - Football Foundation
• Planning Manager - Sport England
• Planning Policy Team Leader - Gloucester City Council
• Head of Business Services - Active Gloucestershire
• Abbeymead Rovers FC
• Quedgeley Wanderers FC
• Sport & Physical Activity Manager - University of Gloucestershire
• Founder - MYUK