The Sodcast

The Sodcast

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The Sodcast episodes

  • Andy Miller on life at Northampton Saints
    From golf course greenkeeping to more than a decade at Northampton Saints, Turf Business speak to Head Groundsman Andy Miller. The conversation covers all things from the challenges of maintaining an elite rugby surface, the lessons that have shaped his career and his nine week FIFA World Cup experience.

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    36 min
  • Grounds Apart: Different journeys, same standards. Watford FC to Swindon Town FC.

    For Watford Football Club Grounds Manager Scott Tingley, and Swindon Town Head Groundsman Matt Povey, their paths into the profession could hardly have been more different. Scott has spent years operating at the highest levels of football, while Matt's journey began in cricket. Yet as the pair reflect and discuss their experiences, mentors, challenges and ambitions, a common theme emerges: progress in this industry is rarely achieved overnight. Instead, it’s built through trust, opportunity, resilience and a willingness to keep learning.


    In this series Grounds Apart series, the professionals do the talking.


    Photo credit: Andy Crook.

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    54 min
  • Craig Knight and the roar of a new Everton Football Club
    Turf Business TV visited Craig Knight, Head of Grounds and Playing Surfaces at Everton FC at Hill Dickinson stadium. In the first part of this three part series Craig discusses the challenge facing the grounds team as they balance working at a cutting-edge new stadium alongside training facilities and multiple playing surfaces across the club’s wider estate.

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    54 min
  • Graham Ives and the changing face of greenkeeping

    After 40 years in greenkeeping, Graham Ives, Course Manager at Waltham Windmill Golf Club, explains why experience, adaptability and getting the course right matter more than ever.


    As golf courses across the UK contend with rising temperatures, changing weather patterns, increasing member expectations and rapid advances in technology, the role of the modern course manager has never been more demanding.

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    44 min
  • Alex Earle: Three tournaments, three cities, one short grass court season

    Alex Earle, Head Groundsperson at Weissenhof in Stuttgart, on how his career took him from Sydney to Germany.

    Having never left Australia, Alex's first international flight was to take on a role at the All England Tennis Club. Now, his role sees him assisting to oversee two additional tournaments in Berlin and Bad Homburg.

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    51 min
  • Shaun Ilten from preparing LA Galaxy's stage for the FIFA World Cup to building a tournament in the desert
    TBTV spoke with Shaun Ilten, Senior Director of Turf & Grounds at Dignity Health Sports Park in California. Ilten is responsible not only for the stadium pitch itself but for the wider training environment used by LA Galaxy. In the first part of this two part series Ilten discusses the preparations that are going on in the run up to the FIFA world cup, where the LA Galaxy are a site-specific training ground for SoFi Stadium. Meaning all the teams playing there during the World Cup will train on their stadium field.

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    25 min
  • Richard Hayden and the science of equestrian surfaces
    Turf Business TV sat down with Richard Hayden, principal Consultant at Hayden TurfCare Ltd to talk about his career so far and the often overlooked detail of equestrian surfaces.

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    46 min
  • Hands on the turf, eyes on the Premier League. Paul Chaloner's journey with Wrexham AFC

    Paul Chaloner has been at Wrexham AFC for nearly two decades, a tenure that has seen him evolve from a part time helper at the raining ground to the Head Groundsman responsible for both the stadium and academy facilities.

    Today, the team falls under the Hollywood spotlight, with owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

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    33 min

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