McLaughlin & Harvey To Deliver £50m Liverpool FC Training Complex

McLaughlin & Harvey (McL&H) has been appointed to deliver a £50 million redevelopment project for Liverpool Football Club.The Northern Irish contractor will redevelop Liverpool FC’s Academy site in Kirkby, combining first team and Academy football training operations and facilities into one training campus site.The new 9,200 sq m training centre will contain new first-team pitches and parking along with two gyms, a full-size sports hall, pool, hydrotherapy complex and specialist sports rehabilitation suites. There will also be dedicated TV studios, press conference facilities and office accommodation.The scheme will also include the redevelopment of Knowsley Council’s Eddie McArdle community playing fields at Simonswood Lane. Works include developing five upgraded football pitches, new changing rooms and associated facilities including car parking for 110 vehicles, a new pedestrian and cycle pathway, lighting and improved security.The new changing facilities on site will include six separate team changing rooms, coaches’ changing room and a social room for team and community use. The community will also benefit from improved pitches, which will also be reconstructed with improved drainage.Outline planning consent has been secured for the Club’s existing first-team training ground, Melwood, which could provide up to 160 family homes in the area.The project is expected to be completed in 2020.