LFC is delighted to confirm that it will proceed with the redevelopment of its Academy site in Kirkby and the neighbouring Eddie McArdle community playing fields.
The scheme will see the Reds’ First Team and Academy football training operations and facilities come together on one site in a new training campus. The project will provide LFC with world-class training facilities including an Elite Performance Centre for the First Team and state-of-the-art Training Centre for its development squad teams.
The new 9,200sqm training centre on LFC’s Academy site creates a combined First Team and U23 Academy facility, each of which has their own identity, along with new First Team pitches and parking within the site. The facilities will incorporate 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 Club has appointed building and civil engineering contractors, McLaughlin & Harvey, to deliver the project.
The project also includes the redevelopment of Knowsley Council’s Eddie McArdle community playing fields at Simonswood Lane. Improvements include 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.
The Club has also started the sales process for its existing First Team training ground, Melwood. Melwood has played a significant role in LFC’s history, however, the site is limited in terms of space and is unable to accommodate the Club’s new combined training facility. Outline planning consent has been obtained for the site which could provide up to 160 much-needed family homes in the area.
Work is expected to start on the Council’s community pitches in late July, with construction starting on LFC’s Academy site in early October. The project is expected to be completed in 2020.
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