Paul Burgess (groundskeeper)

Paul Burgess (born 1978)[1] is an English groundskeeper who specialises in turf management of football pitches.

He is recognised as the world leader in turf management, and has won five Premier League Groundsman of the Year awards and accolades from the Institute of Groundsmanship.

[2] In 1992, after realising he did not have the ability to make it as a professional footballer, a 14-year-old Burgess explored other avenues of becoming involved with the sport.

or Match magazines, which led him to find out if his upcoming work experience stint could be served at his local professional club, Blackpool F.C.

[7] He monitored the status of the pitches in real time via six computer screens, enabling him to use additional technology to control the amount of sunlight, water and warmth the grass was exposed to.