Bolton Wanderers Football Club has received formal recognition for its groundskeeping, with the team at the Toughsheet Community Stadium named as highly commended in the 2025/26 Grounds Teams of the Season awards for League One. The announcement, made on 24 April 2026, highlights the consistent quality of the playing surface maintained throughout the current campaign.
The award evaluation is conducted by the Sports Turf Research Institute, which sends experts to assess clubs on several criteria, including pitch quality, environmental conditions, usage, and sustainability. This year, the top honour went to Blackpool, with Bolton Wanderers and Stockport County both receiving highly commended status.
The local grounds team is led by Head Groundsman Chris Simm, who has served the club for two decades. Simm and his staff are responsible for maintaining both the main pitch at the Toughsheet Community Stadium and the club’s training facility at Lostock. Following their outright win in the 2024/25 season, this latest recognition marks a second consecutive year of excellence for the team.
The achievement comes as Bolton Wanderers, currently sitting in fifth place in League One, enter the final and most decisive phase of their season. With the club actively pushing for promotion, the Bolton Wanderers Football Club is calling on supporters to back the team as they head into the final matches of the year.
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