Bristol City are pushing ahead with ambitious plans to install Premier League-standard training facilities. The Championship club intend expanding their existing training headquarters at Failand after acquiring a further 13.9 acres of land from Bristol Grammar School. City will lay new training pitches, create a ground to stage reserve-team matches and move their Academy operation to the site, which lies adjacent to Long Ashton Golf Club.
Bristol Evening Post

Dario Gradi is tipping Bristol City hot-shot Nicky Maynard as a future England international. Although this summer's World Cup in South Africa has come too soon for the 23-year-old striker, Crewe Alexandra's director of football believes Maynard could be involved in the next tournament, in Brazil, in 2014.
Bristol Evening Post

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