Cobham Training Centre

Cobham Training Centre

Cobham
Location	Cobham, Surrey
Coordinates	51°19′0.84″N 0°23′10.30″W / 51.3169000°N 0.3861944°W / 51.3169000; -0.3861944
Owner	Chelsea F.C.
Type	Sports facility
Construction
Built	2004
Opened	2007

The Cobham Training Centre, is the training ground of Chelsea Football Club located in the village of Stoke d'Abernon near the village of Cobham, Surrey. The Chelsea first team have trained at Stoke D'Abernon since 2005, but it was not officially opened until 2007.^[1]

History

When

As a condition for receiving planning permission, none of the buildings in the complex were permitted to be taller than others in the surrounding area. Thus, approximately a third of the facility is underground; a moat was installed to reflect light into the basement rooms and to reduce energy usage.^[10] The main building also has a turf roof in order to help it blend into its surroundings and to improve air quality. Water from the surrounding area is collected in a reservoir for use on the pitch irrigation system.^[11]

Academy Graduates

Players who have graduated from the Cobham academy include:

• Tammy Abraham^[12]
• Armando Broja^[12]
• Trevoh Chalobah^[12]
• Andreas Christensen^[12]
• Conor Gallagher^[12]
• Billy Gilmour^[12]
• Callum Hudson-Odoi^[12]
• Reece James^[12]
• Tariq Lamptey^[12]
• Tino Livramento^[12]
• Ruben Loftus-Cheek^[12]
• Mason Mount^[12]
• Fikayo Tomori^[12]
• Dominic Solanke^[12]
• Jérémie Boga^[12]
• Marc Guehi^[12]

Cobham has hosted the Surrey Positive Mental Awareness League, a football league for people with mental health problems.[13] It also hosts the Cobham Cup, a tournament for under-16 teams from around the world, including River Plate and Bayern Munich.^[14] In 2007, the Chinese Olympic football team trained at Cobham for two weeks in preparation for the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[15] Old Malvernians play their home matches at Cobham.^[16] The training facilities are also used by Cobham Rugby Football Club.^[17]

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