(1) They found that a groundsman had dolled off the hurdle instead of the adjacent steeplechase fence - ommitted because of false ground.

(2) One, thanks to the groundsman, is kitted out by a pigeon club.

(3) After consulting with the groundsman and club officials the Northants based official travelled to the Fylde Coast and inspected the playing area at the stadium.

(4) Your groundsman has asked you if you wish to make any changes to your current pitch dimensions.

(5) After the heavy snowfall the groundsman was whistling in the dark when he promised that the pitch would be clear for a three o'clock kick-off.

(6) Just before the start of play today, the groundsman mowed the pitch.

(7) Alone he would sit, watching the groundsman prepare the surface, the rest of the crowd drift in, his heroes limbering up.

(8) When consulting your Groundsman over pitch dimensions, it is important to keep in mind how your team plays.

(9) Soon after he joined Rangers he was involved in a nasty and bitter dismissal, sacking the club's long standing groundsman.

(10) It had a non-resident, part-time caretaker, extensive grounds maintained by a part-time groundsman and a low level of clerical support.

(11) In both cases, turf maintenance is high on the agenda - and head groundsman Steve Tingley is already is Paris.

(12) Her family, like mine, was a respectable working-class one, her father being the groundsman at a private preparatory school.

(13) When I come back now, I recognise all the people, of course: the chef, the groundsman, the guy on the door.