Karl Standley was ready for a hectic period to Euro 2020 but work continues at the stadium and from home
For Karl Standley and his team the year’s emotional high was supposed to come on 12 July. The Wembley grounds manager would have waited for the Euro 2020 finalists to finish their warm-ups and then, with the turf briefly clear, would have set to work one final time before kick-off.
“You’re stood in the middle of the pitch and you’ve got four or five minutes to water it and make sure everything is good to go,” he says, remembering past finals from his 15 years working at the national stadium. “There’s no better feeling. You’re there in front of 90,000 people doing the job you are so passionate about. It’s a spine-tingling moment.”
Written by Nick Ames
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