‘We try to produce perfection for the All-Ireland final’ - Pitch Manager Stuart Wilson 

Here, he talks us through the preparation of the pitch to get it in mint condition for the All-Ireland final.

PERFECTION: Croke Park Pitch Manager Stuart Wilson before the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Kilkenny and Limerick at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

AFTER meeting his future wife Sonia when he was working as the Deputy Head Groundsman at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, Stuart Wilson moved to Ireland and after a spell at the Aviva Stadium, has been the pitch manager for Croke Park for over eight years.

From Bedfordshire, he and Sonia live in Blackrock and have two sons who play for the Geraldines’ club and he assists the club in their pitch maintenance.