Hotspur Way

The ground at Enfield does not look where a matchday crowd would expect. There is no public entrance to the pitch levels, no turnstiles, and no sign of a stadium beyond the perimeter. This is not a stadium and not a public arena; it is a working campus for the club's football. Inside the main gate, the first thing you would notice is the scale of the grass areas. The surface is natural, though the club has installed a FIFA Quality Pro certified synthetic pitch for academy use. Long bars with green chairs and rows of power sockets run along the length of the room, and circular light fittings hang from the ceiling. The main stand of the stadium, visible from a distance, is not here; this is the place where the first team and the academy train.