CHORLEY GROUNDSMAN SLEPT ON PITCH TO GET GAME ON

Chorley FC's groundsman Ben Kay, has been in the news this weekend, following his contribution to his team's 2-0 victory over Derby County in the FC Cup third round.

Ben was forced to sleep overnight on the pitch, underneath a heated tent, to do all he could to make sure the game got played and didn't succumb to the cancellation of a frozen pitch.

Speaking to MailOnline, Ben said, "The game was in serious, serious doubt on Thursday night. There was a bit of a panic. Snow was forecast, there was another inch of it 24 hours before the game.

"We had realised at 8pm the night before that we had to stay over, to keep these small little heaters moving on problem areas. We put the floodlights on but were only allowed those until 10pm because the ground is in a residential area."

You can read more about Ben's story which certainly caught the imagination of the sporting media in that piece in the Mail. You can also watch him being interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live here. He also featured in an article in The Sun, on SportsJOE, and Ben told the Mail he'd had interest in his story from an American podcast and a French journalist!