 Consequently, in the early 2000s, the ground was upgraded, with a new £600,000 stand opening, and work on a £5million training facility was announced for nearby Shephalbury Park — which subsequently opened in Autumn 2002.In June 2011, the club secured a 40-acre former sports ground in Bragbury End — with the intention of developing the site into a new training complex.Work began on the development in the summer of 2011, and the staff began to use the complex towards the latter stages of the 2012–13 season.