Gary Barwell is sitting on his electric mower, chatting to the Spin on his earphones as he quietly eases up and down the Edgbaston square, one eye on the approaching clouds.
He has been at Edgbaston since 2011, as head of sports turf – as well as an ambassador for the Grounds Management Association – and has been tenderly encouraging grass to behave for more than 30 years, since he first joined Leicester City on a YTS scheme as a teenager.
