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The Fond Playing Field is a
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
venue in
Sauteurs Sauteurs (pronounced Sau-tez) is a fishing town in the Saint Patrick Parish, Grenada and is the fourth-largest city on the island of Grenada, with a population of about 1,300. It is located in the far north of Grenada. Sauteurs is overlooking over ...
, Saint Patrick Parish,
Grenada Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pe ...
. Redevelopment, which included increasing spectator seating capacity to 1,000; adding flood lighting; and resurfacing the playing field, was begun in 2013 and completed in 2016 with $1.6 million Euros provided through the
FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...
Goal Project. The property is owned by the
government of Grenada The politics of Grenada takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Grenada is an independent Commonwealth realm. It is governed under a multi-party parliamentary sy ...
and leased to the
Grenada Football Association The Grenada Football Association (GFA) is the governing body of football in Grenada. It oversees the Grenada national football team. In club football, it oversees the GFA Premier League, GFA First Division and GFA Second Division. It also oversee ...
. The ground is home to all
GFA Premier Division The GFA Premier League is the top football league in Grenada. It was created in 1983 and is headed by the Grenada Football Association. 10 teams participate in this league. The 10th-placed team is relegated to the Grenada First Division, wh ...
clubs from the parish.


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