Blunt was Cole's coach at the Football Association's now-defunct Centre of Excellence at Lilleshall between 1996 and 1998.

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Ms Davies said it was also important to get the local community involved in what was happening at Lilleshall.

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In April, Sapper Smith spent a week at the Battle Back Centre in Lilleshall which is funded by the British Legion.

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However, John Brewer, director of the Lilleshall Human Performance Centre, warned people against using this latest study to justify taking them.

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Lilleshall is also the home to the national sports centres, and is the base for Britain's Olympic archery and gymnastics teams.

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Chadwick, 27, has missed the start of the season with a knee injury which has seen the player attend Lilleshall for treatment.

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"Joe is now at the age where he just wants to play, " stated Wilkinson, the FA's technical director when Cole was at Lilleshall.

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Team GB archers were subjected to a barrage of noise from schoolchildren while they practised at Lilleshall in Shropshire for the 2012 Olympics .

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"He'll be going back to Lilleshall next week but we are hoping that if his rehab goes well then we could be looking at two or three weeks before he's back, " Bayliss said.

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