Members of the Old Scouts Rugby Club and Bold Dragoon Cricket Club, who share the ground, said a similar leak flooded the pitches in March 2011.

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He has already been watched by Chelsea scouts and the club have turned down an offer for Akinde from League One side Peterborough.

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Rather than spending big on flashy foreign imports, he has instead invested in Congolese players, paying European-level wages to keep them at the club and out of the hands of European scouts used to picking off Africa's best talent for a pittance.

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