Come full-time it resembled what one can only describe as a groundsman's worst nightmare.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference

"Not at all," says someone close to the groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wimbledon 2010 Diary: No plans to make a night of it at SW19] Reference

A groundsman caught him by the bridle and held him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penalty]

"Afternoon, young sir, " said the groundsman, turning towards them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Have A Mystery To Solve]

For years we had a groundsman/estate manager type chap. Nice bloke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Development Opportunities « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

If you saw any wire, they contend, it must have belonged to the groundsman. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Cert]

As has been mentioned many times elsewhere, he can always become a cricket groundsman!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hang On A Minute….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

It must be quite disheartening for the groundsman to know how bald it'll be by the end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wimbledon 2010: Andy Murray v Jan Hajek - as it happened] Reference

There was literally nothing at the club, there was no groundsman, no training ground, absolutely nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Torquay raise ambitions after quickly completing tough turnaround] Reference

We'd already heard a bit from a groundsman of yours - Lucas - a real old countryman, and a born story-teller!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Have A Mystery To Solve]

It used to belong to the head groundsman, but the school added a wing a few years ago, and now it's a staff house.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Murder of Quality]

Twenty-one, he said, plus Bob Watson, who was worth six, and the travelling head lad and a box driver and a groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Longshot]

His old spin bowling partner-in-crime, Jayananda Warnaweera, is now Galle's head groundsman; Murali can be sure the pitch will turn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Muttiah Muralitharan to step down from Tests as magical 800 beckons] Reference

'The head groundsman says he didn't leave any wire on the course, but one of his staff is old and vague, and can't be sure that he didn't.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Cert]

He took a groundsman job with them for the summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Then the news that Thomas was being lined up to become head groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

Smith was replaced by ICC pitch guru Andy Atkinson as acting head groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

Rare photographs given to Liverpool FC museum by family of ex-Anfield groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [icLiverpool] Reference

Manchester United's state-of-the-art training complex, to be met by a groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to In search of the next Stephen Hawking] Reference

Reading Town boss Roddy Slater has described the work of groundsman Stuart Neate as.    From Wordnik.com.  [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference

Though the Guwahati groundsman has predicted a pitch ripe for another score of 300-plus.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Everyone at the club wishes groundsman J. Bunn a speedy recovery after a stay in hospital.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Burks, a burly man who began working at the cemetery as a groundsman and gravedigger almost.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shad Plank] Reference

"If I were to photograph Cardiff Blues I would take a photograph of the groundsman," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

Mr Philips added Maze, currently unemployed, was trained as a groundsman and had a toddler daughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [getreading - Reading Post - RSS feed] Reference

Tony Wootton didn't bat an eyelid when a man called Richard arrived as a casual groundsman at the racecourse.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

Club, produced an income of nearly two pounds a week, and in addition to this he had his salary as groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wonder] Reference

The head groundsman at Carlisle Racecourse is celebrating after an "undercover boss" made his dreams come true.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

Then he discovered that Tony desperately wanted his son Thomas to take over as head groundsman when he retired.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

And I would pay for a groundsman in my area - and hope others did the same - to ensure park pitches are kept well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference

Especially with David & Goliath stories like Jim Burton, former groundsman at west ham utd during the war in 1943.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page] Reference

The groundsman has moved the strip slightly to one side so that the affected areas are well outside the playing zone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

His days were spent doing manual labour - fencing, landscape gardening and building walls - as a groundsman at Nunwick Hall.    From Wordnik.com.  [News round-up] Reference

Before the game the groundsman had been instructed by the press not to speak to Setanta representatives about the standard of the pitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference

But he wasn't signed in 2008 because Celtic wanted a pin-up so the fact he could be mistaken for a Lennoxtown groundsman isn't the issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Record - Home] Reference

The Department of Corrections says the prison gate was unlocked and Watkins simply walked out while carrying out his duties as groundsman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Radio New Zealand News Headlines] Reference