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Mark Harrod Nets a Winner with Atego
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A company that specialises in supplying goalposts and other football equipment to some of Britain’s best-known professional clubs has beefed-up its own team by signing a real three-pointed star performer!
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Fast-growing Mark Harrod, which operates from a head office near Beccles, in Suffolk, and a recently expanded manufacturing facility at Seighford, Staffordshire, has bought a 7.5-tonne Mercedes Atego from Stoke-on-Trent dealer Enza.
An 818 model with high-roofed sleeper cab, it is fitted with a 7.7-metre curtainside body by Commercial Body Specialists, also of Stoke, which is able to carry posts and cross bars of up to 7.6 metres in length.
Although his firm has only been trading for four years, Managing Director Mark Harrod has a long track record in the industry and now supplies equipment to Chelsea FC, as well as Championship clubs like Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester City.
Other customers include the Football Association, as well as local authorities and schools – Mark Harrod is committed to supporting the game at grass roots level and sponsors the Staffordshire County Youth Cup and Birmingham County FA Sunday Youth Cup; it also assists Jonathan Gribbin, a blind player who competed for Britain at futsal – an indoor version of football – in this summer’s Paralympics in Beijing, where the team finished fifth.
Mark Harrod’s recent acquisition of a second unit at Seighford, close to the M6, has allowed it to double manufacturing capacity – 70 per cent of its goalposts are now made from aluminium, to the highest safety standards, rather than the traditional wood. The company also retails a wide range of other equipment for football and other sports.
The Atego is its first truck and certainly a head-turner, thanks to its striking green paintwork and the football action graphics that adorn its curtains.
Works Director Sean Wallet says: “We started out with a Land Rover and trailer, then moved up to a Mercedes Sprinter van. But the business continues to grow and we’d reached a point where we realised we needed a bigger vehicle.
“The Sprinter has been very good and Mercedes-Benz trucks have such a great reputation for quality and reliability, as well as being backed by a first-class dealer network, that an Atego was the obvious choice.”
The new truck is driven by Mark Harrod’s Transport Manager William Griffiths. “He’s over the moon with its all round comfort and driveability, and regularly spends nights away in the cab on trips down south,” says Mr Wallet.
“The Atego is making a big contribution towards improving the efficiency of our distribution operation, as well as attracting a lot of positive comments from our customers – the Mercedes-Benz star is all about prestige and quality, which are values that we’re keen to develop for our own business.”
An 818 model with high-roofed sleeper cab, it is fitted with a 7.7-metre curtainside body by Commercial Body Specialists, also of Stoke, which is able to carry posts and cross bars of up to 7.6 metres in length.
Although his firm has only been trading for four years, Managing Director Mark Harrod has a long track record in the industry and now supplies equipment to Chelsea FC, as well as Championship clubs like Birmingham, Coventry and Leicester City.
Other customers include the Football Association, as well as local authorities and schools – Mark Harrod is committed to supporting the game at grass roots level and sponsors the Staffordshire County Youth Cup and Birmingham County FA Sunday Youth Cup; it also assists Jonathan Gribbin, a blind player who competed for Britain at futsal – an indoor version of football – in this summer’s Paralympics in Beijing, where the team finished fifth.
Mark Harrod’s recent acquisition of a second unit at Seighford, close to the M6, has allowed it to double manufacturing capacity – 70 per cent of its goalposts are now made from aluminium, to the highest safety standards, rather than the traditional wood. The company also retails a wide range of other equipment for football and other sports.
The Atego is its first truck and certainly a head-turner, thanks to its striking green paintwork and the football action graphics that adorn its curtains.
Works Director Sean Wallet says: “We started out with a Land Rover and trailer, then moved up to a Mercedes Sprinter van. But the business continues to grow and we’d reached a point where we realised we needed a bigger vehicle.
“The Sprinter has been very good and Mercedes-Benz trucks have such a great reputation for quality and reliability, as well as being backed by a first-class dealer network, that an Atego was the obvious choice.”
The new truck is driven by Mark Harrod’s Transport Manager William Griffiths. “He’s over the moon with its all round comfort and driveability, and regularly spends nights away in the cab on trips down south,” says Mr Wallet.
“The Atego is making a big contribution towards improving the efficiency of our distribution operation, as well as attracting a lot of positive comments from our customers – the Mercedes-Benz star is all about prestige and quality, which are values that we’re keen to develop for our own business.”
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