England football team train with Royal Marines

The England squad experienced a different kind of boot camp over the weekend after manager Gareth Southgate arranged a top secret trip to the Royal Marines' Commando Training Centre

The Royal Marines Family‏posted this picture on Twitter of the England football team training at the Commando Training Centre

The England squad experienced a different kind of boot camp over the weekend after manager Gareth Southgate arranged a top secret trip to the Royal Marines' Commando Training Centre.

Twenty members of the England squad, along with key members of the Football Association's backroom staff, were whisked away on a surprise trip to the base in Devon on Friday and spent the next 48 hours in military uniform completing a series of exercises designed for marine recruits.

They included a night camping under the stars on Woodbury Common, while pictures carried on the FA's official website show Southgate was not afraid to get involved. In one of the images the Three Lions boss is seen being helped out of what looks to be a water hazard of an obstacle course. Elsewhere, Raheem Sterling is pictured preparing sleeping bags in darkness and Jake Livermore is applying camouflage paint. The players will reconvene on Tuesday at St George's Park.

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