Rod Stewart pulls pints in Glasgow bar amid claims 'Essex mansion is now football ground'

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The Sun."[He] doesn’t want his son or the other kids to suffer, so he’s turned his place into their official training ground."Now, twice a week, the team turn up to play and train for their matches."It means the world to Rod that he is able to do that for his son and their team."It has been a great opportunity for Rod to practise his own personal fitness too, as he prepares for his North American and UK tour dates later this year.He might have declared last year that his "football days are over" but that doesn't mean he isn't up for an amateur kick about.In an interview last year, he recalled a mishap when his 15-year-old son had accidentally kicked him during a tackle for the ball, causing the youngster to burst into floods of apologetic tears.In spite of the mishap, he regards himself as "still good to go" on the field, exclaiming earnestly: "I can still kick the ball around, but just not as much as I used to."He has developed an awe-inspiring exercise regime that many half his age might find rigorous, training three times a week for at least two hours each session.Rod finds that the tough SAS-inspired workouts, including swimming while holding the weight of a heavy brick, improve not just his mood and fitness, but his singing voice too."Frank Sinatra taught me...

he said, 'If you want to improve your lung capacity on your voice, do underwater swimming,'" Rod revealed to BBC Sounds.Besides that, Rod was also busily at work filling in potholes in his hometown earlier this year, after claiming his local council had failed to maintain them..