The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
The ground staff do all they can to prepare the pitch.
2. countable noun [with singular or plural verb]
At an airport, the ground staff are the employees of aeroplane companies who do not fly with the planes, but who work in the airport helping passengers and providing information.
There had been a strike amongst British Airways ground staff.
ground staff in British English
(ɡraʊnd stɑːf)
noun
1. another name for ground crew
2.
people who are employed by a sports club (esp a cricket club) to maintain the playing area and buildings
Examples of 'ground staff' in a sentence
ground staff
Thousands more worked as ground staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I was ground staff and senior cabin crew for six years.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The airline has trained 400 pilots and 600 ground staff to work as temporary cabin crew.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But I know the ground staff will be working their socks off to make it as good as it can possibly be.
The Sun (2014)
A good passenger experience means Heathrow, airlines and ground staff must work well together.