Ayresome Park
| Ayresome Park | |
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| The East Stand of Ayresome Park | |
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| place |
 Middlesbrough , North Yorkshire , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 33 '51 " N , 1 ° 14' 49" W |
| owner | Middlesbrough FC |
| opening | 1903 |
| demolition | 1997 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| architect | Archibald Leitch |
| capacity | 54,000 seats |
| playing area | 110 × 74 m |
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The Ayresome Park was a football stadium in the English city of Middlesbrough , North Yorkshire . It has been the home ground of Middlesbrough FC since its construction (1903/04 season) , which moved to the new Riverside Stadium in 1995.
history
Middlesbrough FC had previously played at Linthorpe Road , but entry into the Football League required an upgraded stadium. Ayresome Park was built in Paradise Field and immediately adjoined the old stadium of Middlesbrough Ironopolis , which played in the Football League in the 1893/94 season.
The attendance record is 53,802 and was set up on December 27, 1949 in the game against local rivals Newcastle United . Ayresome Park was also one of the venues for the 1966 World Cup . There were three games played, with the teams from the Soviet Union , North Korea , Italy and Chile to be seen. In one of the biggest surprises in the history of the World Cup, North Korea defeated Italy, one of the best soccer teams in Ayresome Park, 1-0 and qualified for the quarter-finals of the competition. Nevertheless, the number of visitors to Ayresome Park was the lowest in the entire tournament, with North Korea versus Chile only attended by 15,887 spectators.
In the early 1980s, the stadium was clearly outdated and needed a series of refurbishment work to bring it up to date. The regulations of the Taylor Report , a kind of requirement profile for the security in the stadiums after the Hillsborough disaster , then required that Middlesbrough FC either undertake a renovation or build a new stadium in order to be able to play in the Premier League . The last game at Ayresome Park then took place on April 30, 1995 in a 2-1 win over Luton Town . Before this game, a number of former Middlesbrough FC players were honored in a special lap of honor. When Middlesbrough was promoted at the end of the season, the club moved to the new Riverside Stadium in the following season.
Ayresome Park was demolished in 1997 and replaced with residential complexes.
Web links
- ayresomepark.co.uk: Reminder side of Ayresome Park (English)
- stadiumguide.com: data to the stadium (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Image gallery (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ gazettelive.co.uk: Ayresome Park Memories: The story behind North Korea and the World Cup's biggest fairytale article from October 8, 2014 (English)