Edgar Street
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 Hereford , Herefordshire , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 52 ° 3 '38.6 " N , 2 ° 43' 3.8" W |
| owner | Herefordshire Council |
| start of building | In the 1890 years |
| opening | In the 1890 years |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 5,075 seats |
| playing area | 104 m × 69 m |
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The Edgar Street is a football stadium in the English city of Hereford the county Hertfordshire . The facility was built in the 1890s and is now the home of Hereford United football club . As a nickname, United names The Whites ; german Die Weißen and The Bulls ; German The bulls (after the Hereford cattle ). The venue is located near the city center and currently offers 5,075 seats (2,761 seats). In the seasons from 2009 to 2011, an average of around 2,640 visitors came to the games on Edgar Street. The audience record set the FA Cup game of the 3rd round on January 4, 1958 against Sheffield Wednesday . The 3-0 defeat of the Whites saw 18,114 spectators.
history
Edgar Street was originally built as an athletics stadium and belonged to the Bulmers Cider Family . You can see this in the two stands at the back of the gate; which still have a curve shape today. Since opening, it has been used by various city football teams such as Hereford Thistle and Hereford City. Apart from football and athletics, the sports facility was also a venue for cycling races, tennis and school sports, among other things. In 1920 the Hereford Athletics Ground Co. took over the facility. The merger of the two teams St Martins and RAOC (Rotherwas) resulted in Hereford United four years later; which has been based on Edgar Street since it was founded. The stadium rent was £ 82 2 shillings for the first season .
Hereford United's first game on Edgar Street was played against Atherstone Town on August 30, 1924 . The following year the stadium's first grandstand was built. The narrow rank was with a barrel roof covered and was nicknamed Noah's Ark ( German Noah's Ark ). In the early years of Hereford United, money worries plagued the club. In support of the Bulls, the owners reduced the annual stadium rent to £ 14 7 shillings in the 1929-30 season. In September 1931 the city of Hereford bought the stadium for £ 3,000; a large part of the sum came from the estate of a pharmacist. This had a huge impact on United as rental costs rose to £ 126 per season. By the 1937/38 season the amount had dropped to £ 93. Hereford City left the stadium in 1933.
After World War II the rent was around £ 100 until 1952. In March of that year the city and the association signed a 14-year lease with a symbolic rent of £ 1 per year. In early 1953, a floodlight system found its way onto Edgar Street; which was used in the game against FC Walsall Reserves on March 10th. The stadium lighting was a donation from the local steel construction company Painters Brothers . In 1968, a piece of land on the west side of the stadium was sold to widen the A 49 road behind it. The Noah's Ark grandstand there was given to the local rugby club Luctonians for £ 350 . They in turn sold the rank to a farm ; where it was used as a barn . Meanwhile, a new cantilever grandstand with 1,200 covered seats was built on the opposite side . At the time, seldom in England were the boxes facing the field. In 1974 the stadium was given a second grandstand with a cantilever roof structure for £ 30,000. It is the largest construction project at Hereford Stadium since it opened. The upper tier with 1,200 seats is built on concrete pillars above the lower tier; on which there is standing room. The building was then named after the former club president Len Weston (1949 to 1965). In 1989 the main stand was increased by 600 seats. The construction work cost £ 115,000; backed by £ 50,000 from the Football Trust . The FA Cup match against Manchester United in January 1990 washed the rest into the coffers. The fourth round game brought in £ 72,000.
Edgar Street is now showing its age and the lack of funds for necessary renovations. The main grandstand Len Weston Stand with 1,818 seats is sponsored by the Cargill Stand . At the northern end of the range there is a small area for the guest fans. On the opposite side, the Merton Meadow Family Stand runs along the long side . On the north side behind the gate is the covered standing room Merton Meadow End with about 3,500 seats; where the most loyal Bulls fans have their seats. The majority of the visiting fans stayed at Blackfriars End until the 2009/10 season . The standing crossbar failed the safety test before the season and was closed to the public. For this purpose, two tubular steel stands with around 1,500 seats have been set up in front of the curve. The first plans to build a new guest stand were presented in April 2010. They want to replace the ailing old tier with a new building with 1,650 standing places including a hotel and conference center.
Grandstands
- Cargill Stand - main grandstand, west, seating, covered, guest area
- Merton Meadow Family Stand - Opposite Stand , East, Seating, Covered
- Blackfriars End - back gate, south, standing room, covered, guest area, closed
- Merton Meadow End - Back Stand, North, Standing, Covered
gallery
Cargill Stand (left) and Merton Meadow End
Merton Meadow End (left)
An Edgar Street floodlight pole
Web links
- herefordunited.co.uk: stadium on the association's homepage (English)
- Stadium history ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Stadium guide ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- tothe92.co.uk: Information to the stadium (English)
- europlan-online.de: picture gallery
- awaygrounds.com: data stadium directions and Hotels (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tothe92.co.uk: Stadium capacity (English)
- ↑ Stadium guide ( Memento from March 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Simon Inglis: Football Grounds Of Britain , p. 182
- ↑ a b c stadium history ( Memento from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ oldherefordpics.blogspot.com: Pictures from the time the Len Weston stand was built (English)
- ↑ 100groundsclub.blogspot.com: Visitor report from 2009 (English)
- ↑ herefordtimes.com: Page no longer available , search in web archives: Remodeling of Edgar Street is getting closer Article from May 20, 2011 (English)