Glanford Park
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| The Glanford Park in Scunthorpe | |
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The Sands Venue Stadium (since 2019) |
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 Scunthorpe , UK
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 35 '12.2 " N , 0 ° 41' 43" W |
| owner | Scunthorpe United |
| opening | August 14, 1988 |
| First game | 27 August 1988 Scunthorpe United 3-1 Hereford United |
| surface | Natural grass |
| costs | £ 2.5m |
| capacity | 9,088 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 68 m |
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The Glanford Park is a football stadium in the English town of Scunthorpe . It has space for 9,088 spectators and is the home of the Scunthorpe United club .
history
Glanford Park in Scunthorpe, an English town in North Lincolnshire , was built in 1988. In the same year, on August 14, 1988, it was opened by Princess Alexandra, Lady Ogilvy and ceremoniously handed over to Scunthorpe United, the new owner of the stadium. Since then it has served this club as a venue for home games. Scunthorpe United had previously played at the Old Show Ground . The first league game two weeks later on August 27, Scunthorpe won 3-1 against Hereford United . Scunthorpe United currently plays in the third English division, the EFL League One , after the club finished 24th in the last season ( 2010/11 ) and thus had to go into the third division.
Glanford Park can seat 9,088 spectators (including 83 VIP seats), although the stadium has never been sold out. The covered grandstands of the venue offer 6,327 seats and 2,678 standing places. 19 jobs are reserved for journalists. Most of the spectators came on October 20, 2009, when former English champions Newcastle United made a guest appearance in Scunthorpe as part of a second division match. 8,921 spectators saw the home team's 2-1 victory over the later promoted team.
Grandstands
The playing area is enclosed by 4 grandstands , three grandstands are equipped with seats, only the Britcon stand is a standing grandstand:
- Clugston Stand - Main Stand , East, Seating
- Scunthorpe Telegraph Stand - Opposite Stand , West, Seating, Family Stand
- Britcon Stand - back gate, north, standing room
- South Stand - back gate, south, guest area, seating
The corners of the stadium are not closed by grandstands, but are designed to be open.
Infrastructure
There is an electrical display board on the South Stand. In the dark, the play area can be illuminated with the help of four modern spotlights.
use
Glanford Park is used exclusively for Scunthorpe United games.
New building plans
At the 2013 annual general meeting, club chairman Peter Swann announced plans to build a new stadium. The new venue will have 12,000 seats with the possibility of expanding to 18,000 seats. The budget for the new building is expected to be around £ 17 to 18 million . Construction is expected to start in mid-2017, so that Scunthorpe United's home games will take place in the new stadium in the 2018/19 season. The Buckingham Group, which has already built the Amex Stadum for Brighton & Hove Albion and the MK Stadium for the Milton Keynes Dons , received the contract to build the stadium . Glanford Park, among other things, is to be sold to finance the new arena.
Web links
- scunthorpe-united.co.uk: Information on the Scunphorpe United website (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Stadium Guide (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ fussballtempel.net: List of English stadiums with pictures ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record number of visitors ( memento of the original from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ^ Duncan Adams: Glanford Park | Scunthorpe United FC | Football Ground Guide. Retrieved May 11, 2017 .
- ↑ scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk: Scunthorpe United's new £ 18-million ground set to open in 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article of December 18, 2013
