Home Park (Plymouth)
| Home Park | |
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| Theater of Greens | |
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| Home Park in April 2017 | |
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 Plymouth PL2 3DQ, Devon , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 23 '17 " N , 4 ° 9' 3" W |
| owner | Plymouth City Council |
| operator | Plymouth Argyle |
| start of building | 1893 |
| opening | 1893 |
| Renovations | 1920, 1945, 1952, 1964, 1984, 2001 |
| surface |
Hybrid lawn (Desso GrassMaster) |
| capacity | 12,550 seats |
| playing area | 105 × 72 m |
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The Home Park is a football stadium in the English city of Plymouth , County Devon , in the southwest of the country. It is home to Plymouth Argyle football club , which currently plays in the EFL League Two . Today the facility offers visitors 12,550 seats. It bears the nickname "Theater of Greens" based on the Old Trafford ( "Theater of Dreams" ) in Manchester .
history
The stadium was built and opened in 1893 and was then home to the Devonport Albion rugby team . After disputes with the owner about the stadium rental, the rugby club moved out in 1898 and the stadium stood empty for three years. In 1901 Plymouth Argyle took over the venue and uses the stadium to this day. At that time the stadium consisted of a wooden grandstand with a capacity of 2,000 seats. On the other three sides there were only walls of overburden and a waist-high fence. In 1920 the grandstand was torn down and replaced by a larger, covered spectator area with changing rooms and a club office. Stone steps and breakwaters were installed on the open sides . Many of the buildings were made possible by donations from supporters of the club.
After the Second World War , the stadium had to be rebuilt because it was destroyed by air raids in 1941. Out of a need for materials one took z. B. Railway tracks, disused buses and trams. In 1952 the stadium was given a grandstand designed by Archibald Leitch and, in the mid-1950s, a floodlight system . The Lyndhurst end 1964 was a canopy. The roof of Devonport End had to be removed for safety reasons in the late 1970s and was re-covered in 1984.
There was no more construction work on the venue until the 1990s, when the renovation of the stadium was announced. After lengthy discussions about a renovation or a new building elsewhere, it was finally decided to convert the Home Park . Two phases were planned for the construction work. In Phase One, Lyndhurst End , Devonport End and Barn Park End were renovated; the work was completed in February 2002. Phase two envisaged the construction of a three-story grandstand . This project has been postponed indefinitely due to financial difficulties. In June 2007, the standing room at the Grandstand was closed to visitors for safety reasons. For example, seats were installed there to keep the stadium capacity at around 20,000. In addition, a new sound system was installed and the floodlights on the Grandstand improved.
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Visitor record and average attendance
The visitor record of the converted stadium was achieved on March 22, 2008. For the game of the Football League Championship 2007/08 season between Plymouth Argyle and Watford FC , 17,511 spectators came to the stadium. The greatest number of visitors ever to the stadium came to Home Park on October 10, 1936 . The game Plymouth Argyle against Aston Villa in the Football League Second Division season 1936/37 then followed 43,596 spectators.
- 2012/13: 7.096 ( Football League Two )
- 2013/14: 7.305 (Football League Two)
- 2014/15: 7,412 (Football League Two)
- 2015/16: 8,798 (Football League Two)
- 2016/17: 9,652 (EFL League Two)
- 2017/18: 10,413 (EFL League Two)
Grandstands
- Grandstand (south)
- Lyndhurst End (North)
- Devonport End (West)
- Barn Park End (East)
Other use
Over the years the stadium has played host to various English national football teams such as the amateurs and the men's U23 . The Plymouth Summer Festival has been taking place since summer 2007 . On this occasion, concerts are taking place in the Home Park and Elton John started on May 26, 2007 in front of 22,000 visitors. Well-known artists and groups such as George Michael , Meat Loaf , Westlife or Rod Stewart followed.
Web links
- pafc.co.uk: Home Park - The Theater of Greens (English)
- footballgroundguide.com: Stadium Guide (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Home Park (English)
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
Individual evidence
- ↑ No Standing Room ( Memento from May 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Article from July 11, 2007 (English)
- ↑ Seats for the grand stand. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on August 7, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ The Home Park Story ( Memento from February 9, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record attendance and average attendance (English)
- ↑ thisisplymouth.co.uk: Rod Stewart 2009 in Home Park ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2009 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. (English)
