Kingsmeadow
| Cherry Red Records Stadium | |
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| The Kingsmeadow in 2007 when AFC Wimbledon played against Ramsgate FC | |
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Kingsmeadow Stadium |
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 Kingston upon Thames , London , United Kingdom
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 24 '18.3 " N , 0 ° 16' 55" W |
| owner | AFC Wimbledon |
| operator | AFC Wimbledon |
| start of building | 1989 |
| opening | 1989 |
| First game | Kingstonian FC - Queens Park Rangers |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 4,850 seats |
| playing area | 101 × 69 m |
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The King Meadow is a football stadium in the district of Kingston upon Thames in the British capital London . Currently, the 4,850-seat stadium is officially sponsored by the Cherry Red Records Stadium . The AFC Wimbledon (nickname: The Wombles ) and the FC Kingstonian share currently the venue.
history
Kingstonian FC had the Kingsmeadow built in 1989. It was opened with a friendly game between the home side and the Queens Park Rangers . In the early 2000s, the club rose from the Football Conference and got into a financial bottleneck. What followed was the bankruptcy and the sale of the club and stadium to the entrepreneur Rajesh Khosla and his son Anup. They rented the venue to the AFC Wimbledon; the AFC in turn rented the Kingsmeadow for a small sum to the previous owners of Kingstonian FC. The AFCW bought the venue in 2003 after one season; with the takeover, the name of the stadium changed to The Fans's Stadium . In addition, an annual friendly game between the two teams was agreed to cover the stadium rent.
The Wimbledon club would have loved to return to the old Plow Lane of the former Wimbledon FC ; in which the Wombles were at home from 1912 to 1991. The financial outlay for the conversion through the Taylor Report in the early 1990s would not have been worth it. Thus, the FC Wimbledon came to 2003 in Selhurst Park from Crystal Palace under. The last season of 2003/04 was spent by the Wimbledon football club at the National Hockey Stadium in Milton Keynes , after which the club became the Milton Keynes Dons .
The Kingsmeadow offers 4,850 seats (2,265 seats) in its stands and consists of the main grandstand Paul Strank Stand . Among other things, it houses the clubhouse and three bars. The opposite stand John Green Stand as well as the Chemflow End and RyGas Stand behind the gate are pure and covered standing areas. The back straight is the only one that is not covered over its entire length. On their side is the technical zone with the substitute benches and at the northeast end the area of the guest seats. Behind the CHEMFLOW End (formerly The Athletics End ) connects directly to athletics Kingston Athletics Center at.
The Chelsea Ladies have also played their home games at this stadium since the 2017/18 season.
Grandstands
For the 2016/17 season, the AFC Wimbledon signed a sponsorship agreement for the Tempest End back-gate grandstand with the local gas , water , sewage and electrical company RyGas .
- Paul Strank Stand: main stand , northwest, seats
- John Green Stand: Opposite stand , southeast, seating, guest area
- Chemflow End: back gate, southwest, standing room
- RyGas stand: back gate, northeast, standing room
Visitor record and average attendance
The numbers refer to the AFC Wimbledon games. The play-off game of Football League Two 2015/16 against Accrington Stanley (1-0) on May 14, 2016 brought 4,870 fans to the stadium.
- 2011/12: 4,295 ( Football League Two )
- 2012/13: 4,060 (Football League Two)
- 2013/14: 4,135 (Football League Two)
- 2014/15: 4,073 (Football League Two)
- 2015/16: 4,138 (Football League Two)
Web links
- footballgroundguide.com: Stadium Guide (English)
- fussballinlondon.de: History and pictures
- stadionwelt.de: picture gallery
- groundhopping.de: Visitor report from 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ groundhopping.de: data on the stadium
- ↑ fussballinlondon.de: The AFC Wimbledon wanted to go back to Plow Lane
- ↑ tothe92.co.uk: Stadium capacity (English)
- ↑ afcwimbledon.co.uk: New stand sponsors for 2016/17 article from June 7, 2016 (English)
- ↑ footballgroundguide.com: Record attendance and average attendance (English)