Strokestown Road

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Strokestown Road
The Flan Siro
Strokestown Road (2007)
Strokestown Road (2007)
Earlier names

Strokestown Road (1993-2001)
Flancare Park (2001-2013)
City Calling Stadium (2013-2019)

Data
place Strokestown Road Longford , Ireland
IrelandIreland
Coordinates 53 ° 43 '27 "  N , 7 ° 51' 13"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 43 '27 "  N , 7 ° 51' 13"  W.
owner Longford Town
opening 1993
Renovations 2001-2013
surface Natural grass
capacity 6,000 seats
playing area 107.9 × 82.3 m (118 × 90 yds )
Societies)
Events

The Strokestown Road (through sponsorship agreement officially Bishopsgate ) is a football stadium in the Irish town of Longford in the same County . The Football Club Longford Town owns and plays its home games from here. It offers 6,000 places.

history

In the 1990s, Longford Town left its old venue, the Abbeycartron Football Pitch , and moved to the Townland Mullologher. This is about three miles west of Longford town center. The facility is located directly on the N5 between Longford and Tarmonbarry in the middle of fields and some farm buildings. In 1993, Strokestown Road was opened. It had a grandstand and two standing stands, only one of which was covered. With Longford Town's promotion to the League of Ireland in 2000/01 , the project got off the ground with grants from the state and the Football Association of Ireland (FAI). Its current appearance is the result of an extensive renovation into a seating stadium according to the requirements of the FAI between 2001 and the end of 2013. The covered main grandstand on the west side by far exceeds the remaining, one-story tiers without a roof. Next to the tier is the covered players' tunnel and the clubhouse . The seating consists of plastic seats in the club colors red and black. The club name is shown on the main tier with the letters LTFC . It was built in two phases. First there were seven rows of seats on the roof of the stadium building with changing rooms. In a second step, the building was raised and ten rows of seats were added. The roof is supported by eight supports in the spectator area. In front of the stands behind the goal in the north and south, safety nets are stretched so that the visitors sitting behind the goals are not hit by the ball.

From 2001 to the end of 2013, the venue was sponsored by the name Flancare Park , after a logistics service provider . This gave rise to the nickname The Flan Siro , which is still in use today , based on the famous San Siro , Milan's Giuseppe Meazza Stadium . In the seasons 2001/02 , 2004/05 and 2005/06 of the UEFA Cup Long Ford Town occurred in the first qualifying round in the home stadium against Litex Lovech (1: 1), the FC Vaduz (2: 3) and Carmarthen Town ( 1: 5). The stadium has been named after the City Calling recruitment agency since 2014 . In 2018, the stadium won the FAI's SSE Airtricity League Pitch of Year for its pitch .

The stadium name changed in November 2019. The venue is now called Bishopsgate , after the new main sponsor Bishopsgate Group . The club will also have the name on their shirts. With the partnership, promotion to the top division, the Premier Division , is to be achieved.

Visitor record and average attendance

In February 2001, 5,500 spectators came to the football stadium for a game in the FAI Cup against St Patrick's Athletic .

Games of the U-17 European Football Championship 2019 at Strokestown Road

In May 2019, Strokestown Road was one of seven stadiums for the 2019 European Under-17 Football Championship . There were four group games.

  • 03rd May 2019, Group B: England - France 1: 1 (1: 0)EnglandEngland FranceFrance 
  • 06 May 2019, Group A: Belgium - Greece 3: 0 (2: 0)BelgiumBelgium GreeceGreece 
  • 07 May 2019, Group D: Italy - Austria 2: 1 (1: 0)ItalyItaly AustriaAustria 
  • May 10, 2019, Group C: Portugal - Iceland 4: 2 (1: 1)PortugalPortugal IcelandIceland 

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Longford Town - City Calling Stadium. In: footballgroundguide.com. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ stage. In: ltfc.ie. Longford Town , accessed June 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Kevin McDermott: City Calling Stadium: Pitch Of The Year. November 13, 2018, accessed June 28, 2019 .
  4. ^ Andrew Dempsey: Longford Town unveiled Bishopsgate Group as new main sponsor. In: extratime.ie. November 28, 2019, accessed February 14, 2020 .