Edgeley Park

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Edgeley Park

Full name	Edgeley Park Stadium
Nickname
Built	1902
Opened	1902
Capacity	11,000
Home of	Stockport County F.C.
Pitch size	111 x 71 yards

Edgeley Park (Capacity 10,852 seats) is the home of Stockport County Football Club and Sale Sharks Rugby Union club. It is located in Edgeley, south-west of Stockport. It is now over 100 years old and has seen on its hallowed turf many of football's greats, including George Best who played for Stockport County in 1975.

The ground is built in the classical Northern style with the more recently added Cheadle End (which seats 5000) providing a modern aspect and keeping Edgeley Park as a stadium full of atmosphere and fit for modern requirements.

[edit] Approximate Stand Capacities (Traditional Names)

Robinson's Brewery Stand (Cheadle End) - 5,250
Stockport Express Stand (Main Stand) - 2,100
Vernon Building Society Stand (Popular Side) - 2,150
Shotton Paper Stand (Railway End) - 1,350

For football matches, the allocation for opposition (away) supporters varies as follows:

800 for small away followings. This is two sections in the Popular Side.
2,300 for medium away followings. This is two sections in the Popular Side, and the whole of the Railway End.
3,500 for large away followings. This is the Popular Side & the Railway End.

For Rugby Union matches there is no segregation.

[edit] Trivia

Edgeley Park was the venue for the final of the 1978 World Lacrosse Championship.
The ground once held two matches by the England international football team on the same day. On the 14 January 1958 the England squad were due to play training matches at Maine Road, but the pitch was frozen. Edgeley Park's pitch was fine so it was decided to hold the matches in Stockport instead. The first game saw England draw 2-2 with a Manchester City XI, and the second saw the England senior side defeat the England U23 side 1-0.
The floodlight system was first used with an opening friendly match against Fortuna '54 Geleen of the Netherlands on 16 October 1956, whose side included four members of the Dutch national team that had defeated Belgium the previous week.
The original timber Main Stand was destroyed in a fire in 1935, taking most of the club's records with it.
The record attendance is 27,833, when Liverpool visited Stockport in the 5th round of the FA Cup in 1950.

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Football League Two Venues 2006/07
Adams Park \| Bescot Stadium \| Blundell Park \| County Ground \| The Darlington Arena \| Edgar Street \| Edgeley Park \| Field Mill \| Fraser Eagle Stadium (Crown Ground) \| Gay Meadow \| Gigg Lane \| London Road \| Meadow Lane \| Memorial Stadium \| Moss Rose \| National Hockey Stadium \| Plainmoor \| Racecourse Ground \| Saunders Honda Stadium (Deva Stadium) \| Sincil Bank \| Spotland Stadium \| Underhill Stadium \| Victoria Park \| York Street