Avenue Stadium
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The Avenue Stadium is a football (soccer) stadium, home of Dorchester Town.
The stadium is located near to a branch of Tesco on the outskirts of Dorchester, off Weymouth Avenue. Opened in 1990 and costing £3m to construct [1], it consists of one main stand, which is all-seated, and three small banks of terracing, which is all-standing. A railway line runs along the back of the stadium.
While the capacity of the ground is 5,009, it is very rarely full — an average Conference South fixture might expect to attract 500–600 supporters. However, more important or "glamorous" fixtures (such as the 2005 friendly match against a Chelsea XI or Boxing Day derby matches against rivals Weymouth) may attract crowds nearing the ground's capacity. The league record at the new stadium was 4,129, while on 2 January 2006 the attendance against Weymouth was 3,006.
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- ^ Dorset Echo Souvenir Supplement, March 29 2005
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Conference South Venues 2006/07
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Avenue Stadium | Borough Sports Ground | The Camrose | Champion Hill | Cherrywood Road | Church Road | City Ground | Cressing Road | The Dripping Pan | Glassworld Stadium | Langney Sports Club | Newport Stadium | The New Eyrie | Nyewood Lane | Park View Road | The Raymond McEnhill Stadium | Silverlake Stadium | Ship Lane | The Warren | West Leigh Park | Woodside Park | Woodspring Stadium |
