Seedhill Football Ground

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The Seedhill Football Ground was a football stadium in Nelson, Lancashire. It was the home of North West Counties League Division One side Nelson F.C. until 1968, it was demolished in 1980 to make way for the M65 motorway, Nelson had moved before this time to Victoria Park. It is significant for being the first football ground in England where Spanish La Liga giants Real Madrid were beaten by an English team, losing 4-2 to Nelson in the summer of 1923. The highest attendance at the stadium was 14 143 in the Third Division North match between Nelson and Bradford Park Avenue. The stadium was also used for Speedway and Stock car Racing from 1966, and was Promoted by Mike Parker promotions, the Speedway team moving eventually to Bradford but the Stock cars remained till the end

It is situated near to the Seedhill Cricket Ground, currently the home of Lancashire League cricket team Nelson Cricket Club.The perimeter red brick wall is still visible on the Cricket Ground and Victoria park sides. The Stadium had a main stand on the Carr Road side built in 1922 which held 2000 people with concrete terracing on the lower half and a wooden covered upper area with bench seating, there was another single storey stand with just earth and cinder flooring behind the goals at the park end, which was called the scratting shed, the team changing rooms were behind the town end goals, with two spectator bankings on each corner the one nearest Carr road having a wooden building at the top which was called the Alpine Bar.