Tower Athletic Grounds

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The Tower Athletic Grounds was a stadium in New Brighton, England. Capacity varied, but at one point was as high as 80,000 (althrough attendences rarely ever approached this figure). It twice played host to league football, first with New Brighton Tower F.C. between 1898 and 1901 and then New Brighton A.F.C. between 1923 and 1951 with both clubs folding following their demotion, and loss of league football.

It was named after the nearby New Brighton Tower, a tourist attraction modeled on the Eiffel Tower which opened in 1896. The first club, New Brighton Tower F.C., were formed by the owners of the tower, who wanted to provide entertainment for visitors in the Winter months, by supplying League football.

There were also a number of other sports staged at the venue.^[1]