The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane

The Sports Ground
Stompond Lane
Full name The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane
Location Stompond Lane, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Coordinates 51°22′44.53″N 0°24′53.19″W / 51.3790361°N 0.4147750°W / 51.3790361; -0.4147750Coordinates: 51°22′44.53″N 0°24′53.19″W / 51.3790361°N 0.4147750°W / 51.3790361; -0.4147750
Capacity 2,000 (444 seated[1])
Tenants
Walton & Hersham F.C. (Isthmian League Division One South),[2] Walton Athletic Club[3]

The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane (also called Stompond Lane Sports Ground, but often just shortened to Stompond Lane) is a stadium located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. It is where Walton & Hersham F.C. play their home matches[2] and it is also used by the Walton Athletic Club.[3]

Structure

Stompond Lane consists of a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There is a brick grandstand on the north side, which contains 404 regular seats and 40 in the two directors' boxes.[1] The seats have to be accessed by stairways because the dressing rooms are beneath them.[4] On the opposite side of the pitch is a covered terrace and there is uncovered terracing surrounding the east side of the track.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Stompond Lane Track". runtrackdir.com. UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Stadium/Directions". waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Walton & Hersham Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  3. 1 2 "General Information". waltonac.co.uk. Walton Athletic Club. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. ↑ "Walton & Hersham FC". pyramidpassion.co.uk. Centre Circle Publishing. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

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