Layer Road
Location	Layer Road, Colchester
Built	1907
Opened	1907
Closed	2008
Demolished	2008
Owner	Colchester Borough Council
Surface	Grass
Tenants	Colchester United
Capacity	6,320 (2,040 seated)

Layer Road was a Football League stadium in Colchester, England. Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. Colchester United Football Club is an English football team who play in League One for the 2008-09 season following confirmation of their relegation on The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It was only used for football matches and was the home ground of Colchester United before being replaced by the Colchester Community Stadium. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Colchester United Football Club is an English football team who play in League One for the 2008-09 season following confirmation of their relegation on The Colchester Community Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the Weston Homes Community Stadium, is an all-seater football stadium the home of Colchester The stadium held 6,320 spectators and was built in 1907, originally for use by Colchester Town Football Club. Layer Road has often had up to 17,000 packed into the ground, when Colchester had been on a good FA Cup run, before the capacity was reduced to 6,320. The record attendance at Layer Road is 19,072 for an FA Cup fixture against Reading in November 1948, a match that was abandoned. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Reading Football Club are an Association football club based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. The ground was also used to host Sudbury Town's FA Cup match against Brentford in 1996,^[1] as their Priory Stadium was deemed unfit. Sudbury Town was a football club from Sudbury Suffolk, England. The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Brentford Football Club are an English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow.

The most recent development to the ground, has been the construction of a small, temporary seating stand for housing away supporters. It held 143 supporters and was similar to the chocolate boxes at The Dell. The Dell in Milton Road Southampton, England was the home ground of Southampton Football Club between 1898 and 2001

The last match at Layer Road took place on 26 April 2008, when Colchester lost 1-0 to Stoke City. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Stoke City Football Club is a football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. ^[2]

References

External links

• Layer Road information Colchester United F. C.

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