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| Full name | Ninian Park Stadium |
| Location | Sloper Road, Cardiff CF11 8SX |
| Built | 1910 |
| Opened | 1 September 1910[1] |
| Owner | Cardiff City F.C. |
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Ninian Park is a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Leckwith (Lecwydd is a District of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. Currently, it is the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., a Welsh club that competes in the English Football League Championship. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. 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 The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons
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Overview
As you walk out onto the pitch from the dressing rooms, the stand furthest on your left is the Spar Family Stand (formerly known as the Canton End), the stand at the other end of the pitch is the John Smith's Grange End (formerly known as the Grange End prior to being sponsored by John Smith's Brewery), the stand in front of you is the Popular Bank (commonly known as the "Bob Bank"), and the stand behind you is the Grandstand. In Sailing, a spar is also know as a round pole of wood or Metal used on a Sailing ship. John Smith's is a Brewery founded in 1847 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England. John Smith's is a Brewery founded in 1847 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England. The ground features large Floodlights in each corner and a plasma screen television showing highlights during the game. The television was bought by the club in 2002 from Bolton Wanderers, who had previously used the screen in their former ground Burnden Park before moving to the Reebok Stadium, and is located between the Popular Bank and the Grange End
The Grandstand
The Grandstand is a two-tier, all-seater stand, with old-fashioned wooden seats in the upper tier, and modern plastic seating in the lower tier. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Burnden Park was the home of English FA Premier League football team Bolton Wanderers F The Reebok Stadium is the home Stadium of English Premier League football club Bolton Wanderers, and is located on the Middlebrook Retail Park This stand also has several supporting poles holding up the roof. This stand also houses the area in which the player dressing rooms and tunnel are incorporated, as well as housing the dugouts. The archive bar is popular amongst fans for the consumption of alcohol during half time and before matches.
Spar Family Stand
The Spar Family Stand is a fully covered, all-seated stand with several supporting poles along the width of the stand. In Sailing, a spar is also know as a round pole of wood or Metal used on a Sailing ship. The club ticket office is also located within this stand; an exterior entrance is provided. The rear of the stand is also home to a number of executive boxes and hospitality areas, although work began in the early 1980s they were not completed until 2001 due to financial difficulties.
The Popular "Bob" Bank Seating & Terrace
The Popular Bank has a mixture of covered seating to the rear of the stand, and uncovered standing terrace to the front. If Cardiff City FC loses its licence to have standing areas in the ground, the terrace will either be closed or will have seats installed. The seating has many supportive poles keeping the roof up, and in keeping with the tradition of many football teams, many seats are coloured white and when viewed from above spell the word 'Cardiff. '
John Smiths Grange End
The John Smiths Grange End is the most vocal area of the ground and is a fully covered terrace, which was uncovered for many years, before its renovation in 2001 after Sam Hammam took over as chairman. John Smith's is a Brewery founded in 1847 by John Smith at Tadcaster in North Yorkshire, England. As with the Popular Bank and the terrace, if an application for standing in the ground is turned down, this area will either be closed or will have seats installed. It also has several supporting poles, and one section houses the away fans. The away section has terrace to the back and seating at the front. In between the home and away fans is the 'no man's land' where there is a gap separating opposing fans. There is also netting in the middle just incase anybody may want to get to the other side. This gap inbetween the opposing fans came in in 2005 where before there was just a metal fence separating home and away fans.
It was officially opened on 1 September 1928 before a league match against Burnley by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff and could hold 18,000 spectators. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Burnley Football Club, nicknamed The Clarets, is a professional football club managed by Owen Coyle and based in Burnley, Lancashire The area behind the goal where the stand was built was previously an earth embankment. The original stand was demolished during the 1977/78 season as structural engineers deemed it to be unsafe and it was replaced by the current stand.
Transport
The stadium and surrounding area is served by Ninian Park railway station on one side of Sloper Road and Grangetown railway station on the other side of Sloper Road on the Cardiff City Line. Ninian Park Railway station serves the Leckwith and South Canton areas of Cardiff, which lies just outside Cardiff city centre. In addition the stadium is also served by the A4232 dual carriageway, which is approximately 0. The A4232, which is known either as the Peripheral Distributor Road (PDR (Ffordd Ddosbarthu Ymylol or the Cardiff Link Road (Ffordd Gyswllt Caerdydd is a A dual carriageway or divided highway is a road or Highway in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land known as a 7 miles (1. 13 kilometres) away from the Leckwith Interchange.
Other usage
Since it was built the ground has been used for numerous other events including:
- It has hosted numerous Wales international matches and alongside Wrexham's The Racecourse Ground which is a current venue for the Wales U21 team. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. Wrexham Association Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam nicknamed The Red Dragons, or more traditionally The Robins, their previous nickname are a professional Sainsbury Standjpg|thumb|The Sainsbury's Stand]]Wrexham FCjpg|thumb|The Mold Road Stand looking towards the Kop]] The Racecourse Ground (Y Cae Ras is a Stadium located The Wales national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Wales and is controlled by the Football Association of Wales.
- As part of his Rastaman Vibration Tour Bob Marley staged a concert at the ground on 19 June 1976. The Rastaman Vibration Tour was a concert tour organised to support the album Rastaman Vibration by Bob Marley & The Wailers. Robert "Bob" Nesta Marley OM (February 6 1945 – May 11 1981 was a Jamaican Musician, Singer-songwriter and Rastafarian Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- Pope John Paul II held a rally here during his visit to the United Kingdom in 1982. Pope
- During the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games it hosted the show-jumping championships. The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, south Wales July 18-26 1958
- Cardiff rugby club played at the ground twice between 1960-1961 due to their ground not having floodlights. Cardiff Rugby Football Club was founded in 1876 The club played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park, where they
History
Built on land that had formerly been the site of a rubbish tip, Ninian Park is named after Lt.-Col. Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (15 May 1883–2 October 1915), son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (12 September 1847–9 October 1900). Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart ( 15 May 1883 &ndash 2 October 1915) was a British Member of Parliament John Patrick Crichton-Stuart 3rd Marquess of Bute KT ( 12 September, 1847 &ndash 9 October, 1900, landed Aristocrat, industrial Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar
Statistics
- Capacity: 22,000
- There is an advert on the roof of the Spar Family Stand for Redrow Homes, former shirt sponsor of the club (2003-2006). Seating capacity refers to the number Redrow plc is a British housebuilding and general construction company based in Flintshire. There is also an advert on the roof of the Bob Bank for Brace's Bread, a local bread-making firm. This was previously a mechanical scoreboard similar to that found in cricket or baseball.
- Record Attendance: 61,556; Wales-England, 14 October 1961
- The record attendance for a Cardiff City match is 57,893 v Arsenal, April 22nd 1953. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. The English national football team represents England in international football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
- The 2005-2006 season's average attendance at the ground, over 23 home Cardiff City matches, was 11,720.
- Address: Sloper Road, Cardiff CF11 8SX
Future
See main article New Cardiff City stadium
Work started on Cardiff City's new stadium at the end of 2007, it is to hold around 25,000 when completed, which could be increased to 60,000 if needs be. The new Cardiff City stadium is a 26500 all-seated ground in the Leckwith area of the city which will be the new home of Cardiff No name has yet been agreed upon yet because sponsors may want to name it, although Ninian Park is a strong favourite with the fans.
References
- Shepherd, Richard (2007). The Cardiff City Miscellany. Pitch books. ISBN 1-9054-1104-9.
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