A photo flew into my "inbox" today with a few shots of the Maidenhead United FC ground, claiming to be the oldest football ground in the World ! Well, York Road (I have played there but in the late 20th Century!) has been in continuous use since December 17th 1870. So fair enough.
I was reading somewhere that the Wolves FC ground, Molineux, apparently has a prison cell(s) under the South Bank, something that was discovered during plans being made for its development.
Griffin Park, Brentford FC, has a pub on every corner of the stadium.The Griffin is a Bird that features the club badge and is the emblem of Fullers' "Griffin" Brewery, a well known London brewery, that owned an orchard on the site of the proposed ground. There was also a pub there called the Griffin. Linking up with the Wolves, a Dick Molyneux (a coincidence), was manager of Brentford at the time of the negotiations to lease the site!
The Elland Road "cantilever stand", the East Stand, built in 1992-3, was the largest cantilever stand in the world, when it was built, holding nearly 15,000 people.
Oxford United FC is the furthest ground from sea in England (beaches between 65 and 72 miles), while The Hawthorns, at 92 metres asl (552 ft) , is the highest ground in the country. Boundary Park (Oldham Athletic) is at 526' and Vale Park (Port Vale) at 520' asl. (approx 159 m)
The lowest professional ground in England is Blundell Park (Grimsby Town FC) at 1 metre asl. St Mary's (Southampton) and the KC Stadium (Hull) match this with Arbroath which holds the Scottish record.
OT is the largest capacity in England holding 74,994...Tottenham' new monster has 62,303.
Portman Road has statues of TWO England managers at their ground. Alf Ramsey
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