Post by bbcgull on Nov 18, 2008 0:55:08 GMT
Haig Avenue : Southport
Wiki states; Haig Avenue is a football stadium in Southport, England and is the home ground of Southport F.C.
The ground is situated to the east of Southport just off the A570, the main road to Ormskirk. It is sited at the edge of a residential area, adjoining school playing fields
Haig Avenue now has a capacity of 6,008 people (1,884 seated, 4,124 standing) though the record attendance is 20,010 against Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1932. These days the ground seldom operates at more than a quarter full, although nearly full houses have been registered for key matches such as the F.A. Trophy semi-final against Slough Town which Southport won to reach their first ever Wembley final.
The ground has a covered main stand, called the Grandstand, opposite an uncovered terrace, known as the Popular Side. Behind the goals, the south (Scarisbrick) end is covered; this is where the majority of the home fans congregate. The north (Blowick) away end is open to the elements. The south stand is called the Jack Carr Stand, after a popular director at the club, and was named shortly after his death.
The stadium does not carry a sponsor's name. There are limited car parking facilities, however these are reserved for home, away and match officials
The ground has played host to Youth Internationals in the past, and has also been home to both Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. reserves. It has also numerous hosted FA Women's Cup ties
bbcgull edit: This ground was known as Ash Lane until 1921, when Southport were made founder members of Div 3 (S). There main grandstand burnt down by fire in 1966 but a new one was rebuilt the following year... as you can make out in the picture. They lost their league status in 1977/78 after failing to get re-elected and were replaced by Wigan
Postcard sourced from the wonderful Groundtastic site once again.
Wiki states; Haig Avenue is a football stadium in Southport, England and is the home ground of Southport F.C.
The ground is situated to the east of Southport just off the A570, the main road to Ormskirk. It is sited at the edge of a residential area, adjoining school playing fields
Haig Avenue now has a capacity of 6,008 people (1,884 seated, 4,124 standing) though the record attendance is 20,010 against Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup in 1932. These days the ground seldom operates at more than a quarter full, although nearly full houses have been registered for key matches such as the F.A. Trophy semi-final against Slough Town which Southport won to reach their first ever Wembley final.
The ground has a covered main stand, called the Grandstand, opposite an uncovered terrace, known as the Popular Side. Behind the goals, the south (Scarisbrick) end is covered; this is where the majority of the home fans congregate. The north (Blowick) away end is open to the elements. The south stand is called the Jack Carr Stand, after a popular director at the club, and was named shortly after his death.
The stadium does not carry a sponsor's name. There are limited car parking facilities, however these are reserved for home, away and match officials
The ground has played host to Youth Internationals in the past, and has also been home to both Liverpool F.C. and Everton F.C. reserves. It has also numerous hosted FA Women's Cup ties
bbcgull edit: This ground was known as Ash Lane until 1921, when Southport were made founder members of Div 3 (S). There main grandstand burnt down by fire in 1966 but a new one was rebuilt the following year... as you can make out in the picture. They lost their league status in 1977/78 after failing to get re-elected and were replaced by Wigan
Postcard sourced from the wonderful Groundtastic site once again.
When I went there supporting the Gulls (over 40 years ago I think) that side terrace had a roof and the "Scari Road" was also covered by the same low construction that went right around. That Grandstand had just been built then, but the floodlights look just the same as the crap ones (too low) of those days.