Post by bbcgull on Nov 10, 2008 23:26:43 GMT
Tower Athletic Ground : New Brighton Tower & New Brighton
The Tower Athletic Grounds was a stadium in New Brighton, England. Capacity varied, but at one point was as high as 80,000 (althrough attendences rarely ever approached this figure). It twice played host to league football, first with New Brighton Tower F.C. between 1898 and 1901 and then New Brighton A.F.C. between 1923 and 1951 with both clubs folding following their demotion, and loss of league football. see below not sure wiki is correct here...Barton any idea?
It was named after the nearby New Brighton Tower, a tourist attraction modeled on the Eiffel Tower which opened in 1896. The first club, New Brighton Tower F.C., were formed by the owners of the tower, who wanted to provide entertainment for visitors in the Winter months, by supplying League football.
There were also a number of other sports staged at the venue
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bbcgull edit : this ground hosted TWO league teams: New Brighton Tower 1898 to 1900 and New Brighton from 1946 to 1951. After failing to get re elected in 1954 They were forced to abandon the ground in 1954. In 1955 the moved back with dual occupancy with Wallaseyy Borough FC. NB aquired the freehold in 58 and playered there til 77 when it was sold for housing.
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Just out of interest here is a list of football league former clubs a lot of which i will be covering in the future....(wiki)
Aberdare Athletic (1921–27) · Accrington (1888–93) · Accrington Stanley (1921–62) · Aldershot (1932–92) · Ashington (1921–29) · Barrow (1921–72) · Bootle (1892–93) · Boston United (2002–07) · Bradford Park Avenue (1908–70) · Burton Swifts (1892–01) · Burton United (1901–07) · Burton Wanderers (1894–97) · Cambridge United (1970–2005) · Darwen (1891–99) · Durham City (1921–28) · Gainsborough Trinity (1896–1912) · Gateshead (1930–60) · Glossop North End (1898–1915) · Halifax Town (1921–2002) · Kidderminster Harriers (1999–2005) · Leeds City (1905–19) · Loughborough (1895–1900) · Maidstone United (1988–92) · Mansfield Town (1931–2008) · Merthyr Town (1920–30) · Middlesbrough Ironopolis (1893–94) · Nelson (1921–31) · New Brighton (1923–51) · New Brighton Tower (1898–1901) · Newport County (1920–88) · Northwich Victoria (1892–94) · Oxford United (1962–2006) · Rotherham County (1919–25) · Rotherham Town (1893–96) · Rushden & Diamonds (2001–06) · Scarborough (1987–99) · South Shields (1919–30) · Southport (1921–78) · Stalybridge Celtic (1921–23) · Thames (1930–32) · Torquay United (1927–2007) · Wigan Borough (1921–31) · Workington (1951–77) · Wrexham (1921–2008) · York City (1929–2004) ·
The Tower Athletic Grounds was a stadium in New Brighton, England. Capacity varied, but at one point was as high as 80,000 (althrough attendences rarely ever approached this figure). It twice played host to league football, first with New Brighton Tower F.C. between 1898 and 1901 and then New Brighton A.F.C. between 1923 and 1951 with both clubs folding following their demotion, and loss of league football. see below not sure wiki is correct here...Barton any idea?
It was named after the nearby New Brighton Tower, a tourist attraction modeled on the Eiffel Tower which opened in 1896. The first club, New Brighton Tower F.C., were formed by the owners of the tower, who wanted to provide entertainment for visitors in the Winter months, by supplying League football.
There were also a number of other sports staged at the venue
wiki
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bbcgull edit : this ground hosted TWO league teams: New Brighton Tower 1898 to 1900 and New Brighton from 1946 to 1951. After failing to get re elected in 1954 They were forced to abandon the ground in 1954. In 1955 the moved back with dual occupancy with Wallaseyy Borough FC. NB aquired the freehold in 58 and playered there til 77 when it was sold for housing.
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Just out of interest here is a list of football league former clubs a lot of which i will be covering in the future....(wiki)
Aberdare Athletic (1921–27) · Accrington (1888–93) · Accrington Stanley (1921–62) · Aldershot (1932–92) · Ashington (1921–29) · Barrow (1921–72) · Bootle (1892–93) · Boston United (2002–07) · Bradford Park Avenue (1908–70) · Burton Swifts (1892–01) · Burton United (1901–07) · Burton Wanderers (1894–97) · Cambridge United (1970–2005) · Darwen (1891–99) · Durham City (1921–28) · Gainsborough Trinity (1896–1912) · Gateshead (1930–60) · Glossop North End (1898–1915) · Halifax Town (1921–2002) · Kidderminster Harriers (1999–2005) · Leeds City (1905–19) · Loughborough (1895–1900) · Maidstone United (1988–92) · Mansfield Town (1931–2008) · Merthyr Town (1920–30) · Middlesbrough Ironopolis (1893–94) · Nelson (1921–31) · New Brighton (1923–51) · New Brighton Tower (1898–1901) · Newport County (1920–88) · Northwich Victoria (1892–94) · Oxford United (1962–2006) · Rotherham County (1919–25) · Rotherham Town (1893–96) · Rushden & Diamonds (2001–06) · Scarborough (1987–99) · South Shields (1919–30) · Southport (1921–78) · Stalybridge Celtic (1921–23) · Thames (1930–32) · Torquay United (1927–2007) · Wigan Borough (1921–31) · Workington (1951–77) · Wrexham (1921–2008) · York City (1929–2004) ·
