The Showgrounds (Limavady)
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The Showgrounds is a football
stadium
in Limavady
, County Londonderry
, Northern Ireland
. It is the home ground of Limavady United
. The stadium has a capacity of 524, including 274 seated.
The Showgrounds were originally part of a large open parkland within the town, which was fully enclosed from the remainder of the playing fields by Limavady United in the early 1980s.
The football club created an entrance to the ground from the Rathmore Road and developed the venue by building a club house, which houses a club bar, beer garden, function room and team dressing rooms as well two blocks of two turnstiles to access the ground from the car park.
The ground has one stand, running partially along the Scroggy side of the pitch, providing seating for 274 spectators. The stand was built in the mid 1990s to enable the club to step up into senior football but has fallen into disrepair since they dropped back down to intermediate level midway through the 2000s and some of the seats have become damaged. The remainder of the ground is undeveloped with a single tier of paving around the perimiter wall of the pitch. Many spectators chose to watch matches from the paved area beside the clubhouse at the Rathmore Road end.
Limavady's lease on the venue expires in 2029, which means they cannot get grant aid funding to develop the ground to Irish Premier League standard. The long term future of the stadium is currently uncertain with the owners planning to sell when the lease expires, although Limavady United have first refusal.
Football (soccer)
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stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
in Limavady
Limavady
Limavady is a market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, with Binevenagh as a backdrop. It lies east of Derry and south west of Coleraine. It had a population of 12,135 people in the 2001 Census, an increase of some 17% compared to 1991...
, County Londonderry
County Londonderry
The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. It is the home ground of Limavady United
Limavady United
Limavady United F.C. is an intermediate, Northern Irish football club playing in IFA Championship 1. The club, which comes from Limavady, County Londonderry, was formed in 1884 when Alexander F.C. amalgamated with another local club The Wanderers...
. The stadium has a capacity of 524, including 274 seated.
The Showgrounds were originally part of a large open parkland within the town, which was fully enclosed from the remainder of the playing fields by Limavady United in the early 1980s.
The football club created an entrance to the ground from the Rathmore Road and developed the venue by building a club house, which houses a club bar, beer garden, function room and team dressing rooms as well two blocks of two turnstiles to access the ground from the car park.
The ground has one stand, running partially along the Scroggy side of the pitch, providing seating for 274 spectators. The stand was built in the mid 1990s to enable the club to step up into senior football but has fallen into disrepair since they dropped back down to intermediate level midway through the 2000s and some of the seats have become damaged. The remainder of the ground is undeveloped with a single tier of paving around the perimiter wall of the pitch. Many spectators chose to watch matches from the paved area beside the clubhouse at the Rathmore Road end.
Limavady's lease on the venue expires in 2029, which means they cannot get grant aid funding to develop the ground to Irish Premier League standard. The long term future of the stadium is currently uncertain with the owners planning to sell when the lease expires, although Limavady United have first refusal.
External links
- IFCP photos from The Limavady Showgrounds
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe4XiGhXxgg The Ulster groundhopper video tour of Limavady Showgrounds