The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane (also called Stompond Lane Sports Ground, but often just shortened to Stompond Lane) was a stadium located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. It was where Walton & Hersham F.C. played their home matches[2] and it was also used by the Walton Athletic Club.[3]
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| Full name | The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane |
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| Location | Stompond Lane, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England |
| Coordinates | 51°22′44.53″N 0°24′53.19″W / 51.3790361°N 0.4147750°W |
| Capacity | 2,000 (444 seated[1]) |
| Tenants | |
| Walton & Hersham F.C. (Isthmian League Division One South),[2] Walton Athletic Club[3] | |
Structure
editStompond Lane consisted of a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There was a brick grandstand on the north side, which contained 404 regular seats and 40 in the two directors' boxes.[1] The seats had to be accessed by stairways because the dressing rooms were beneath them.[4] On the opposite side of the pitch was a covered terrace and there was uncovered terracing surrounding the east side of the track.
Closure
editOn 19 September 2017, Stompond Lane was used for the last time to host Walton & Hersham F.C. After this game, the existing structures were demolished to make way for a development of 54 new houses,[5] and Walton & Hersham F.C relocated to the new Elmbridge Sports Hub in Waterside Drive.
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b "Stompond Lane Track". runtrackdir.com. UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
- ^ a b "Stadium/Directions". waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Walton & Hersham Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ a b "General Information". waltonac.co.uk. Walton Athletic Club. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
- ^ "Walton & Hersham FC". pyramidpassion.co.uk. Centre Circle Publishing. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
- ^ "Get Surrey". getsurrey.co.uk. 26 July 2017.
External links
edit- Information regarding the stadium
- Directions to the stadium
- Walton & Hersham F.C.
- Walton Athletic Club
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