Fratton Park
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| Fratton Park | |
| Full name | Fratton Park |
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| Built | 1898 |
| Opened | 1898 |
| Capacity | 20,288 |
| Home of | Portsmouth F.C. |
| Pitch size | 115 x 73 yards |
Fratton Park is the home stadium of Portsmouth F.C., and is situated in the English city-port of Portsmouth.
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[edit] History
The stadium currently has four stands, all seated. The pitch runs from east to west. The largest and most modern stand, at the ground's western end, is the Fratton End. Along either side of the pitch are the North and South stands, both of which are two-tiered. At the eastern end is the Milton End, by far the smallest stand, and the only one without a roof. This stand is mostly given over to away supporters.
The stadium is served by Fratton railway station (about 10 minutes' walk away), which is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line.
Pompey were the first club to stage a Football League match under floodlights, in a February 1956 match at Fratton Park, against Newcastle United.
[edit] Future development
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The ground has been home to the club throughout its entire history, and despite improvements is showing signs of age. Therefore at the end of the 2003/04 season, having consolidated their Premier League status, plans to develop a new stadium on the adjacent disused rail-freight depot site were drawn up and approved.
These plans were superseded by a new plan to redevelop, more or less on the existing site, but realigning the pitch 90 degrees to accommodate a larger capacity, funded in part by a "Pompey Village" residential, hotel and retail project on the adjacent site. Work on the stadium is due to commence in the summer of 2006, with the first of the new stands opening the for the 2007/08 season.
The first stage of redevelopment should take the capacity to 28,000 and the second to 35,000.
[edit] Details
[edit] Address
- Frogmore Road
- Portsmouth
- PO4 8RA
[edit] Phone numbers
- Main Telephone: 023 9273 1204
- Main Fax: 023 9273 4129
- Ticket Office: 0871 230 1898
- Ticket Office Fax: 0871 230 1899
[edit] Records
Record Attendance: 51,385 v Derby County February 26th, 1949, FA Cup Sixth Round
[edit] Average attendances
(Premier League):
- 2002-03: 18,934
- 2003-04: 20,108
- 2004-05: 20,072
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Stadium plans
- Fratton Park at Google Maps.
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