Highfield Road
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Highfield Road was a multi-use stadium in Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City F.C. until the club moved to the new Ricoh Arena after the 2004-05 season.
The stadium held 23,489 supporters. However, its record attendence was 51,455 when Coventry played Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in a League Cup quarter-final game in 1967. It was built in 1899 and held its final game on 30th April 2005 when Coventry City beat Derby County 6-2 in the Football League Championship with the last ever goal apropriately being scored by Andrew Whing, a product of the Coventry youth academy.
The site of the stadium is currently being regenerated by George Wimpey Ltd to provide housing on the areas which were originally the car parks and stands. The area which was the playing surface will be relaid with grass so that the youth of the area can continue the tradition of playing football on that space. Highfield Road was also notable for having one of the largest playing surfaces in the English leagues and was also one of the first all-seater stadiums in the UK, becoming all-seated in 1982. (The first all-seater in the UK was Pittodrie Stadium).
