Newport Stadium
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Newport Stadium is a football and athletics stadium in Newport
, Wales
. It is currently the home of Newport County A.F.C.
, Llanwern F.C. and Newport Harriers Athletic Club. Albion Rovers F.C. had also previously called it home.
The Stadium, which is owned and managed by Newport City Council
, has been upgraded to Football Conference
standard in recent years and has a crowd capacity of 4,700. The Stadium is part of the City of Newport International Sports Village
, which includes the Wales National Velodrome. The grandstand seats 1,100 spectators and there is a large covered terrace on the opposite side of the pitch, a small-uncovered terrace behind the one goal and a flat standing area behind the other goal. The stadium has a sizeable car park but there is often insufficient parking availability on Newport County match days.
The grandstand side also includes the BarAmber licensed bar that serves hot food and features a large-screen projection TV, Amber Sports, the Newport County club shop, along with other refreshment and toilet facilities. A food stand and toilets are located on the covered terrace side.
The stadium can accommodate international-standard track and field athletic events and is of Class 1 standard. The stadium floodlighting can achieve up to an average of 500 Lux
.
standard. The upgrading included a new main covered Terrace
built on the old one at the Traston Road side of the ground, commonly referred to within the club as The Shed. A new terrace was also built at the Spytty Road End. When Newport County played in the 2001–02 FA Cup, a temporary stand was erected right behind the goal at the Spytty Road End, (at that time there was only the Grandstand and a very small terrace). When Newport County played Swansea City in the 2006–07 FA Cup, a temporary stand was erected behind the goal at the Cricket Ground End.
In 2011 further demountable stands were erected behind each goal: A 949-seater stand for away fans at the Cricket Ground End and a 1,197-seater stand for home fans at the Spytty Road End. This takes the total capacity of the stadium to 5,058 with 3,246 seated.
. With the addition of a temporary stand, the record attendance stands at 4,616 against in the 2006–07 season
.
Newport
Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is currently the home of Newport County A.F.C.
Newport County A.F.C.
Newport County Association Football Club are a professional football club based in the city of Newport, south Wales, who currently play in the Conference National, the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
, Llanwern F.C. and Newport Harriers Athletic Club. Albion Rovers F.C. had also previously called it home.
The Stadium, which is owned and managed by Newport City Council
Newport City Council
Newport City Council is the governing body for the city of Newport, one of the subdivisions of Wales within the United Kingdom. It consists of 50 councillors, representing the city's 20 wards. Since the 2008 election, the council has been controlled jointly by the Conservatives and Liberal...
, has been upgraded to Football Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
standard in recent years and has a crowd capacity of 4,700. The Stadium is part of the City of Newport International Sports Village
Newport International Sports Village
Newport International Sports Village is an area of multiple sport facilities, located in the southeast of Newport, Wales, near the A48 Southern Distributor Road. It is known locally as Spytty Park, the name coming from the original Spytty Fields on which it is built.The village includes the Wales...
, which includes the Wales National Velodrome. The grandstand seats 1,100 spectators and there is a large covered terrace on the opposite side of the pitch, a small-uncovered terrace behind the one goal and a flat standing area behind the other goal. The stadium has a sizeable car park but there is often insufficient parking availability on Newport County match days.
The grandstand side also includes the BarAmber licensed bar that serves hot food and features a large-screen projection TV, Amber Sports, the Newport County club shop, along with other refreshment and toilet facilities. A food stand and toilets are located on the covered terrace side.
The stadium can accommodate international-standard track and field athletic events and is of Class 1 standard. The stadium floodlighting can achieve up to an average of 500 Lux
Lux
The lux is the SI unit of illuminance and luminous emittance, measuring luminous flux per unit area. It is used in photometry as a measure of the intensity, as perceived by the human eye, of light that hits or passes through a surface...
.
Stands
In 2004, Newport Stadium was upgraded to Football ConferenceFootball Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
standard. The upgrading included a new main covered Terrace
Terrace (stadium)
A terrace or terracing in sporting terms refers to the traditional standing area of a sports stadium, particularly in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
built on the old one at the Traston Road side of the ground, commonly referred to within the club as The Shed. A new terrace was also built at the Spytty Road End. When Newport County played in the 2001–02 FA Cup, a temporary stand was erected right behind the goal at the Spytty Road End, (at that time there was only the Grandstand and a very small terrace). When Newport County played Swansea City in the 2006–07 FA Cup, a temporary stand was erected behind the goal at the Cricket Ground End.
In 2011 further demountable stands were erected behind each goal: A 949-seater stand for away fans at the Cricket Ground End and a 1,197-seater stand for home fans at the Spytty Road End. This takes the total capacity of the stadium to 5,058 with 3,246 seated.
Attendance records
The record attendance at the ground without temporary stands is 4,300 (a capacity crowd at the time) against in the 2003–04 season2003–04 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 2003–04 season was Newport County's fifth consecutive season in the Southern League Premier Division. The club finished seventh in the league.-League:...
. With the addition of a temporary stand, the record attendance stands at 4,616 against in the 2006–07 season
2006–07 Newport County A.F.C. season
The 2006–07 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Conference South and they had been ever-present since the introduction of the Conference North & South in 2004....
.