YMCA Grounds
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YMCA Grounds or Riverside Stadium is a football
stadium
in Drumahoe
, County Londonderry
, Northern Ireland
. It is the home ground of Institute F.C.
of the IFA Championship. The stadium holds 3,110. In May 2008 Institute secured £800,000 worth of funding for ambitious improvements to the ground. In May 2009 the club installed new floodlights at each corner of the ground. In November 2010 more ground development began, involving the building of a new 650-seater stand at one of the goal-mouth's, this increased the capacity of the ground to 3,110.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
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 Drumahoe
Drumahoe
Drumahoe is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies to the east of Derry and was once a village, but has been absorbed by the city. It is home to Institute F.C., an Irish Premier League football club. The busy A6 road from Belfast to Derry passes through the...
, 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 Institute F.C.
Institute F.C.
Institute F.C. is a Northern Irish intermediate football club who play in IFA Championship 1.The club, founded in 1905, are based in the Drumahoe area of Derry and play their home matches at the Riverside Stadium in the YMCA Grounds...
of the IFA Championship. The stadium holds 3,110. In May 2008 Institute secured £800,000 worth of funding for ambitious improvements to the ground. In May 2009 the club installed new floodlights at each corner of the ground. In November 2010 more ground development began, involving the building of a new 650-seater stand at one of the goal-mouth's, this increased the capacity of the ground to 3,110.