Blundell Park
The Young's Stand (then named The John Smith's Stand) in 2003.
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| Location | Blundell Park Cleethorpes North East Lincolnshire England |
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| Coordinates | 53°34′12.19″N 0°2′46.80″W / 53.5700528°N 0.0463333°W |
| Owner | Grimsby Town |
| Operator | Grimsby Town |
| Capacity | 9,052 (all seated) |
| Record attendance | 31,651 (vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, 20 February 1937) |
| Field size | 101.5 by 68.5 metres (111.0 by 74.9 yd) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1897 |
| Built | 1899 |
| Opened | 2 September 1899 |
| Renovated | 1925 (Barrett's Stand) 1939 (Osmond Stand) 1961 (Pontoon Stand) 1982 (Young's Stand) |
| Tenants | |
| Grimsby Town (1899–present) | |
Blundell Park is a football ground in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England and home to Grimsby Town Football Club. The stadium was built in 1899, but only one of the original stands remains. The current capacity of the ground is 9,052, after being made all-seater in summer 1995, reducing the number from around 27,000. Several relegations in previous years meant the expansion seating was also taken away; that reduced the capacity further from around 12,000 to what it is now.
The stadium is Grimsby Town's fourth ground, having previously played at Clee Park, Lovett Street and Abbey Park in the club's first twenty years of existence. The record attendance at Blundell Park was 31,651 in an FA Cup tie against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 20 February 1937. The two clubs also hold the record attendance at Manchester United's Old Trafford stadium when 76,962 people saw the two sides meet again in the 1939 FA Cup semi-final.
Grimsby Town Football Club moved into their new Blundell Park stadium in the summer of 1899, having relocated from Abbey Park, and bringing with them all the fixtures and fittings, as well as the Abbey Park and the Hazel Grove stands. The opening match was a Football League Second Division fixture against Luton Town on 2 September 1899, with 4,000 spectators seeing the teams draw 3–3. In 1901 a new Main Stand was built on the northern side of the ground.
In 1925 the Abbey Park Stand was demolished and in its place was built the Barrett's Stand. In 1937 the club's record attendance of 31,651 was recorded when the club met Wolverhampton Wanderers in an FA Cup tie on 20 February 1937. In 1939 around the time of the break-out of the Second World War the Hazel Grove Stand, the final remaining stand from the previous ground was demolished and was replaced by the Osmond Stand.
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