Feethams
| Location | Victoria Embankment, Darlington, England |
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| Owner | Darlington C.C. |
| Operator | Darlington F.C. |
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| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 1883 |
| Renovated | 1997 |
| Closed | 2003 |
| Demolished | 2006 |
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Coordinates: 54°31′09.66″N 1°33′20.05″W / 54.5193500°N 1.5555694°W Feethams was a football and cricket ground in Darlington, England. It was the home of Darlington F.C. for from 1883 to 2003 until the club moved into a new stadium on the outskirts of Darlington, and also hosted county cricket matches. The football ground was demolished in 2006, while the cricket ground still remains in use.
Feethams was the home of the Darlington town cricket club, Darlington C.C. From the 1860s, amateur football had been played on the site, but it was only in 1883 that Darlington F.C., a professional side made Feethams their home - and so it was for 120 years.
The ground was the venue for one England Amateur international, in 1907, in which the home team defeated the Netherlands 12-2. As this is recognized as a full international by the Dutch FA, it remains the largest defeat ever suffered by the Dutch national team.
Unfortunately, times moved on and Feethams and Darlington were in a state of flux. It was decided to build a new stadium and the end of the Feethams era came on 3 May 2003, when the final match was played. A capacity crowd saw Darlington come back from two goals down to draw 2–2 with Leyton Orient.
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