Ninian Park
| The Old Lady, The Bearpit | |
Ninian Park in 2005
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| Full name | Ninian Park |
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| Former names | Sloper Park |
| Location | Sloper Road, Cardiff CF11 8SX |
| Coordinates | 51°28′29″N 3°12′00″W / 51.47472°N 3.20000°WCoordinates: 51°28′29″N 3°12′00″W / 51.47472°N 3.20000°W |
| Owner | Cardiff City F.C. |
| Capacity | 21,508 |
| Record attendance | 62,634 (Wales vs England, 17 October 1959) |
| Field size | 110 x 75 yards |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1909 |
| Built | 1910 |
| Opened | 1 September 1910 |
| Closed | 2009 |
| Demolished | 2009 |
| Main contractors | Cardiff Corporation |
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Cardiff City F.C. (1910–2009) Cardiff City Blue Dragons (1981–1984) |
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Ninian Park was a football stadium in the Leckwith area of Cardiff, Wales. The site is now a housing development with the same name.
Between 1910 and 2009 the Ninian Park stadium was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C, until they moved to the new Cardiff City Stadium (constructed opposite). Ninian Park stadium was subsequently demolished and the site was redeveloped with residential housing.
Ninian Park is named after Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart (15 May 1883 – 2 October 1915), son of John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (12 September 1847–9 October 1900).
The ground featured large floodlights in each corner and a plasma-screen television showed highlights during the game. The television was bought by the club in 2002 from Bolton Wanderers, who had previously used the screen in their former ground Burnden Park before moving to the Reebok Stadium, and was located between the Popular Bank and the Grange End.
The stadium hosted a number of Welsh international fixtures, including the Wales v Scotland World Cup qualifier on 10 September 1985, at which Scotland manager Jock Stein collapsed and died.
The last ever Cardiff City football match played at Ninian Park was a 3-0 defeat to Ipswich Town, who had Roy Keane as their new manager in his first match in charge, on 25 April 2009. The last ever senior player to score at Ninian Park was Jon Stead, then of Ipswich Town and the last player for Cardiff City to score at Ninian Park was Ross McCormack in a 3-1 victory over Burnley in the penultimate senior game at Ninian Park. The club relocated to their new all-seater stadium (capacity - just over 28,000) for the 2009-10 season, and the 99-year-old Ninian Park was demolished later in 2009 to make way for a housing development.
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