Turners Cross (stadium)
| The Cross | |
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| Location | Curragh Road, Turners Cross, Cork |
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| Coordinates | 51°53′7.9″N 8°28′3.9″W / 51.885528°N 8.467750°WCoordinates: 51°53′7.9″N 8°28′3.9″W / 51.885528°N 8.467750°W |
| Public transit |
Cork railway station Evergreen Road bus stop |
| Owner | Munster Football Association |
| Operator | Munster Football Association |
| Capacity | 7,485 (all-seated) |
| Record attendance | 12,000 (Cork City vs Dundalk, 21 April 1991) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Scoreboard | No |
| Construction | |
| Opened | Mid-late 1800s |
| Renovated | 1980s, 2007 |
| Tenants | |
| Cork City F.C. | |
Turners Cross is an all-seater football stadium located in and synonymous with the district of Turners Cross in Cork, Ireland. It is home to the Munster Football Association, and League of Ireland side Cork City.
It was the first all-seated, all-covered stadium in Ireland following redevelopment in 2009, and it is currently one out of only two, the other being the new Aviva Stadium.
Cork City play their home games in the stadium. It also sees a large volume of matches every year including local, regional, national, and international matches and cup finals at schoolboy, junior, intermediate, senior, and underage international level.
For many years Turners Cross was little more than a pitch with a few grassy banks and a covered terrace euphemistically called "The Shed". However, since the early 2000s, the stadium was redeveloped to become the only all covered, all seated League of Ireland stadium.
As of 2015, the configuration of the stadium includes the 1,857 seater covered "Donie Forde" stand – which holds the stadium control box, press broadcasting area, and the family section. This is faced by the 1,128 seater covered "Derrynane Road" stand.
At the western end of the ground is the covered St. Anne's Stand which has a capacity of 2,720. The newest stand is at the eastern end, on a site previously occupied by "The Shed" covered terracing and a club shop. "The Shed" previously held over 2,500 supporters and was home to Cork City F.C.'s more vocal fans. This newly developed section seats 1,660 and was opened in March 2007.
While known locally and amongst fans as "The Cross", the ground has also been nicknamed "The Box" in the past. This accounts for the title of Plunkett Carter's book on Cork soccer, From The Lodge to The Box, where 'the lodge' refers to 'Flower Lodge'. Flower Lodge was originally owned by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and was the previous home of Cork soccer. This ground was subsequently sold to the Gaelic Athletic Association, and renamed Páirc Uí Rinn, for Christy Ring, a noted County Cork hurler.
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