Edgeley Park
Football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Edgeley Park is a football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Built for Stockport RFC, a rugby league club, in 1891, by 1903 the rugby club was defunct and Stockport County Football Club moved in. The ground is set to be increased to a capacity of around 18,000 with the start of the project in 2025.
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Full name | Edgeley Park Stadium |
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Location | Hardcastle Road Stockport Greater Manchester SK3 9DD |
Coordinates | 53°23′59″N 2°9′59″W |
Capacity | 10,852 |
Field size | 111 x 71 yards |
Surface | SISGrass hybrid [1][2] |
Construction | |
Built | 1891 |
Opened | 1891 |
Tenants | |
Stockport RFC (1891–1903) Stockport County F.C. (1902–present) Sale Sharks (2003–2012) |
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Edgeley Park is currently an all-seater stadium holding 10,900 spectators. Stockport County shared it with Sale Sharks Rugby Union Club between 2003 and 2012.
In 2015, Stockport Council purchased the stadium for around £2 million, leasing it back to the football club, in order to prevent it from being demolished and redeveloped.[3]