Plainmoor

  • Torquay Athletic Rugby Football Club ( until 1904 )
  • FC Ellacombe (1904-1910)
  • Torquay Town (1910-1921)
  • Torquay United ( since 1921 )

The Plainmoor is a football stadium in the English town of Torquay, Devon. The venue in the southwestern part of England is the sporting home of the football club Torquay United ( Nickname: The Gulls, Gulls German ) and bears the name of the district Plainmoor. The venue is surrounded by residential buildings and has four covered grandstand with 6,104 seats; the main grandstand is closed to the public.

History

The exact year of the stadium opening is unknown, but as early as 1881 Rugby matches were played in Plainmoor. By 1904 the Torquay Athletic Rugby Football Club was established in Plainmoor and left the system in the direction of the Recreation Ground from Torquay. The football club FC Ellacombe followed as the home team. Six years later and Ellacombe Torquay United merged to Torquay Town. Today's main users Torquay United moved to the merger of Torquay Town and Babbacombe FC 1921 in Plainmoor. Six years later, the Gulls for Aberdare Athletic from Wales were included in the Football League Third Division South. For the first season was bought for £ 150 a wooden grandstand of the racecourse Buckfastleigh Racecourse. An identical rank can still be seen today in the sports facility closed in 1960 in Buckfastleigh. The first game of the Torquay United Football League Third Division South in Plainmoor was held on August 27, 1927 his discharge. The 11,625 spectators saw a 1-1 draw against Exeter City. Three years after buying a storm destroyed the roof of the main grandstand.

Over the next 50 years, the venue of the Gulls fell into a structural slumber; so that there were only small changes in Plainmoor. Early 1950s was the standing rank Popular Terrace on the back straight a partial canopy. On 22 November 1954, the first game under the lights, will be celebrated against Birmingham City. The weak designed lighting system was replaced in December 1960 by a more powerful system for £ 9000. Also in mid -1950s still valid visitor record was set. The FA Cup game of the fourth round on 29 January 1955, Huddersfield Town ( 0-1) saw 21 908 spectators. In the 1960s, a small concrete grandstand named Mini Stand complemented the stadium. The rank should be reconsidered; But this was not enough money. At this time were around 22,000 fans places in the plant.

Six days after the devastating Valley Parade fire disaster on May 11, 1985 at the Stadium of Bradford City and only hours after a security inspection in Plainmoor broke into the old main stand of the Gulls from a fire. In the nightly fire one-third of the rank was destroyed; this part was demolished and the other closed. In the fire no one was injured. The club offices and changing rooms would need to be swapped in and portable buildings. After the reopening of the 22,000 were only 4,999 places in the homestead left. This number under 5000 has been set; so as not to fall within the jurisdiction of the Safety of Sports Grounds in 1975 adopted Act. For this certificate, the stadium would have to be retrofitted structurally and safety. After the fire in Bradford, the limit should be reduced to 5,000 seats. However, the lower limit remained at 10,000 seats. In November 1986, we led in Plainmoor a personalized tickets; after fans rampage Wolverhampton Wanderers attracted by Torquay. In addition, guests fans of Luton Town and Colchester United for one and a half seasons were not allowed inside the stadium.

From 1992 to 2000, the opposite stand and Located behind were replaced by new buildings. The old Mini Stand made ​​in 1992 for the space equipped with 1,275 seats Family Stand behind the goal in the southwest. The rank houses the club offices, a meeting room, the fan shop and restaurant Boots and Laces, a pub and the 200 Club Bar The Old Cowshed on the backstretch more 1994 the Popular Stand with 2,300 standing places. At the beginning of the season 2000/ 01, the new seats for special guests Spark World was stand ready for use. In August 2010, the club presented the first plans for the construction of a new grandstand; which will increase the total capacity to 6,196 seats. The modern building for £ 2 million with 1,750 seats but will not be built before 2012. Amenities include, inter alia, of the rank Locker rooms, a press box and parking for disabled spectators. The main grandstand will bear the name Bristow 's Bench; after the former Vice President Paul Bristow. He supported the club financially; which allowed him a lottery win of £ 15 million. Bristow died in late June 2010 at the age of 59 of a heart attack.

Grandstands

  • Main Stand: Grandstand, Southeast, closed
  • Carlsberg Popular Terrace: opposite stand, Northwest, Standing
  • Spark World Stand: stand behind, Northeast, guest area, Standing
  • Yelverton Properties Family Stand: stand behind, Southwest, seats
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