Edgar Street
- Hereford United
- Games of Hereford United
The Edgar Street is a football stadium in the English town of Hereford Hertfordshire. The facility was built in the 1890s and is now the home of the football club Hereford United. As a nickname bears the name of The United Whites; The German White and The Bulls; The German bulls (after the Hereford cattle). The venue is located near the city center and currently has 5,075 seats ( 2,761 seats). In the seasons 2009 to 2011 average of approximately 2,640 visitors came to the games in the Edgar Street. The record attendance presented the FA Cup match of the 3rd round on 4 January 1958 against Sheffield Wednesday. The 0-3 defeat of the Whites saw 18,114 spectators.
History
Originally, the Edgar Street was built as the athletics stadium and belonged to the Bulmers cider family. This can be seen at both Located behind; which still have a waveform. Since its opening it has been used by various football teams in the city such as Hereford and Hereford Thistle City. Away from the football and athletics, the sports facility was also the venue for, among other races, tennis, school sports. 1920 took over the Hereford Athletics Ground Co. the system. The merger of the two teams St Martins and RAOC ( Rotherwas ) was born four years later Hereford United; which is based in the Edgar Street since existence. For the first season were paid £ 82 2s stadium rent.
The first batch of Hereford United at Edgar Street was held on August 30, 1924 his host against Atherstone Town. The following year, the first bleachers of the stadium was built. The narrow rank was covered with a barrel roof and was nicknamed Noah 's Ark ( German Noah's Ark ). In the early years of the club Hereford United plagued money worries. To support the Bulls the owner lowered the annual rental Stadium in the season 1929/30, at 14 £ 7 shillings. In September 1931, the City of Hereford, bought the stadium for £ 3,000; a large part of the sum came from the estate of a pharmacist. This had a huge impact on United, because the rent rose to £ 126 per season. Until the season 1937/38, the amount dropped to 93 pounds. In 1933 Hereford City left the stadium.
After the Second World War, the rent was to 1952 at around £ 100. In March of this year, the city and the club entered into a 14-year lease agreement with a symbolic rent of £ 1 per year. Beginning of 1953, held a floodlight system moving into the Edgar Street; which was used in the match against Walsall FC Reserves on 10 March. The stadium lighting was a donation from the local steel construction company Painters Brothers. 1968 sold a piece of land on the west side of the stadium for the widening of the underlying road A 49 The standing there grandstand Noah 's Ark has been passed down for 350 pounds to the local rugby club Luctonians. They in turn sold the rank of a farm; where it was used as a barn. Meanwhile emerged on the other side a new cantilever grandstand with 1,200 covered seats. At the time, still rare in England, the lodges were overlooking the pitch. In 1974 the stadium for £ 30,000 received a second grandstand with a cantilever roof structure. It is the largest construction project in the stadium of Hereford since it opened. The upper tier of 1,200 seats is built on concrete pillars on the lower part; on which there are standing room only. The construction then received the name of former club president Len Weston ( 1949-1965 ). In 1989 the grandstand was increased by 600 seats. The construction work cost £ 115,000; which were covered with £ 50,000 from the Football Trust. The rest is flushed down the FA Cup match against Manchester United in January 1990 in the coffers. The play of the fourth round brought an income of £ 72,000.
Today you can tell the Edgar Street their age and lack of funds for necessary renovations to. The main grandstand Len Weston Stand with 1,818 seats carries the sponsors name Cargill stand at the northern end of the rank is a small area for the visiting fans. On the opposite side runs along the long side of the Merton Meadow Family Stand along. On the north side behind the goal of a covered Admission Rank Merton Meadow End, with about 3,500 seats; on the most loyal fans of the Bulls have their places. The majority of the away fans were housed until the 2009/10 season at the Blackfriars End. Standing room Traverse did not pass the safety inspection before the season and was closed to the public. But one has set up two tubular steel grandstand with 1,500 seats ahead of the curve. Initial plans for a new building of seats for special guests were introduced in April 2010. One would like to replace the ailing old rank by a new building with 1,650 standing places, including hotel and conference center.
Grandstands
- Cargill Stand - Grandstand, West, seats, covered, guest area
- Merton Meadow Family Stand - opposite stand, East, seats covered,
- Blackfriars End - stand behind, south, standing, covered, guest area, closed
- Merton Meadow End - stand behind, North, standing roofed,
Pictures
Merton Meadow End ( left)
A Flutlichtmast the Edgar Street