London Road Stadium
- Peterborough United
- Games of the Peterborough United
The London Road Stadium is a football stadium in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The venue opened in 1913, is the home of the football club Peterborough United and was until January 2010 also his property. The attendance record was set on February 20, 1965 at FA Cup match Peterborough United against Swansea City. The match of the 5th round was watched by 30,096 visitors.
History
The construction started in 1913 and was completed in the same year. The club leased the facility in 1934 from the city. At that time, the venue of a wooden grandstand with seating for 250 and earthen walls behind the goals.
Today the stadium from the two seat grandstands (Norwich and Peterborough South Family Stand and Main North Stand ) is along the game field. Located behind The ( London Road Terrace and Moyes End Terrace) are equipped with standing room. The South Stand was built in the mid-1990s to 1.4 million pounds. At the two ranks behind the gates, there were few changes since the 1950s; until they have been re- roofed in the 1990s and have been provided for safety with additional breakwaters. The North Stand was redesigned after the rise of Peterborough United in the Football League First Division in 1992. The stand was equipped with seats, as the stadium after the Taylor Report had too few seats for the First Division.
In January 2010, the Peterborough City Council bought the club from the stadium for £ 8 million. In September 2012, Peterborough United and the city agreed on a renovation and expansion of the London Road. The city approved the expansion of the venue to 19.000. In addition, the city of Peterborough bears the loss of gate receipts during reconstruction. The construction works are expected to begin in late 2012 and be completed at the beginning of the 2013/14 season.
Grandstands
The capacity of the stadium is between 14584-15040 places. The reason for this is the West Stand is available on the home as well as away fans place. For safety, keep spaces available between the fan groups.
- Norwich and Peterborough South Family Stand - (south, 4,431 seats)
- Main North Stand - (North, 3228-3684 seats, of which 763 seats for visiting fans in Block A)
- London Road Terrace - (West, 2,667 standing)
- Moyes End Terrace - (east, 3,475 standing places for visiting fans plus ten wheelchair spaces and companion seats ten )