Priestfield Stadium

  • Gillingham FC (since 1893)
  • Brighton & Hove Albion (1997-1999)

The Priestfield Stadium (or short Priestfield ) is a football stadium in Gillingham in the English county of Kent. It carries due to a sponsorship agreement since 2011 officially named the MEMS Priestfield Stadium. It is the home ground of FC Gillingham since its founding in 1893. Moreover, were women's and youth football games completed.

Since the takeover of the club by the current board Paul Scally 1995, there was an extensive remodeling, which completely changed the face of the stadium. Its seating capacity was reduced from nearly 20,000 to just 11,582 seats. It now consists of four seat grandstands, all created since 1997. One of them has only a temporary character. Meeting and banquet facilities are also available, such as the nightclub Blues Rock Café. Despite the enormous investments made in recent years in Priestfield, the club is planning to build a new stadium.

From 1997 to 1999, the Brighton & Hove Albion spent transitional two seasons in the stadium of Gillingham, because the club was forced to sell the Goldstone Ground for financial reasons.

Grandstands

  • Medway Stand - Grandstand, North roofed,
  • Gordon Road Stand - back straight, West roofed,
  • Brian Moore Stand - stand behind, South, Open, formerly Gillingham End
  • Rainham End - stand behind, East, roofed

In the northeast corner of the stadium is the banquet and conference center.

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