Linford Christie Stadium

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The Linford Christie Stadium is an athletics stadium in Wormwood Scrubs, West London, England.

Training for an American football team taking place at the stadium in 2005 Linford Christie stadium.jpg
Training for an American football team taking place at the stadium in 2005

The venue first opened as the West London Stadium in 1967. It initially had a cinder running track, which was upgraded to a synthetic surface in 1973. In 1993 the stadium was renamed after Olympic 100 metres gold medallist Linford Christie, [1] :35 who often trained at the venue with the Thames Valley Harriers.

The stadium was redeveloped further between 2004 and 2006, when additional facilities for sports including football, rugby and hockey were installed. The work was funded by London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the Football Foundation, Chelsea F.C. and Barclays. Chelsea players John Terry and Shaun Wright-Phillips attended the re-opening. The video for "So Many Roads" by Example was filmed here in 2007. [2] [3]

As part of the £1m Coronation Youth Fund, the stadium was awarded £250,000 towards a refurbishment including new floodlights and resurfacing of their two athletics tracks. Works commenced in 2024. [4]

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References

  1. Around the Bush (Millennium ed.). London: Shepherds Bush Local History Society. 1998. ISBN   0950942103.
  2. "Example - So Many Roads". YouTube. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  3. "Example - Making The Video". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. Hammersmith & Fulham Council (20 September 2023). Linford Christie Stadium receives £250,000 to revamp track . Retrieved 30 November 2024 via YouTube.

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