Richmond Park, Carmarthen

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Richmond Park
Parc Waun Dew (Welsh)
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Richmond Park, Carmarthen
LocationRichmond Park
Priory Street
Carmarthen
SA31 1HZ
Coordinates 51°51′36″N4°18′08″W / 51.859936°N 4.302218°W / 51.859936; -4.302218
Capacity 3000 (1000 Seated) [2]
Field size103 by 65 metres (113 by 71 yd)
Surface3G
Construction
Built1952
Renovated2003, 2012
Tenants
Carmarthen Town A.F.C. (1952-present)

Richmond Park is a Welsh Premier League stadium in Carmarthen, Wales. Situated on Priory Street, it is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Carmarthen Town AFC.

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The stadium holds 3,000 people with 1,000 seats in the Clay Shaw Butler stand. [3] The stand is arranged with 1,000 yellow and black seats in rows, matching the colour of the home team's kit.

History

The club announced they would be installing a 3G all-weather pitch for the 2017/18 season. Carmarthen Town began the season with a number of games away from their Richmond Park home due these pitch renovations. With the new pitch the 'Old Gold' joined a growing list of Welsh Premier League clubs to install a 3G/4G pitch.

Richmond Park has been used for a number of International football matches. The majority of these have featured Wales national football team sides. The first match was against Scotland on 20 May 2003 which ended in a 2–1 victory for Wales. [4]

20 May 2003 Four Nations Tournament (Semi-Pro) Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg2 1Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Carmarthen
Lloyd Soccerball shade.svg2', 88' Report McKenzie Soccerball shade.svg22'Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Lee Probert (England)
20 February 2007Under-17 International Friendly Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg2 1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Carmarthen
18:00 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: S L Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: K Morgan (Wales), P Thomas (Wales)
12 November 2008Women International Friendly Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg1 2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Carmarthen
19:30 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dean John (Wales)
Assistant referees: Gareth Ayres (Wales), Hywel James (Wales)
8 September 2009Semi-Pro Under-23 Friendly Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg1 2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Carmarthen
19:30 Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dean John (Wales)
Assistant referees: Richard Harrington (Wales), Ian Hollyoak (Wales)
28 September 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg3 2Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Carmarthen
19:00 CET Newall Soccerball shade.svg50'
Amadi-Holloway Soccerball shade.svg51'
Peniket Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report
Report
Soccerball shade.svg59' Fridjonsson
Soccerball shade.svg66' Emilsson
Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)
3 October 2009 2010 UEFA European Under-17
Championship Qualifying Round
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg1 1Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland Carmarthen
16:00 CET Bevab Soccerball shade.svg40' Report Soccerball shade.svg69' Gunnarsson Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Christopher Lautier (Malta)
20 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19
Championship qualification
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg3 3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Carmarthen
18:00Holloway Soccerball shade.svg57'
Bradshaw Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Matthews Soccerball shade.svg90+4' (pen.)
Report
Report
Soccerball shade.svg7' Bekdemir
Soccerball shade.svg59' Özbek
Soccerball shade.svg61' Demir
Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
25 October 2010 2011 UEFA European Under-19
Championship qualification
Iceland  Flag of Iceland.svg1 2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Carmarthen
18:00Emilsson Soccerball shade.svg48' Report Soccerball shade.svg57' Demir
Soccerball shade.svg90+4' Sarı
Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)
2 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19
Championship Second qualifying round
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg2 0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Carmarthen
15:00 Beckmann Soccerball shade.svg36'
Simon Soccerball shade.svg51'
Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)
Assistant referees: Sabina Valieva (Russia), Richard Harrington (Wales)
Fourth official: Brian James (WAL) (Wales)
5 April 2011 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19
Championship Second qualifying round
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg0 2Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Carmarthen
19:00 Report
Report
Soccerball shade.svg62' GreenStadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Katalin Kulcsar (Hungary)
Assistant referees: Katalin Emese Torok (Hungary), Ekaterina Marinova (Bulgaria)
Fourth official: Donka Jeleva-Terzieva (Bulgaria)
9 August 2012Women Under-17 International Friendly Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg0 2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Carmarthen
18:00 Report Soccerball shade.svg19'
Soccerball shade.svg44'
Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eddie King (Wales)
Assistant referees: Tom Bevan (Wales), Ryan Kenny (Wales)
Fourth official: Daniel Beckett (Wales)
19 September 2012Under-17 International Friendly Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg4 0Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein Carmarthen
18:00Atyeo Soccerball shade.svg2'
Charles Soccerball shade.svg12'
Copp Soccerball shade.svg20'
O.Jones Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones (Wales)
Assistant referees: Ian Bird (Wales), David Morgan (Wales)
Fourth official: Aled R.Jones (Wales)
22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg0 – 3Flag of England.svg  England Carmarthen
14:00 Report Soccerball shade.svg63' Lawley
Soccerball shade.svg83' Parris
Soccerball shade.svg89' Mead
Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Dilan Deniz Gökçek (Turkey)
22 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1 – 0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Carmarthen
19:00Engman Soccerball shade.svg78' Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Petra Chudá (Slovakia)
25 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1 – 1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Carmarthen
15:00Kemppi Soccerball shade.svg48' Report Soccerball shade.svg20' TietgeStadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)
28 August 2013 2013 UEFA Women's
Under-19 Championship
England  Flag of England.svg4 – 0Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Carmarthen
19:00Mead Soccerball shade.svg15', 40'
Williams Soccerball shade.svg34' (pen.)
Sigsworth Soccerball shade.svg66'
Report Stadium: Richmond Park
Referee: Eleni Lampadariou (Greece)

Records

The highest attendance recorded at Richmond Park is 911, for Carmarthen's League of Wales match against Barry Town, on 10 September 1997. [5]

The stadium hosted its first European football match in July 2007 when Carmarthen Town entertained Norwegian side SK Brann in a UEFA Cup qualification match. [6]

Transport

A map of Carmarthen Town and surrounding connections to Richmond Park. Richmond Park OpenStreetMap 2014.png
A map of Carmarthen Town and surrounding connections to Richmond Park.

Richmond Park is located to the north east of Carmarthen town centre and is easily accessible on foot, by road or by rail. [7] Directly adjacent to the ground, on either side, are two public car parks; St Peter's car park has 435 parking spaces and Priory Street car park (situated next to the club house) has 53 spaces. [8] [9]

Carmarthen railway station is approximately 0.6 miles (1 km) [10] from Richmond Park and serves trains from Manchester, Swansea, Fishguard, Pembroke Dock and Milford Haven. [11] Carmarthen bus station is also approximately 0.6 miles (1 km) [12] from the ground and serves many bus routes that operate throughout South Wales and beyond. [13]

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