Stompond Lane Sports Ground

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The Sports Ground
Stompond Lane
Stompond Lane Sports Ground
Full nameThe Sports Ground, Stompond Lane
LocationStompond Lane, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England
Coordinates 51°22′44.53″N0°24′53.19″W / 51.3790361°N 0.4147750°W / 51.3790361; -0.4147750 Coordinates: 51°22′44.53″N0°24′53.19″W / 51.3790361°N 0.4147750°W / 51.3790361; -0.4147750
Capacity 2,000 (444 seated [1] )
Tenants
Walton & Hersham F.C. (Isthmian League Division One South), [2] Walton Athletic Club [3]

The Sports Ground, Stompond Lane (also called Stompond Lane Sports Ground, but often just shortened to Stompond Lane) was a stadium located in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. It was where Walton & Hersham F.C. played their home matches [2] and it was also used by the Walton Athletic Club. [3]

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Structure

Stompond Lane consisted of a football pitch surrounded by a running track. There was a brick grandstand on the north side, which contained 404 regular seats and 40 in the two directors' boxes. [1] The seats had to be accessed by stairways because the dressing rooms were beneath them. [4] On the opposite side of the pitch was a covered terrace and there was uncovered terracing surrounding the east side of the track.

Closure

On 19 September 2017, Stompond Lane was used for the last time to host Walton & Hersham F.C. After this game, the existing structures were demolished to make way for a development of 54 new houses, [5] and Walton & Hersham F.C relocated to the new Elmbridge Sports Hub in Waterside Drive.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Stompond Lane Track". runtrackdir.com. UK Running Track Directory. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Stadium/Directions". waltonandhershamfc.org.uk. Walton & Hersham Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  3. 1 2 "General Information". waltonac.co.uk. Walton Athletic Club. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
  4. "Walton & Hersham FC". pyramidpassion.co.uk. Centre Circle Publishing. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  5. "Get Surrey". getsurrey.co.uk. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.


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