The Showgrounds is a
football stadium in
Coleraine,
County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland
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. It is the home ground of
Coleraine F.C.
Coleraine Football Club is a semi-professional Northern Irish football club, playing in the NIFL Premiership, the highest level of the Irish League. The club, founded in 1927, hails from Coleraine, County Londonderry and plays its home matches ...
The stadium holds approximately 3,500 with the stadium consisting of a mix of terracing and seating.
Between September 1971 and October 1972,
Derry City F.C.
Derry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, and is the League of Ireland ...
were forced to use the stadium as their home-ground after the
Irish Football Association
The Irish Football Association (IFA) is the governing body for association football in Northern Ireland. It organised the Ireland national football team from 1880 to 1950, which after 1954, became the Northern Ireland national football team.
...
banned the use of their ground in
Derry, the
Brandywell
The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium ( ga, Tobar an Fhíoruisce ) is a municipal football stadium with an adjoining greyhound racing track in Derry, Northern Ireland. It is the home ground of League of Ireland team Derry City F.C. and (temporari ...
, due to security fears emanating from the
Trouble
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and civil unrest in the nearby
Bogside
The Bogside is a neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, Northern Ireland. The large gable-wall murals by the Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Féile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are p ...
area. Derry's use ended in 1972 when, faced with dwindling crowds, travelling to Coleraine to play home-games was no longer financially sustainable.
Milk Cup
The Showgrounds also hosts the
Milk Cup
SuperCupNI, formerly called the Northern Ireland Youth Soccer Tournament and the Dale Farm Milk Cup, is an international youth football tournament held annually in Northern Ireland. The cup matches are mainly played in the North Coast area o ...
finals and main matches. The Milk Cup is an international youth football tournament which features both international teams and league clubs from around the world.
References
External links
The Ulster Groundhop video tour
Official Site
Association football venues in Northern Ireland
Sports venues in County Londonderry
Coleraine
Sports venues completed in 1907
1907 establishments in Ireland
Derry City F.C.
Coleraine F.C.
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