Earlsmead Stadium is a football

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in Harrow, north-west

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, England. It is the home ground of

Harrow Borough F.C. Harrow Borough Football Club is an English football club based in Harrow, London. They were founded in 1933 and compete in the . Harrow Borough's home ground is Earlsmead Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,070. Harrow Borough moved into Earl ...

The stadium has a capacity of 3,070 people, which includes 350 seats and standing under cover for 1,000 people. The record attendance is 3000 for an FA Cup match against local rivals

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in 1946.

History

Harrow Borough F.C. took residency in 1934, a year after forming. They played their first season at a ground on nearby Northolt Road. A local pavilion was dismantled and rebuilt on the Earlmead site in 1938. Having been presented to the club by a local land owner Mr G Champniss, later club president, it was to call the Champniss Stand. This stand had room for 250 seated and a further 100 standing. During the

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the

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was successfully blacked out and the club could continue playing.

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s under biscuit tins with words such as 'way in' and 'turn left' punched out provided signage. In 1947-48 extra covering was built out of Ex-

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sheeting and ex-government 6" steel tubes. The remains of this covered terracing is still used on the South-east corner of the ground. Earlsmead initially consisted of two pitches but the second pitch was sold to the local council in the early 1970s, who then built Earlsmead Primary School on it. With the money raised from the sale, Harrow Borough F.C. built a new clubhouse and installed new floodlights and new concrete terracing. Whilst this major redevelopment took place, the team played the entire 1973–74 season on opponents' or neutral grounds. In 1995, The Champniss Stand was demolished after 57 years to be replaced with a modern stand to comply with new safety regulations. This new stand, with a seated capacity of 350, was funded through private donations, club fundraising and the

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Location

Earlsmead is on the site of common land on the furthest west side of

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in what was once known as Dabbs Field. In this area, around 850 AD, it is believed there was a now forgotten battle as commemorated in place names such as the Bonefield and the Hundred of Gore. The surrounding area was built as part of the

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developments in the early 1930s. A local housing development, the Earlsmead Housing Estate, appears to have given the ground its name. The streets around the ground are largely named after castles in the British Isles;

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, Balmoral,

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, Tregenna. The only exceptions being Holyrood Avenue, which appears to be named after the

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, Ivy, Carlyon Avenue, Somervell Road, Eastcote Lane and Earlsmead itself.

Access

Earlsmead is within 15 minutes walking distance of three

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Stations on three separate lines.

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(Met/Pic),

South Harrow South Harrow is the southern part of the town of Harrow, located south-west of Harrow-on-the-Hill in the London Borough of Harrow. Its development originally spread south and west from the hamlet of Roxeth in the urbanisation process and easi ...

(Pic) and

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(Central). Northolt Park (Chiltern Line) British Rail is slightly closer. Bus Routes 140 & 114 stop within three minutes walk of the ground. The circular H9 / H10 through

and 282 through

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References

* Transport for London ''Journey Planner''

External links

Directions to the ground from club's official website
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