The Lido Ground, currently known as the

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Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a field

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located on Princess Margaret Way in

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, Wales.

Facilities

It has a capacity of 4,200 (601 seated) and is the home of

Afan Lido F.C. Afan Lido Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Lido Afan ) is a association football, football team based in Port Talbot, Wales, playing in the Cymru South. History Afan Lido F.C. were founded in 1967 shortly after the opening of the Afan Lido ...

The record attendance at the stadium for a

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game is 509, against

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2001. The record

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attendance is 546 on 24 January 2009 against

Goytre United F.C. Goytre United Football Club is a Welsh football club based in Goytre, near Port Talbot. They play in the Cymru South. Despite winning Division One of the Welsh Football League in 2005–06 and 2007–08 they were not promoted to the Welsh P ...

Both of the record crowds occurred during high-profile

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games.

References

Afan Lido's Ground

External links

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