St Georges Park (Newport)

St Georges Park was an

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stadium in Newport on the

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. It was home to

Newport (IOW) F.C. Newport (Isle of Wight) Football Club is a semi-pro football club based in Newport on the Isle of Wight, England. They are currently members of the and they currently groundshare at Ryde Saints` Smallbrook Stadium. History The club was esta ...

and the Isle of Wight official football team, which represents Isle of Wight at the bi-annual

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. The record attendance at the stadium is 3,112 in a pre-season friendly match against Portsmouth F.C. in 2008. Newport IW FC left St Georges Park in 2018, currently they have been ground sharing with other

teams, however the club were due to be relocating to a new purpose built sports stadium 'Wightfibre Park' in August 2022, however this never materialised. Plans for the new stadium consisted of a new club house and seated stand, capacity of 150, as well as three sheltered standing stands with a total capacity of 500 to 1000 people. Football venues in England Sports venues on the Isle of Wight Football on the Isle of Wight Newport, Isle of Wight 1888 establishments in England Sports venues completed in 1888 Newport (IOW) F.C. {{England-sports-venue-stub