Park Avenue (Welsh: ''Coedlan y Parc'') currently called Aberystwyth University Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football

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and has served as the home of

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side Aberystwyth Town since 1907. The stadium capacity is 5,000 with 1,500 seats. It is a 4G artificial turf pitch. In May 2021, the ground was designated UEFA Category 2 status after successful inspection by Standards Officer Scott Struthers. The ground is adjacent to the

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and close to the shore of

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. The ground has a bar, named after

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, who played in the

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Layout

The ground has five areas: the Railway End, named after the former

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; the Dias Stand after a former Green Legend; the Rhun Owens Stand after a former secretary; the Shed End and the Narks Corner.

History

The ground has hosted the final of the

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on eleven occasions. The club renamed the hospitality room the 'Lolfa Emyr James' (Emyr James Suite) after a board member who died in August 2018.

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played for the

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Youth Team here four days before his seventeenth birthday on 18 May 1963.

References

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