Stockport County FC, Edgeley Park, Hardcastle Road, Stockport, SK3 9DD
Stockport County moved to Edgeley Park, then home of Stockport Rugby League Club, in 1902, having previously played at Green Lane in Heaton Norris.
Down the years the old ground has seen many greats play on the hallowed turf, including George Best, Bobby Moore, Kevin Keegan, Stan Mortensen amongst many more. As of the end of the 2010-11 season, there had been 6,123 League goals scored at Edgeley Park, 3,762 of those scored by County.
Capacity - 10,841
Cheadle End - 5,044
Main Stand - 2,020
Popular Side - 2,411
Railway End - 1,366
Edgeley Park Moments
1902 - Stockport County move to Edgeley Park
1903 - First Popular Side constructed
1913 - First Main Stand built, a 500-seater timber stand
1923 - Wooden terrace built at the Cheadle End
1927 - Popular Side reconstructed
1934 - The 13-0 victory over Halifax Town
1934 - Popular Side extended further back to hold 16,000
1935 - Main Stand burns down, rebuilt just a year later
1946 - County v Doncaster - the longest-ever football match ever played
1950 - 27,833 cram in to watch a 5th Round FA Cup game against Liverpool
1956 - First floodlight game, against Fortuna '54 Geleen - County won 3-0 in front of 14,511
1958 - England played at Edgeley Park... twice... on the same day!
1965 - County 3 Bristol Rovers 2 - EP's greatest-ever game
1966 - County host Hamburg in a friendly
1967 - Bench seating installed in Cheadle End, reducing capacity to 1,100
1968 - Defeated famous Czech side Slavia Prague 3-2
1977 - Visited by The Queen during her Silver Jubliee
1978 - The Lacrosse World Cup Final
1978 - Popular Side capacity halved as the rear is dismantled
1985 - Wooden Cheadle End demolished following the Valley Parade disaster
1994 - Popular Side made all-seater
1995 - New 5,000-seat Cheadle End built
2001 - 1,300 seats bolted onto Railway End terrace
