Former home stadium of Shrewsbury Town F.C. (1910-2007)
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Gay Meadow
Crowd at the Gay Meadow on 25 February 2006
Full name
Gay Meadow
Location
Abbey Foregate Shrewsbury SY2 6AB
Capacity
8,000 (3,639 seated)
Field size
114 x 74 yards
Construction
Built
1910
Opened
1910
Closed
2007
Tenants
Shrewsbury Town F.C. (1910–2007)
Gay Meadow was the home ground of Shrewsbury Town football club in Shropshire, England. Just outside the town centre, on the banks of the River Severn, it opened in 1910.
The ground closed at the end of the 2006-07 Football League season and the club moved to a new stadium, provisionally titled The New Meadow, on the outskirts of the town.
Local legend says that over 22,000 were inside the stadium for the league match against Wrexham A.F.C on 21 August 1950, although the official figure is given as 16,000. The official record attendance is 18,917, on 26 April 1961 against local rivals Walsall. Because it had only one entrance/exit road, in the years following the Taylor Report the capacity of the ground was reduced from 16,000 to around 8,000.
GayMeadow was the home ground of Shrewsbury Town football club in Shropshire, England. Just outside the town centre, on the banks of the River Severn...
distanced themselves from the unofficial name of "New Meadow", preferring to sever links with the old GayMeadow ground, however when the naming deal with Prostar...
continued in use as a cricket ground until 2000 Goodbye GayMeadow Book on Shrewsbury Town's old ground, GayMeadow BBC Webpage on: Farewell Milton Road...
Third Division clash with Rotherham United that ended in a 2–3 defeat at GayMeadow. He left the Shropshire side after their delegation, spells at AFC Telford...
1937–38 Shrewsbury Town 2–2 Swansea Town GayMeadow, Shrewsbury 14,500 Replay Shrewsbury Town 2–1 Swansea Town GayMeadow, Shrewsbury 8,000 1938–39 South Liverpool...
sliding or flying down a rope from St Mary's Church, Shrewsbury to the GayMeadow across the River Severn. He had previously performed the stunt in other...
Division 16 April 1974 GayMeadow 1–1 Third Division 21 August 1974 Edgar Street 1–1 Football League Cup 27 August 1974 GayMeadow 0–1 Football League Cup...
substitute on that occasion and fulfilled that role again versus Rochdale at GayMeadow on 1 March 2003, still some six weeks short of his 16th birthday. This...
became the first Shrewsbury Town player to score at GayMeadow. During his eight-season spell at GayMeadow, Scarratt played in every position, including goalkeeper...
made eight league appearances and scored one goal during his time at GayMeadow. Cash departed Nottingham Forest in August 1992, having failed to make...
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he left to join Shrewsbury Town. In all he made 58 appearances for the GayMeadow club. During this period he was loaned to both Chester and Workington...
scored his last goal for City in a 3–1 win against Shrewsbury Town at GayMeadow on 5 November 1983.[citation needed] A season after he came close to collecting...
he would sit in his coracle during Shrewsbury Town FC home matches at GayMeadow, and retrieve stray balls from the River Severn. Although Davies died...
Town of the newly created Fourth Division. In his first season at the GayMeadow Rowley led Shrewsbury to promotion with a haul of 38 goals in 43 games...
named substitute. Maximum of one substitution. 12 May 1980 19:45 BST GayMeadow, Shrewsbury Attendance: 8,993 Referee: R Bridges (Deeside) MATCH RULES...
feed the Colchester dream". Independent. Retrieved 31 January 2010. "GayMeadow". Shrewsbury Town official website. Archived from the original on 25 March...
since 2007 has played their home games at New Meadow – from 1910 to 2007 the club played at the GayMeadow stadium. The town is also home to a semi-professional...
retire due to an eye injury. A testimonial match in his honour was held at GayMeadow on 16 December 1986 where his former clubs Liverpool and Shrewsbury played...
at Shrewsbury, playing in every position during his six-year stay at GayMeadow. He played as a goalkeeper when he deputised for the injured Paul Edwards...
October 2002 in the Third Division 0–1 defeat to Hartlepool United at GayMeadow. In 2004, he signed for Conference club Northwich Victoria, after terminating...
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