Abbey Stadium
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The Abbey Stadium, known as the Cledara Abbey Stadium for sponsorship reasons or just the Abbey, is a football stadium in Cambridge, England. It has been the home ground of Cambridge United F.C. since 1932, and currently has a maximum capacity of 7,937 spectators.[2] Cambridge Regional College F.C., Cambridge United's feeder club, played their home games at The Abbey from 2006 until their dissolution in 2014.
The Abbey | |
Full name | Cledara Abbey Stadium |
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Location | Cambridge, England |
Owner | Cambridge United F.C. |
Operator | Cambridge United F.C. |
Capacity | 7,937 (4,321 seated) |
Field size | 110 x 74 yards[1] |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Built | 1923 |
Opened | 31 August 1932 |
Tenants | |
Cambridge United (1932–present) Cambridge Regional College (2006–2014) |
The first match ever played at the Abbey was a friendly against a team from Cambridge University Press on 31 August 1932. The record attendance at the ground (14,000) was also for a friendly, against Chelsea to mark the first use of the ground's new floodlights on 1 May 1970. This was the first time an English League ground's record crowd had turned out to watch a friendly.
Until well into the modern era, the Abbey Stadium was the only Football League ground to be styled a stadium, and was second only to Wembley Stadium in so being named. However, more recent ground moves and name changes have meant that a number of league clubs now play at grounds styled stadiums. For sponsorship reasons, the ground was until 2017 officially named the Cambs Glass Stadium.[3] For similar reasons it has also previously been named the Trade Recruitment Stadium,[4] and the R Costings Abbey Stadium.[5] However, thanks to the cooperation of sponsors the ground has reverted to its original name of the Abbey Stadium.