Club Formed in 1877

The building of the £6m pound Air Products Stand (formerly known as the Railtrack Stand) in 1999 changed forever the look and feel of the ground. Before , it had always been small and homely, but the addition of the Air Products Stand has drastically changed the overall scene . The stand, which sits proudly along one side of the pitch, is a single tier cantilever holding just under 7,000 people. It looks huge compared to the other stands and must be at least three times the size of the old Main Stand.

Considering that the overall capacity of the ground is just over 10,000, one can understand how the Air Products Stand dominates Gresty Road. The other three separate stands are roughly of the same height, but are rather small. So much so, that a number of footballs are shot out of the ground during a game. The newest of these smaller stands is the Advance Personnel Stand (previously known as the Gresty Road End). This replaced a former open terrace and seats around 900. An unusual feature is the absence of dugouts, the teams instead are given a section of seating at the front of the Air Products Stand. You will also notice that the pitch is slightly raised above ground level.

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