7th - Closed Grounds

Arsenal - Highbury / Arsenal Stadium

Capacity at closure: 39,419
Record attandance: 73,295 vs Sunderland 9/3/1935
Year ground opened: 1918
Year ground closed: 2006
Current usage: flats, though two of the stands have been preserved within the development
Nearest underground station: Arsenal
Nearest railway station: Finsbury Park
Trivia: It was used regularly as a venue for FA Cup semi-finals, as well as England International matches and the 1948 Olympic Games

Website

Football Ground Guide

1st match attended: Arsenal vs Leeds United (LD1) 2-0 10/12/1978
Last match attended: Arsenal vs Middlesborough 2-1 (PRE) 29/12/2001

Cardiff City - Ninian Park

Capacity at clsoure: 21,508
Record attendances:
57,893 Cardiff City vs Arsenal 22/4/1953
62,634 Wales vs England 17/1/1959
Year ground opened: 1910
Year ground closed: 2009
Current usage: housing development
Nearest railway station: Ninian Park
Trivia: Pope John Paul II had a rally here in 1982

Website

Football Ground Guide

Match attended: Cardiff vs Southend United 2-0 (LD3) 28/11/1998

Chester - Sealand Road

Capacity on closure: 6,000
Record attendance: 20,378 vs Chelsea 16/1/1952
Year ground opened: 1906
Year ground closed: 1990
Current usage: Out of town shopping park
Nearest railway station: Chester
Trivia: The roof from the main stand was sold to Port Vale, where it covers the away fans end

Website

Football Ground Guide - surprisingly hasn't got any information about Sealand Road

1st match attended: Chester vs Brentford (LD4) 18/9/1968
Last match attended: Chester vs Shrewsbury Town (LD3) 16/4/1979 ?

Chesterfield - Saltergate

Capacity on closure: 8,504
Record attendance: 30,561 vs Tottenham Hostspur 1938
Year Ground Opened: 1871
Year ground closed: 2010
Current usage: derelict
Nearest railway station: Chestefield
Trivia: Saltergate was used in the film "The Damned United" as Derby County's Baseball Ground

Website

Football Ground Guide - no information provided on Saltergate

Match attended: Chesterfield vs Port Vale (L2) 28/3/2009