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Park Avenue, Aberystwyth

Coordinates: 52°24′37.49″N 4°4′50.68″W / 52.4104139°N 4.0807444°W / 52.4104139; -4.0807444
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Park Avenue
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Full namePark Avenue
LocationAberystwyth, Wales
Public transitNational Rail Aberystwyth (0.3 miles)
OwnerCeredigion County Council
OperatorAberystwyth Town Football Club
Capacity5,000 (1000 seated)
Surface3G Artificial Turf
Opened1907
Tenants
Aberystwyth Town F.C. (1907-present)

Park Avenue (Welsh: Coedlen y Parc) also called Aberystwyth University Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Aberystwyth, Wales and has served as the home of Cymru Premier side Aberystwyth Town since 1907.

The stadium capacity is 5,000 with 1,002 seats. It is a 3G all-weather artificial turf pitch. The ground is adjacent to the River Rheidol and close to the shore of Cardigan Bay. The ground has a bar, named after John Charles, who played in the Wales national football team.

Layout

The ground has five areas: the Railway End, named after the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth Line; the Dias Stand after a former Green Legend; the Rhun Owens Stand after a former secretary; the Shed End and the Narks Corner.

History

The ground has hosted the final of the Welsh League Cup on eleven occasions. The club renamed the hospitality room the ‘Lolfa Emyr James’ (Emyr James Suite) after a board member who died in August 2018.[citation needed]

52°24′37.49″N 4°4′50.68″W / 52.4104139°N 4.0807444°W / 52.4104139; -4.0807444 George Best played for the Northern Ireland Youth Team here four days before his seventeenth birthday on May 18, 1963.