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 Sports Telegraph | Football | Scunthorpe United | Glanford Park

Glanford Park was opened in 1988, replacing the Old Show Ground as the home of the Iron.

Costing £2.5million, it wrote Scunthorpe United's name into the history books as they became the first club to relocate to a brand new, purpose-built stadium.

It was given the royal seal of approval from Princess Alexandra as a Football League XI took on a United side supplemented by Kevin Keegan.

Three sides of the ground, which has a capacity of just over 9,000, are seated with the Doncaster Road End terraced.

Plans are afoot though to increase the capacity by a further 2,000 by adding an additional tier to the Doncaster Road End in what would be the first ever re-development at Glanford Park. 

It is the 79th largest stadium in English football and Nottingham Forest's 1-1 draw in March 2007 yielded the record attendance - 8,906.

FACTFILE

Address: Doncaster Road, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 8TD.

Telephone: 0871 221 1899

Fax: 01724 857986

Email: admin@scunthorpeunited.co.uk

Pitch size: 112x72 yards

Year opened: 1988.

Location:
The ground has got to be one of the easiest to find in the Football League, visible from the motorway and on the outskirts of the town, two miles from the town centre.

Directions:
From all Routes, M180: Leave the M180 at Junction 3 and take the M181 for Scunthorpe. At the end of this motorway, you will see the ground on your right. Turn right at the first roundabout, onto the A18, and then right again at the mini roundabout to enterthe ground.

FROM RAILWAY STATION: Scunthorpe: The station is over two miles away from the stadium. Therefore a taxi is probably the easiest way to get to the ground.

Chairman: Steve Wharton.
Vice-chairman Rex Garton.
Directors: Keith Wagstaff, Simon Elliott.
President: John Godfrey CBE.
Associate directors: Mark Blackbourne, Jason Oxenforth.
General manager/secretary: Jamie Hammond.
Assistant football secretery: David Beeby
First-team manager: Nigel Adkins.
Assistant managers: Andy Crosby & Ian Baraclough.
Reserve team manager/youth development officer: Tony Daws.
Commercial manager: Michelle Harness.
Groundsman: Graham Colby.


www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk

There are two main pubs used by visiting supporters, one right at the entrance to the ground - The Old Farmhouse, where club colours are NOT permitted - or the Berkeley, about half-a-mile towards the town centre.

Also in close proximity to the ground is the Gallagher Retail Park, where you will find numerous fast food outlets including KFC, McDonalds and Pizza Hut.