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Twerton Park is a football stadium in the Twerton suburb of Bath, England. It is currently used for football matches and is the home ground of Bath City. From 1986 to 1996 Bristol Rovers played there following their departure from Eastville. From 2020 the ground also became the home stadium for Bristol City Women The stadium has a reduced capacity of 3,528 people, with 1,066 seats.

Twerton Park
2010 Conference South Play Off Final between Bath City and Woking
LocationDominion Road, Twerton, Bath, BA2 1DB
Capacity8,884 (restricted to 3528 for safety reasons) [1]
Record attendance18,020
Field size101 x 69 m[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1909
Opened26 June 1909
Tenants
Bath City (1932–present)
Bristol Rovers (1986–1996)
Team Bath (1999–2009)
Bristol City Women (2020–2021)
Website
www.bathcityfc.com

History


The ground was opened on 26 June 1909 as Innox Park on land that had been donated by Thomas Carr. The opening ceremony involved a parade of scholars, the singing of hymns and a speech by the chairman of the parish council.[3] Innox Park was named the Cities

Twerton Park became Bath City's ground in 1932. After Bath moved from the East Side of the city in Lambridge, Having previously played in Twerton at the Belvoir Castle Ground for nineteen years from 1900 to 1919, the community put out flags and bunting the length of the High Street to "celebrate the return of football to the area."[4] In the 1940s, Twerton Park was in heavy discussion for expansion, to a capacity of 40,000, in aim to become; "a stadium worthy of the city and the west".[5][6] A record attendance of 18,020 was recorded in 1960 versus Brighton & Hove Albion. Between 1986 and 1996, Bath City shared the stadium with Bristol Rovers, who were a Football League club. In 1990 the Grandstand was heavily damaged by Bristol City Hooligans, seven of, were later convicted of arson.[7][8] The cost to rebuild the Main Stand was £800,000[9] Rovers notably played Liverpool in the FA cup on 5 February 1992.[10] The ground has also hosted Team Bath, who were a full-time professional team playing in the Conference South until their resignation at the end of the 2008–09 season.

At the end of the 2011–12 season the club offered the naming rights to Twerton Park for just £50. The offer drew 167 entries from as far afield as the US, Australia, Norway and Singapore which raised £8,350 for the club. Businesses made up 58 of the entries with only a handful of the remaining personalised entries being deemed unsuitable. The winning entry drawn at random was The Mayday Trust, a charitable organisation that helps to rehome vulnerable people.[11]

Talks have been held in the past between Bath Rugby and Bath City about sharing a ground, as the former team wish to move away from their home ground Recreation Ground, although nothing has amounted from this. Following the resignation of Chairman Manda Rigby, she claimed that the club needed to move away from Twerton Park to "sustain their finances".[12]


Structures and facilities


Up until the late 1980s, the ground had a capacity of 20,000.[13] Though currently, Twerton Park has a recently reduced capacity of 3,528, 1,006 of which are seated. However the physical capacity is around 8,800.[14][15] The stadium has four main stands:

Entrance to the stadium in controlled by traditional turnstiles.[16] The club's official bar is outside the stadium in a car park next to the Grandstand' it was named "Charlies" in honour of Bath's record goalscorer Charlie Fleming. On 2 August 2022 the club announced the opening of a bar between the Bath End and South Terrace.[17]


Redevelopment


Twerton Park is currently being prepared for redevelopment. Initially, the club was in discussions with private investment company Greenacre Capital who wished to build purpose built student accommodation on the adjoining land.

The agreement was for Bath City to give up part of their land to Greenacre, in exchange for the latter to build the club a new grandstand and facilities, which would include affordable housing, a sports bar, gym, offices and community space.[18]

The club also planned to convert the playing surface to a third-generation (3G) synthetic surface. In March 2020, these plans were rejected.

In December 2020 the club announced that they would not appeal the decision but were working with Greenacre, the council and other partners to create a scaled down version of the original plan.


References


  1. "Everything you need to know: Twerton Park". Bristol City F.C. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  2. Bath City FC Information
  3. Byrne, Stephen & Jay, Mike (2003) Bristol Rovers Football Club, The Definitive History 1883-2003 ISBN 0-7524-2717-2
  4. Tanner, Mark (23 April 2015). "75 years at Twerton Park – Part 2". M Tanner Sports. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. "Bath City maybe in League, Div 4". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 2 December 1944. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. "Bath City's big plans at Twerton". British Newspaper Archive. Bath Chronicle. 17 November 1945. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  7. "Twerton Park (10 years in exile) 630/659". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  8. Byrom, David (24 May 2019). "This is why Rovers fans are angry over Bath City's choice of shirt". BristolLive. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  9. "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  10. "Match details from Bristol Rovers - Liverpool played on Wednesday 5 February 1992 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  11. "Bath City's football ground to become Mayday Trust Park". BBC News. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  12. "Question mark over the future of Bath City FC's Twerton ground". Bath Chronicle. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  13. "West Threat to Torquay: Could Bath pull plug on United's league career?". British Newspaper Archive. Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. 25 May 1985. p. 24. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  14. "Twerton Park Bath City FC - Bath Chronicle". www.bathchronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  15. "Twerton Park, home to Bath City, Team Bath, Bristol Rovers, Bristol City Women - Football Ground Map". www.footballgroundmap.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  16. "Bath City FC | Twerton Park | Football Ground Guide". footballgroundguide.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  17. "In-ground bar opens". Bath City FC. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  18. "Bath City Redevelopment Plans" (PDF). 19 February 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

Twerton Park Redevelopment.*






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