Griffin Park
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| Full name | Griffin Park Stadium |
| Location | Braemar Road, Brentford, Middlesex |
| Built | 1904 |
| Opened | 1904 |
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| Tenants | Brentford F.C., Chelsea Reserves |
| Capacity | 12,763 |
| Field dimensions | 110 x 73 yards |
Griffin Park is a football ground situated on Braemar Road in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, West London. It has been the home ground of League Two side Brentford since it was built in 1904. It is known for being the only English league football ground to have a pub on each corner, and is situated in a predominantly residential area. The ground gets its name from the Griffin in the logo of Fuller's Brewery, which at one point owned the land on which the stadium was built.
The highest ever attendance at the ground was 38,678 when Brentford played Leicester City on February 26, 1949. The ground currently has a capacity of 12,763.
Griffin Park is beneath the flightpath of London Heathrow Airport and the roofs of the stadium are used as a large advertising space because of this. The space is currently used by Qatar Airways.
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[edit] Stadium
It comprises four stands. The home fans are allocated the Braemar Road stand (the main stand) a seated single tier stand, the Ealing Road end, a covered terrace and the Bill Axbey Stand (formerly the New Road stand), a single tier seated stand. Away fans are housed in the Brook Road Stand, a double tiered stand, comprising terracing at the lower level and seating in the upper section.
[edit] Other tenants
The ground has hosted three international friendlies in recent times, the most recent of these being a game between Nigeria and Ghana.
In 2002, London Broncos rugby league team moved to Griffin Park as tenants of Brentford F.C.. The club stayed at Griffin Park until the 2006 season when they became Harlequins Rugby League and ground shared with Harlequin F.C..
On the May 11, 2007 it was announced that Chelsea Reserves and Chelsea Youth Team will play their home games at Griffin Park from the 2007/8 season onwards.
[edit] Future
Brentford have long term plans to move to a new 20,000 capacity stadium in Kew Bridge.
[edit] Nearest rail stations
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Map sources for Griffin Park can be seen as a square on the west side of Ealing Road (ie. left side on the map). It may be labelled Brentford FC rather than Griffin Park.
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